Evening Star Newspaper, February 19, 1924, Page 18

PRESBYTERIAN FUND COLLECTIONS SHORT ‘Western Members Close Purses to Punish Modernism of New- York, MUST GURTAIL ~ MISSIONS Less Than Third of $15,000,000 Asked for Is Given. By the Associated Press, W YORK, February 19.—Failure to obtain @ third-of the $15,000,000 sought, due, it s suggested, to lack of confidence of former contributors fn the west because of current. reli- slous controversy, will force the Pres- byterfan Churéh to curtall its foreign mission work--drastically; starting April 1. Members of-the sixty-three of sixty- five metropejitan Presbyterian con- gregations Were so Informed by Dr. Robert W. Spaer, secretary of the board of forelgn.missions, in an ap- veal for assistance. He sald the con- tributions so far wite less than $4,- 600,000, Chances for Service, Much could b6 decomplished. in- the reign field at this time, Dr. Speer pointed out, -because® of opportuni- ties created by the® Japanese earth- cc and recent decisfon of the Mo- rammedans Christlan preachers their people. 7 An instance of the western atti- tudo towsrd the campaign for funds was revealed by the secretary in a letter he read from-iaw unnamed western man, for fifty-five vears a member of the church and a veteran of the civil war. “Unless you give up the $500,000 headquarters in New York come out here, there al Presbyterlanism,” the writer declared it unlikely that con- fidence could be restored among Tormer contributors. Want Offices Moved. request of the Larned, Kan., that the officials of the agencies of the church be oved from New York to avold what the Kansas presbytery be- 3 too much modernist in- refused by the New York which voted to take no to and The Presbyter nd ® Presbytery of New York voted no vote on u request of the La Kan, Presbytery that the Loards and agencies of the denomina- Le removed from New York, , it was alleged, it was too much ed by modemm thinking. BRITISH PARLIAMENT OUTGROWS BUILDING Scramble for Seats by 615 Members Calls Attention to Needed I Change. tion By the Assoclated Press, LONDON, Februa session of purliament, with its large number of new members and the usual seramble for seats, once again gives to grumbles and wonder- ment why the famous old chamber is not rearranged to meet the needs of 1 times. Some 615 members ere called by the electorate of the country to represent them in a house which has not accommodation for that number, and even those obtaining seats throughout the ses-| sion have little else to call thelr own except @ hat peg and a small locker #bout three cubic feet. actual chamber there is no papers of priv; narrow gully | 15.—Tle present nch to speak rs and note libruary is mentary nall, 4 are those art for privvie secretacles of s and other leaders. ing the lack of accommo- dannn however, members, as a rule, it philosophlically and grumbles carcely ever translated into) nplaints. SIR J. McKECHNIE WEDS. NEW_ YORK, February 19.—Sir McKechnie, & noted engineer nseociated with the British firm of Vie! Ltd, and M Josephine formerly ‘of 'Thomaston. | married yesterday by the | PIANOS RENT 1 horoughly Reliable Instruments of a Variety of Well Known Makes DROOP’S Maunsic House 1300 G Street Seinwny and Other L Planos e iy Q,l e TR where | a) | ; ; 53 YEARS BY CHOICE Sister. Leonide Has Never Left ” Walls She Entered as Young ‘Woman in Paris. (By Cable to The Star and Philadelphis Public Ledger. Copyright, 1924.) PARIS, February 18.—I¢ the wom- en’s prison of St. Lazare is pulled down a voluntary prisoner of more than fifty years' standing will have to find a new sphere of activity and a new domicile. Sister Leonide entered the women's prison shortly after the commune, and Is In charge of cell 12, known in the establishment as that of the pis- tolieres. In the course of the fifty- three years which she has devoted to the welfare af successive prisoner:, Sister Leonide has known many cf the celebrities of the assize courts and the courts-martial of Paris. It was In this cell that the hand- some Mme. u and here, too, was dancor spy, Who was Shot at Vin cennes during the war. Many others have occupled the time and attention of Sister Leonlde, who has never left the house she entered as a woman. Steinhell young BUTLER NOTES FEWER DEATHS FROM LIQUOR Anti-Vice Crusade in Phuadelyhxn Credited With 85 Per Cent Decrease. By the Ascociated Press, PHILADELPHIA, February 19.