Evening Star Newspaper, May 31, 1924, Page 9

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WORLD FLYERS IN HISTORIC CITY Kagoshima Scene of Landing of First Christian Missionaries in Japan 300 Years Ago. £ PRIMITIVS METHODS USED Nagasaki Offers Continual Novelty \ “When Y America’s round-the-world aviators leave Japan they will fly away from Kagoshima. the ci where Christian misslonaries first landed in Nippon 1y three cen- turies ago.{ says a bulletin from the headquarters in this city of the Na- tional iety “The to Tourists. nex Geographic S arrival close the th missionaries followed accidental discovery Janan Portuguese sailors, who drifted too far eastward and landed on a small island souw of Kyushu, which is the southern- most of the five central the Japanese groun “These events later mude Nagasuk Kyushu city w using as « supply buse, the only o munication port with the world during the centuries Japan preserved her hermitage. all other nationalities excluded from Nagasuki the Dutch were allowed to remain, though they ‘were under strict surveillunc Primitive Coaling Method. “Today Nagasaki is the San cisco of the oriental Pacitic it dockyvard is the oldest in n. his torically, and the most modern in it equipment. ~ Along a waterfront of a4 mile and a half ships ome and %o, electrically driven cranes busily Joad and unload; only the coaling re- minds one he is in a land of cheap labor and no labor unions. Above the clatter of machinery, the pufing of the engines and the shricks of whistles sound the shrill cries of men and women who p; haskets along an endless human chain from barg. 1o steamer hold. The visitor is sur prised to see women st manual labor and shocked when he espies some With children strapped to their backs. “One American writes, ‘The sight reminds me of thy passage in th Aeneid where the poet speaks of the ants as tiny toilers of glant industry and describes them carrying crumbs in their mouths to the common store- house in a seemingly never-ending Tine.’ “Nagasaki rises upon terrace after terrace to the quiet beauty of the mountains on which it is built, Her residential sections partake of the eternal calm and poise of the older orient pon of is islands of i rich the aviators ave outside that When were rigidly Fran- City of Specialty Shops. “Since the orient Is fame: its Pazanr—and’ thers are some caten slve ones in Nagasaki—our flying visitors may be surprised to find: as they stroll through her streets spe. clalty_shops which outspecialize those on 5th avenue. ‘There are con- fectionery establishments, featuring sponge cake; frult stores where loquats and oranges only are sold, umbrella shops, shing powder and & fish s vholly give over to dried fish X‘E’J“;e' Wholy etren “Another surprise awalts them if they attend a Nagasaki theater. The orchestra scats are missing, the main floor Is taken up with the sunken hoxes which make it look like a cross-section of a honeycomb. But cutting through these boxes and run- ning the entire length of the theater is a stage extension, which, archi- ;e:;\_xrl;!'lry, tlzldm'baclsf!ly ke the ‘run- ccted by Broadway ' . productions. i Statue Ereoted to Grant. “In Suwa Koen Park, famo New Year day cherry trees’ named for the time of their blooming, is a statue of Gen. Grant, In memory of his visit there in 187. Another statue memoriallzes Dr. Slebold, an Austrian, who, only about fifty years earlier, brought to Japan the firat inklings of western medical sclence, The city's best monument to him, however, Is the extensive hospital he founded, which now has forty-eight “Amid steam hammers, boller . ®hipbuilding and heavy hauling \a.r‘d: #aki preserves her quaint festivals, Curfously, the outstanding celebra- tion, just ‘concluded, is an aerial event —a kite-flying fete. Every spring the children, and many of their older fblk, throng the parks and streets and ‘outlying hillsides, each grasping a kite string. These strings are coat- ed with ground glass or emery pow- der and the object is to cut your neighbor's kite string by rubbing your cord against his. ‘Where the Graveyards Glow. “In July is the feast of lanterns, occaslon upon which ancestors e supposed to revisit thelr homes, 80 lights are hung at their graves to