Evening Star Newspaper, January 2, 1924, Page 18

THE EVENING- -STAR; WKSHINGTbN, D. -C, WEDNESDKY JANUARY 2, 1924.. — e DEMANDS M’CRAY QUIT IF CONVICTED By the Associated Prgps. TRAPPED BY FLAMES NINE PERSONS PERISH Man, 72, and Eight Grandchildren Caught in Upper Room of Burning Home. committee after a stormy session which | purpose of having the committes either Tasted until near midnight last night. | indorse or repudiate his stand demand- The resolution was signed by tweive | ing the immediate resignation of the of the thirteen district chairmen. George | governor, was non-committal regarding Elliott, sixth district leader, did not at- |the decision to defer action. He stated. tach his signature to the document, hav- | however, he would abide by the decisior ing left the conference room earifer [of the committee. with the declaratian that he would not be a party to any action the commit- tee might take. He declared he was of the opinion the meeting, which was being held prior to the trial of Gov. McCray in the courts, was improper. Clyde A. Walb, republican state chair- man, who called the meeting for the denominations ought to answer those troubled souls who were worried about what the mifisters and church people might think of the transla- tion, “My. translation was made with a view to giving the unlettered man and woman a_better understanding of the New Testargent, indeed to ore nel desire to read % Rt e Mor Fioachings ot Jesus| INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, January 2.— Christ. . P . _|A resolution demanding that Gov. Mo-J iy Detians "‘:’ Bad not réad|Cray resign from office in event ho is s Eiklo f9r:yearn.pave " in vourt of a law violation o e | convicted. i« ey b " eh4io® my anslaton-| L, " opted by the republican_state of the University of Chicago, Baptis! Chicago Theological Seminary, Cor BT 1; Western Theological Semingry, Episcopal; Chicago Lu- theran Seminary; Bethan Bible Sehool, Mennopite, and the Evangel- NEW TRANSLATION OF BIBLE PRAISED Chicago Theological Tmhan.A-p- Union,” said Dr. Goodspeed ' today, Is very gratifylng to me, coming as, prove Work of Dr. E. §. it does on top of an apparent better Goodspeed. Four Trains of Silk Worth 12 Millions Crossing Continent CHICAGO, January 2.—Four spe- cial trains carrying $12,000,000 worth of sllk, the largest and most valuable to cross the continent, will arrive in Chicago over the Burlington rallroad today and to- morrow. The consignment came from the orient by way of Seattle and will be run through to New York in- tact. The silk is belng transported in baggage cars and the trains are being operated on faster than reg- ular passenger train time. the run from " Seattle to Chicago being scheduled at 683 ,hours. are. forty-six cars in all, train is ‘accompaniéd by twenty- Faculties SIX BUILDINGS BURNED. ASTORIA, Oreg., January 2.—Fire of undetermined origin swept a group of six temporary frame store bufld- ings, causing an estimated loss of $18,000. PENCILS—PERFECT, NEW STOCK—OVER 309, OFF understanding of my motive by those ‘{ newspuper writers and others “who at first were critical. ‘This spon- taneous expression by so represent- ative a group of leaders of ‘eight SALE OF EVERSHARP By tue Associated Pres, CHICAGO, January 2—The Theo- logical Faculties Union, at its thirty- | seventh session here, has voted| “unanimously to extend to Dr. Edgar J. Goodspeed, professor of Greek at the University of Chicago, its con- gratulations and felicitations” on-his { BURIED IN ONE CASKET Defective Flue Believed to Have Started Blaze. B ot Aswsosten s graculatic Save on Pure—Fresh OIL CITY, Pa., January 2.—Trapped in an upstairs room with escape cut off by the burning of the stairs, James Mentzer, seventy-two, and eight of his grandchildren, ranging in age from two months to fourteen vears, were burned to death yester- day when fire destroyed a farmhouse Clarion county. The charred bones of the nine victims were placed in one casket and taken to the Tyles- burg Methodist Church, where fun- eral services were to be held today. Seven of the victims were children Claude Emminger, who had re- purchased the house destroyed. er was Michael McManigle, en, who was visiting the Em- minger children. Emminger carried his wife's moth- er, Mrs. Mentzer, to safety from the second floor bedroom and made heroic efforts to return for the aged man and children. He was d hack time after time by smoke and flames until the stairs finally .col- lapsed. A defgctive flue was believe have started the fire, Coroner Jo <. MacMillan declared an inquest unnecessary. VOICES OPERA SPURNS WELCOMED BY RADIO Many Sweet, But Lacking Power and Volume, Go Well Through Air. five armed guards, Canadian rail- roads heretofore have carried much of the silk shipments. $182,359 JUDGMENT Knoxville Awarded Sum, With $39,207 Interest, for Share in Cost of Viaduct. By the Associated Press. KNOXVILLE, Tenn, January - Judgment in the sum of $182,359.47 with interest of $39,207, was rendered against the Southern railway sys- tem here yesterday in a decree hand- | eral district court for eastern Tenn- essee, as representing the company's | share cf the cost of erecting the Gay | Knoxville. The city of Knoxville was | rrosecutor of the sult, in which the United States Railroad Administra- tion was co-defendant. In the decree of the federal court the railroad ad- ministration was absolved of liabllity on the ground that the obligation of the war-time arm of the government had not been proven. The city brought suit for $750,000, senting all costs entering into ructi By the Associated Press. Poehler, a music educational of the northwest, and said to be the only woman ecutive director in complete charge of a large, radio broadcasting station. Miss Poehler, as director of broad- casting station WLAG, for some time has been experimenting with these “radio voices” and developing them. “There are -thousa voices' in this coun are of surpas Poehler said, I nds of ‘radio small halls have not heretofore been heard outside of small eircles of friends. The professional stage, the concert platform and operatic com- panies have all been forced to choose only the voices of greatest power, and in oing they have been forced t rifice that quality of sweetness which was most appeal- ing, “The ‘acoustics of the air'—the system of sound amplification which has made possible the present de- velopment of radio broadeasting— has supplied the volume and power necessary to these sweeter voices. Although they would not be heard distinctly across the footlights, radio waves carry them hundreds of thousands of miles to millions of listeners. ew voices also are popularizing songs or old ones. Favorites develop as they do from the stage. Again and again requests have come 3n for such numbers as ‘By the Wa- ters of Minnetonka,' ‘One Fleeting Hour,’ ‘Lindy Lou,’ and ‘I Passed by Your Window.""” i The railway company is not taxed with the costs of ap- roaches or damages, but for bridge structure across its tracks, for which it was billed by the city in the sum of the judgment awarded. | —_—— educators Insist on AGAINST RAILWAY €d down by Judge Xen Hick of fed-| | street viaduct across its tracks in| translation of the Testament. a located in and around Chicago, New The Faculties Union is an old es- tablished organization of the facyl- ties of eight theological seminaries in- cluding: MeCormick Theological Sem- inary, Presbyterian; Garrett Biblical Divinity School The . merchant who tries to meet present-day con- ditions with an out-of- date store system is work- ing under a tremendous bhandicap. Success today is based upon knowing just what happening your iness every day. 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