— Deaths from alcoholism in Philadel- phia decreased more than 85 per cent in the first six weeks of 1924, in com- parison with a similar period year, Frank Paul, chief investigator of the coroner's office, said today. Mr. Paul attributed the reduction to Di- rector of Public Safety Butler's cam- palgn against law breakers Reports showed 150 deaths due to hol during the first six weeks of Mr. Paul said. This year but even have been reported, and eleven of these were due to accidents resnlting from intoxication. “The "police battle agalnst la- breakers,” declared Mr. Paul, “is put- ting out of business the places and persons dealing in liquor, and it is frighten of arrest. The fact that the majority of liquor deaths this vear occurred early, while their frequency is ste ily becoming less, shows the effect of Gen. Butler's dri; TYPING TENDER MESSAGE CALLED SOCIAL BLUNDER By the Associated Press, PARIS, February 19.—Andre de Fou- quieres, who is universally accepted in France as the highest authority on soclal etiquette, has been asked his ) last 1g_the public through fear '|! THE EVEN L\u STAR, Wi WASH.I\GTO\' LABOR PARTY PLANS STIR LEAGUE HEADS Fear Maodonald Proponl to Refer Franco-German Dispute to Them. - MIGHT WRECK - THE BODY Officials Want Premier -to Work Privately. BY CONSTANTINE BROW: By Radio to The Star and the ('hitllo Dally ews. Copyright, 19: ! 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The role of the league, they feel, Is to prevent wars between nations lived heretofore in Though technl fact, still in a is beyond ‘the I tle such disputes, Gy gue's power to set league officials belleve tha public opinion throughout the world misunderstands the labor party when | it attributes to that party the idea o submitting to the German controversy fo How to Stop Sour Stomach Chronir. \'\ith M-n; People——‘ | Stuart’s Dyspepsi Tablets Bring Quick Comfort— | Sweeten and Stop Acid | Sour Risings and Such I Dyspeptic Distress 1 the fact careful is _considered | indigestion, no to recommend ruling whether a member of soclety, ||| of the male s \eriter for a letter to another mem. Dber of soclety, of the female sex, the letter is not strictly limited m] business matters. 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They are inclined to think Prime Minister Macdonald will endeavor to bring about a settle- ment of this thorny problem by pri- vate negotiations between the in- terested nations, and that after some basic agreement has been reached they will ask the league to work out the detalls and eventually supervise the appli llun of vlrlou luul of the treaty: The league, 1t7is stated, could un- doubtedly- give effective. | supervising such details [ control or dlummnnt, but {t-would Close Out of These Genuine Mahogany 10-Piece Dining Room Suites--Including 6 Side Chairs As illustrated—a large double-cupboard buffet with mirror, inclosed server, new oblong table, center-door china cabinet and six genuine leather- scat imitation mahogany side chairs. 0. ¢, be too much to ask it to find and en- force a solution. This view s shared by most league officlals, and only & few are Inclined to beileve that if France and Germany fail to.come, to an_understanding, as’ Premier M donald will propose aftec the com- mittees of experts have submitted thetr financlal re?nru. the labor gov- ernment will bring the whole case before the league. It {s belteved that in such an eventuality France might repeat Mussolini’s threat of last year to withdraw from the league, but this, February Sale . cc.onvs-ivivesions TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1924 it s said, would mot prevent the British from submitting the whole case to the world court and letting France bear the consequences of withdrawing. e —— Miss Mabel Stark of Bridgeport, Conn., is probably the only woman in the world who makes a business of breeding tiger cubs. Since Its _discovery twenty-five years ago, the world's ouput Nominations- to. Be _Made of -ficials Who Failed in Jan- . uary Prlmary By the Associated I NEW ORLEAN of radlum has not exceeded 150 grams. 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