help them find the way. Since the hills, rising amphitheater-like from the harbor, are strewn with grave- rds, the city becomes a vast, il- uminated bowl. “Another aeronautical coincidence 1s the legend concerning the found- ing of Japan. Hikoho no Ninigi, Wwhich s to say Rice-Ears of Ruddy Plenty, was delegated by the gods to ®overn Japan. The ancient chronicles relate that he made his journey from his celestial abode to his earthly mandate by descending ‘shut up jin the figating bridge of Heaven.' “The area of Kyushu is about that of Maryland and Delaware; ita popu- 1atlon {s 8,000,000. Nagasaki has some 175,000 people; Kagoshima has 63,000. The island is an exceedingly produc- tive ares, ralsing tobacco, sugar cane and #weet potatoes, and an Im- ortant use of the latter is for mak- ng a sort of distilled liquor. “From this island comes the fa- mous Satsuma porcelain, made main- 1y in a suburb of Kagoshima, and also the Satsuma horses, a highly prized breed in Japan.” MORTIMER CARR RITES. Funeral of Late Bank Official Held at Hyattsville. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. HYATTSVILLE, Md., May 31— Rev. Charles 1. Monroe, rector of St. Matthew's Parish, oficiated at the funeral services heid for Morti- mer Carr, widely known in banking ciroles in Washington and a_ promi- nent business man and resident of this place, which took place Thurs- day afternoon in Pinkney Memorial (Eplscopal) Church here, Among the mourners were & num- ber of officials of the Washington loan and Trust Company, in- cluding the president, = John B. Larner, where Mr. Carr held the position of head receiving teller. The libearers were his four brothers. . Ashby, William A.. G. Hodges and Arthur Carr, and two brothers-in-law, Arthur_P. Gambrill and Henry Tor- mey. Interment was made in Mount Olivet cemetery. Mr. Carr died at a Washington hospital Tuesday afternoon, follow- ing an operation performed Sunday night. Sacred Heart Devotions. There will be sacred heart devo- tions and benediction at St Mary's Church, at midday, 12710 p.m,, and in the evening at 7:30, June 6, the first Friday of the month. Foundry Epworth League. The speaker for the second meéetin; of the Foundry Methodist Episcopal Church League tomorrow at 6:45 p.m. \Lnlfin' the auspices of the new cabinet D1 ,l;m ant- ROCKVILLE. ROCKVILLE, Md., May 31 tSpecial). —The annual banquet in honor of the senior class of the Sandy Spring High School was held in the auditorium at the school last evening. It was glven by the junior class. Prof. J. M. Eishop. principal of the school, was | toastmaster, and toasts were re- | sponded to by Thomas Bowle, ir., [of the junior class: Miss Lucille Bond, of the senior class; Miss Katherine | Hodson, of the faculty; Dr. George | B. Lewls, supervisor of school prop- orty; Joseph E. Jauney, of the county | buard of education; Mrs. Fred Thom- {as, and Dr. Jacob W. Bird. | Conducted by the county presi- dent, Mr, Morey of Chevy Chase, a ded by a lurge num- | ber of m the annual meeting of the Montzomery County League of was held Thursday trustee, Women Voters jafternoon at the Chevy Chase Library Mrs. Charles Ellicott, president of | the ‘state organization Miss Lavin Engle, state manager, and Mrs. W ’l am Miles Maloy of Baltimore, de- livered addresses, following which tea was served. Preceding the meet- ing Mrs. Morey entertained the speakers at luncheon. ! Axcension Day Services. In celgbration of Ascension special services will be held John's Episcopal Church, Olney day morning. Members of the sonic order from var ris the county will assemble sonic [ Temple, Rockville, at 10 o'cloek and | proceed together to the church, where the rector, Rev. Guy E. Kagey, will deliver a spe Sermon. With a large nuinber of assoclate members and friends as guests, the annual “social evening” of the Rock- ville Circle of Kinaz's Daughters was held in the Methodist Church last evening. Rev. Nolan B. Harmon, jr., pastor of the church, conducted de- votional exercises and gav a talk in which he paid a tribute to the ogder. Mrs. K. Warlng, president of the circle, told about a recent visit to the Home for Epllepties at Port Deposit, d. and Mrs. Virginia Brewer read a paper on what the organization stands for. Mrs. J. Paul | Brunett sang solos, Mrs. P. Rowland | Wagner &nd Miss Reynolds rendered | pluno duets and Miss Mary Almoney eral piano selections. folations of the motor vehicle | regulations, R. S. Boswell, E. G. nday, E. T. Waldorf, L. Grosvenor nd W. R. Fidler have forfeited col- |laterals or paid fines in the police { court here in the amount of $7 each. Woman's Club Anniversary. | The Womun's Club of Bethesda | this county, celebrated its thirteenth annuul charter day at the Chevy Chase Club Tuesday, the guests of | honor being the presidents of the jother woman's clubs of the county. | The inevitable birthday cake, with thirteen candles, was in evig.nce. | The arrangéments were in charge of | Mrs. W. W. Bridge, Mrs. Enoch Johnson and Mrs. Hanson. Mrs Franklin C. Getzendanner is presi- | dent of the club. { The annual May pageant of the public school children of Takoma Park, this county, was presented at the school Thursday afternoon. It | was entitled “Spring Pageant on May " and the program Included May pole dances, sengs, etc, with many beautifully "costumed fairies. — Mrs. Stella Thomas, principal of the school, was in charge. LA B ALEXANDRIA. ALEXANDRIA, Va, May ! clal) —Requesting that city council al- low him to ask for a special grand Jury to investigate into the lowre- turns made by property holders regard- ing personal tangible property, City Manager Rich has started a defi- day, in_ St Sun- Ma- ef For city as well as to establish taxation here on a more equitable basis. In his letter to city council Mr. Rich declared that the valuation of personal tangible property—household goods, automobiles, etc.—as given 1n is $900,000, while the actual value warrants an assessment of at least $5.000,000. Councll deferred giving its answer until next week when it meets. In the city there are, Mr. Rich said, approximately 4,500 homes, any of which has more than $200 ‘worth of furniture and many of which have as much as $5,000 worth. Some pay taxes based on the full value, while others are far, far,below. Grand Jury Review. A state law evoked makes the call- and assessment books possible. It is not expected that a great deal of trouble will be met, but it is felt that practical results may not be had un- less the jury is called. The low assessment is not believed to have resulted from dishonesty on the part of property holders who are allowed to make their own assess ments as regards personal property. It is thought that the custom which has been handed down for many years is followed thoughtlessly. City council adopted the annual city budget carrying allocations of $506,025. The funds were Segre- gated as follows: General funds, $187.935; sinking fund and interest. $97,685; gas fund, $96.000. and | schools, $125,405. The tax rate remains at $2.50 on each $100 of assessed valuation. It had been feared that the rate would be advanced. A G50-cent capitation tax will be levied against all per- sons of the city over the age of twenty-one years. Flags Placed on Graves. | Little flags bearing the inscription, “American Legion and Auxillary— In Grateful Appreciation,”” were yester- day placed upon the graves of Alexan- dria soldlers buried here and in Arling- ton cemetery. The American Legion, led by Milton Glasgow, decorated the graves, The local contingent will at- tend the services at Arlington this afternoon. Sons of Veterans held memorial serv- |ices in the National cemetery here yes- terday. Jefferson Davls' d: | day in Virginia, will call for the closing next Tuesday of all banks. Mary Custis Lee-17th Virginia Regi- ment Chapter will hold an apron party that night in observing the anniversary of Davis' birth. White House Hall, for many years famous as a negro resort and ball room, is a pile of charred timbers to- day. The annual 4 o'clock ball broke up on scheduled time and within the hour the building was wrapped in flames. The fire department could not save the bullding. Damage estimated at more $5,000 was dome the frame struc- ture which stands at Princess and Fairfax streets, center of the colored section of the city. Col. Julian Y.” Willlams, national president of the Travelers’ Protect- ive Association, and Mrs. Williams yesterday received the state delega- tion to the national convention which convenes In Grand Rapids, Mich., Mon- day. Following the reception, Col. Wil- liams, with the delegates and the local post, visited Mount St. Albans and placed a wreath upon Woodrow Wilson's tomb. Edward Werling, arrested vester- day charged with violating the state prohibition law, today waived prelim- ipary hearing and furnished bond in the sum of $500 for his appearance before the next grand jury. C. Page Waller, president of the | Chamber of Commerce, has been ap- pointed general sales manager to be in charge of the hotel drive of $500, 000, which begins June 23. Business men of the city will be organized into teams to present the proposition. DR. W. H. BAYLOR TO PREACH. At Immanuel, the National Baptist Memorial church, Rev. Dr. Gove G. Johnson, pastor, the puipit will be oc- cupied tomorrow by Rev. Dr. W. H. Baylor of Baltimore. Ip evening th srvice ouns , a legal holl- than Spe- | nite move to get more taxes for the | ing of a grand jury to review the tax | An Occupied House. The one who's certaln of his right For It should always grimly fght. —Scrapper the Kingbird. Peter Rabbit happened to be over on the edge of the Old Orchard the morning that Skimmer the Swallow and his neat little mate arrived from the Sunny South. A neat, trim couple were Skimmer apd Mrs, Swallow. How glad they were to reach the Old Orchard! They darted in and out among the trees, and circled and dived in the alr above them. All the time they twittered and talked joy- ously. The feathered folk, already busy with new homes in the Old Orchard, seemed as glad to see Skim- mer and Mrs. Swallow back as the latter were to get there. Every one i alléd o greeting to them. As soon as the greetings were all over and Skimmer and Mrs. Swallow | had given the other feathered folk the latest news, Mr: wallow sug- gested that they go look at their house. They called it their house b cause they had occupied it for two Vears. It was one of the houses Farmer Brown's Boy had put up in the Old Orchard. 1t was fastened to the trunks of one of the apple trees. | All the way up from the Suuny | outh they talked about their ouse. They planned to begin house keeping at . So. having greeted | all the people in the Old Orchard, Mrs. | Swallow flew over to the house and ' alighted on the littl perch just below the entrance. he twittered | with pure happiness. 1t was a0 good to he back home again. She just had | to sit there for a moment or two and express her joy. Just watching her joyousness made Peter Rabbit joyous oo Then Mr the round | Swallow put_her head in doorw She stopped twittering, For & few seconds she | sat there motionless. Then she drew | ack and began to dart and dive back and forth in front of that house chattering _excitedly and angrily. Skimmer, who had been sitting on a twig nearby, couldnt understand it all. He flew down and poked his head {n at that entrance. Then he did the same thing Mrs. Swallow had DROUTH IN PROSPECT AT COMMENCEMENTS General Movement Among Eastern | Schools to Change Condi- | tions This Year. BY ROBERT T. SMALL. NEW YORK, May 31—Efforts dry up commencement week at the eastern universities and colleges are meeting with success almost daily now, as June arrives, and the chances are that less Intoxicating liquors will |be drunk at the graduation exercises | and the class reunions than at any time since the Volstead act took effect The move to make the commence- ments dry is a tacit confession that | | they have been anything but that in |the past, despite the fact that the | constitutional prohibition amend- I ment came into full force more than | four years ago ! Found Reunion Wet. There has been a fairly well au- thenticgted report in circulation for some time that at one prominent uni- versity commencement last year, the revenue agents made a descent and did not find things at all to their lik ing. The agents threatened to stop all the reunions, arrest all the alumni |and possibly put a padlock on all further proceedings. Affairs were smoothed out, however, without drastic action, but th }a promise that this year eve 3 .cnuuon would be taken to make the campus as dry as the mid-Sahara. Consequently, there will be no cock- tails, or beer or punch or any other kicking substance served in the class {tents or marquees which may be | erected for the accommodation of the | visiting “old grads. Attention on Butler. In the fight to make the eastern | commencements safe for prohibition, | many eyes naturally have turned to- | ward_Columbia University here in| New York City, because Dr. Nicholas | Murray Butler, revered head of the| big educational institution, recently has been hitting some hammer blows at prohibition as it is practiced in the present da¥ and time. Dr. Butler frankly has let it be known that he regards no prohibition at all as better than the evil condi- tions which he says have grown out of the attempts to enforce the Vol- stead. act as written at Washington. What Dr. Butler really has advocated is a_government monopoly or control of alcohol as practiced in some prov- | inces in Canada, Columbia, however, promptly has fallen into line with the dry move- mont, the commencement day com- mittee issulng an appeal to the old grads not to “bring their own” or to permit any others to supply them “on university property.” The com- mittee has argued that it does not matter what the individual may think of prohibition, there should be strict compliance with the law during com- mencement week and that each alum- nus _personally should _discourage anything like a breach of the laws on” commencement day. The commit- tee is seeking “to protect the good name of Columbia.” Resented at Columbia. It has been made known at Colum- bia that the action of the commence- ment day committee, of course, has the sanction and support of Dr. But- ler. . The students at the university, while supporting Dr. Butler in their college paper and class discussions, have resented the inferences of some | of the more drastic of the dry advo- | cates that Columbia had become as wet as the Atlantic Ocean. They have insisted that perhaps there has been less drinking at Columbia, per stu- dent, than in any of the other large universities. Officers of some of the classes which are planning reunions this year at the various eastern institu- tions, while deprecating any public use of intoxicants, are frank enough to say they are not attempting to exercise any censorship or control over the actlons of individuals. They want to make certain, however, that there shall be no countenance of the use of liquors by the class organi- zation. Just before prohibition became ef- fective somo university alumni or- ganizations bought their “booze” and stored it away for future uge at re- unfon festivities. They thought at the time this would be perfectly proper, and all apparently went well until last year. Now the wet end of the festivities is to be cut out for all time. ‘Women Elect Officers. Special Dispatch to The Star. CUMBERLAND, Md., May 31.-—Of- ficers were elected for the ensuing year at the afternoon session of the Virginia Branch, Women's Mission. ary Assoclation, at First United Brethren Church yesterday. They are: President, Mrs. J. R. Rhodes, Dayton, Va.; vice presidents, Misses Ida Funkhouser and Ida Judy, Har- risonburg, Va., and Dayton, Va.; sec- retary, Mrs. Eugene Richardson, Martinsburg; treasurer, Miss N. F. A. Cupp, Dayton; secretary of thank- offering, Mrs. J. 5. Meyers, Harrison- burg;_secretary of Otterbein Guild, | Ml a"'*"" yperinty 1 to BEDTIME STORIE 1200,000,000 gold mar | pay, but not the one-hour reduct| | done toward carrying out its provi- | party of prominent educators of New BY THORNTON W. BURGESS THEY DARTED IN AMONG THE TR It was plain to Peter Rabbit that something was wrong. What it could be he hadn't the slightest idea. Never had he seen Skimmer and Mrs. Swal- | low so0 excited and angry. Of course | the other birds in the Old Orchard came hurrying up to find out wi was all about. It was some Lim fore elther Skimmer or Mrs. Sw ould sit still long enough to them what the trouble was. Finally it eame out, in the cried Mrs, one Mas tuken our right’ That Is our house, any right to it but “If it is your house why don't y put out whoever is in there inquired Scrapper the Kingbird. “1 would ir 1 were in your place. No bird would take my home away from me!" bird has taken our house from retorted Skimmer. f it were a t would be different.” " demanded wallow house! 1t und no urselves isn't me us,’ bird “Well, then, who Is it Scrapper. Just then a sleepy looking face ap- peared in the doorway. It was the face of Timmy the Flying Squirrel “On!" exclaimed Scrapper the King- bird. “That is different'” (Copyright, 1924, by T. W. Burgess.) The next story: “Timmy Refuses to sive Up.” COMMON SENSE ENDS RUHR MINE STRIKE Both Parties Finally Accept Berlin Dictum After Reparations Are Given Setback. BY GEORGE R. WITTE. | By Radio to The Star and Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1924 SSSEN, May 31.—Common sense and innate respect for law have won | the battle betwcen the miners and mine owners in the Ruhr, after four weeks of enforced ldleness on the part of the former and a loss of over on the part of the latter. The result has been nil, so far as| the contending parties were con- cerned, but the reparations account, which was being tackled seriously by the German government, may be found to have suffered a setback. Exactly a month and two days ago, | the miners voted in favor of turning| down new arbitration proposals made | by the government. But then Berlin sued a ukase making the proposals nding for both parties,” or, i other words, making them law. The miners | finally took into consideration the | dire consequences of a continued | strike, which would almost certainly result in starvation riots and per- haps clashes with troops of occu- pation. | Common Senwe Prevails. | Common sense prevailed and a num- ber of miners various! estimated at | from 10,000 to 100,000 returned to work Friday morning. To their sur-| prise they found the entrance gates | locked. The mine owners have an- nounced, however, that they will open | which occurs on the first Sunday of | up all mines on Monday, with the ex- | ception_of those which suffered too | seriously during the period of idle-| ness. The new agreement, which gives the miners a 5 per cent h\crea.&e’\nl on in working hours that they demand- | ed, Holds good until September 30. Those favoring the Dawes report hope that a good deal will have been slons before the Ruhr workmen have occaston to raise new demands—"pro- | vided a government can be found that | will adopt the Dawes plan,’ these people add. TWO KILLED IN BLAST. | 1,000-Gallon Gasoline Tank Explo- sion Destroys Boats. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., May 31.— Two men were killed and two boats valued at $20.000 were destroyed at Tarpon _Springs yesterday when a 1,000-gallon _gasoline tank exploded while being filled. The two men, Michael Konstantine, owner of the boat Efficia, and Alexan- | der Filaretos, engaged in filling the tank, were blown into the air when the tank exploded. Konstantine struck the pler and fell into the water, while his companion was blown against the boat's mast, crushing in his ribs. Konstantine, who was taken from the water, was found to have both legs broken and other injuries. They died in a sanitarium tonight. ‘The force of the explosion shattered the windows within a radius of ten blocks and a boat alongside the Efficia was sunk. g SRS FLOOD ENDS CORPORATION Boat Line Company's Assets D clared Washed Away. Special Dispateh to The Star. CUMBERLAND, Md., May 31.A corporation in which Representative Frederick N. Zihlman was an incor- porator has been dissolved as a re- sult of the floods. It was the Dreyer Boat Line Corporation, which operat- excursion boats in summer ‘to Dreyer's bathing beach and picnic grounds up the Potomac here. The stockholders asked for the dis- solution on the ground that the as- sets of the company Were destroyed and carried away by the flood® of March 29. It was the intention to re- store the beach with buildings and the second flood, May 12, washed away temporary structures. The other incorporators were Frederick C. Dreyer, who actively managed the business, and I Blaine White. Educators to Make Trip. Special Dispatch to The Star. WINCHESTER, Va, May 31—A York will arrive here tomorrow to make what it is hoped will be the | streets” northwest, at | VETERAN DI first of a sel of pilgrimages to a section of country where from the days of the French and Indian wars, th revolutionary war and the civil war romance, color and tragedy have been woven into story. They will spend nearly & week in the Shenandoah val- ley between Winchester and Lexing- ton. The party will be entertained here by the chamber of commerce. New Mt. Rainier . Pastor Takes Up Duties Tomorrow Rev. C. M. Kreldler, new minister of the Mount Rainler Christian Chureh, is to assume his duties there tomorrow. Mr. Kreldler was born in Beaver Creek, Md. He was educated in the public schools of western Maryland, in which his father was a prominent teacher. Aside from his public school training, he was tmtored a8 Bome by his father fn the higher mathematics, modern languages and classical lan- guages. For a few years he was, himself, a teacher in the public schools of his home county. At the age of nineteen he attended Bethany College, Bethany, W. Va. entering as a sophomore and graduat- ing three years later with the degree of A.B. In'his graduation. Since then he Eas been continually in the min- stry. Ho has had several pastorates at Troy, N. Y.; Milwaukee, Wis, and Elmira, N. Y. About twenty-two years of his ministerial life have been spent M. KREIDLER. in the state of New York. For sev- eral years Mr. Kreidler was state secretary of Wisconsin, as well as pastor, and for a number of years has been active on the board of the New York Christian Missionary So- clety. For the last fifteen years Mr. Kreldler has been located at Elmira, The Mount Rainler Christian Church was organized by the late Dr. Frederick D. Power, January 1, 1904, with sixteen charter members, being the outgrowth of a mission Sunday School conducted by local workers, and is now one of the out- standing religlous organizations of the county. —— SUMMER SUNDAY SERVICE Schedule to Be Inaugurated at Metropolitan Memorial Church. The summer Sunday service sched- ule will be inaugurated tomorrow in the Metropolitan Memorial M. E. Church. The only change will be in the evening service. This will be a combined service between the Ep- worth League and the congregation. The league will have charge from 7 to 8 p.m. and at 8 o'clock the min ter, Rev. Dr. Harry D. Mitchell, will speak. The topic for this service will be “The Child.” Under the general topic of “As the Twig Is Bent the Tree Will Tncline” the minister will glve an illustrated sermon, using slides made from photographs of child life from many places. In the morn- ing the communion will be adminis tered. The adult Bible class, W Dewhirst, president, will meet a am. and be taught by Dr. Mitchell. T0 OBSERVE HOLIDAY. Members of Italian Embassy to At- tend Holy Rosary Church. holiday of Ttaly, 1 The national June high Holy will be observed with a solemn mass of thanksgiving, in the Rosary Church, 3d and F 10 ‘o'clock, to- morrow. Members of Italian embassy in a body will attend the mass, which will close with chanting of “Te Deum." S SPERSES KLAN BINGHAMTO! N. Y.. May 31.—Fos- ter Blac, former deputy United States marshall and a veteran of the civil war, brandishing a cane made of timbers of Andersonville prison, dispersed a dozen Ku Klux Klans- men, in_regalia, but unmasked, who gathered in Courthouse Square early yesterday to place a wreath on the soldiers’ and sailors’ monument Mr. Black was still on guard last night and the only flowers on the monument were placed there by the | veterans themselves. . Rev. Dr. Herson Returns. Rev. Dr. J. T. Herson, minister of Hamline Methodist Episcopal Church, has returned from the General Con- ference in Springfield, Mass., and will preach at both services tomorrow. His morning subject will be “Tho Christian’s Refuge,” and in the ev ning he will_continue the talks on “Great Bible Characters.” The Camp Pire Girls will_give a play entitled “The Call of Wohelo” next Friday evening. The proceeds of this enter- tainment will be used for camping in the summer. -— Eev._Dr. Rice to Preach. “Launch Out” will be the subject of the sermon by Rev. Dr. C. E. Rice at the Church of Our Father, Unlver- salist, 13th and L streets northwest, tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock. Kindergarten is held at the same hour. At 7 p.m., devotional meeting of the Young Peoples’ Christian Un- fon; topie, “In His Steps"; leader, Miss Virginia Rhodes. —_— Holds Communion Service. Rev. W. A, Lambeth, pastor of the Mount_Vernon Place Methodist Epis- copal Church South, will hold his first communion service in the church to- orrow morning. He will take as he topic for his sermon, “Break Thou the Bread of Life.” Rev. Mr. Lambeth will also preach in the eve- ning, his | subject being, “What T-a-l-e-n-t Spells.” . - Bible Conference Planned. COLUMBIA, S. C, May 31—Rev. George Atkinson of the Moody Bible Institute, Chicago, announced here vesterday that a large interdenomina- tional summer Bible conference would be held by the Moody Institute at Hendersonville, N. C., August 10.to 24. He stated that the conference is indorsed and supported by minis- ters and_church_workers throughout the south. Bible teachers and lec- turers who will be on the program include Dr. James M. Gray,, president of the Moody Institute; Guy Fitch Phelps, Dr. Henry Ostrom, George E. Guille, James A. Sutherland and Miss Virginia C. Wililams. Retired Minister Dies. Special Dispatch to The Star. FREDERICK, Md., May 31.—Rev. Simon S. Miller, eighty-two, retired Reformed clergyman and prominent in Masonic circies, dled at the Fred- erick city hospital from the effects of fractured hip, resulting from = fall Dedication exercises are to be held at 11 o'clock tomorrow under the di- rection of Rev. Dr. Walter G. Mc- Neil of the completed portion of the new Lincoln Road M. E, Church, Lin- coln road and U street northeast. Bishop Willlam F. McDowell is to preach the sermon and officlate at the exercises. Rev. Dr. John R. Ed- wards, superintendent of Washington district, is to assist. The portion of the building to be dedicated tomorrow cost $48,000, which makes a total valuation of $64,000. 1t runs from the corner through the portion under the tower. This part is the Sunday school house, the upper story of which for the pres- Sunday School Leésson BY REV. HUGH T. STEVENSON. THE BABYLONIAN EXILE OF JUDAH—II Kings, chapter £1 to 25, II Chronicles, chapter Golden text — Righteousness exalteth a nation; but sin is a reproach to any people.— Proverbs xiv.34. Judah’s death knell was sounded 135 vears after Israel had met lts doom. During that period seven kings of the Davidic line had ruled the southern kingdom. In the near east the potentate determines by his personality the character of the people. The last four, Jehoaz, Jehoi- akim, Jeholachin and Zedekiah, were mere youths when they commenced to reign. Although men grow oider quicker in the orfent than in our land, none of these possessed the ripened religlous spirit that was needed to save the nation from destruction. They were influenced by some design- ing minister or through their self- confidence, so that they “did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord.” Zedekiah was placed upon the throme as the vassal king of Babylon when Jerusalem was captured in B. C. Jeremiah had tried to per- suade the king and nation to return to Jehovah and do His will in a final effort to save Judah. Ezekiel has pointed out that the capture of Jeru- salem and the carrying of some of | their leaders into exile had shaken the people’s faith in Jehovah, so that their religion had become a mixture of idolatries, consisting of Phoeni- cian, Syrian and Chaldean supersti- tions. Hananiah represented the group of priests and princes who, chafing under the foreign control, | opposed Jeremiah's advice that Zede- kiah remain loyal to Nebuchadnezzar. | The spirit of nationalism become so |strong that Jeremiah became un- popular with the court and his coun- trymen, until at last Zedekiah wil- fully disregarded the divine warn- ings by making an offensvie and de- fensive alliance with Egypt and with the rebellious cities of Palestine for the purpose of throwing off the voke of Babylon. It was an impolitic and sion. The new empire of Babylon had already attained great power and proved its mastery over Jerusalem. Zedekiah's defeat meant | personal punishment and Judah’s an- | nihilation a a rebel nation. There | was no help open for Judah, because | she had arrayed Jehovah against, her | through her deepening depravity. Judah's Deepening Depravity. Historians tracing the decline of Judah will differ owing to their view- point. Probably any Babylonian would have assigned it to the su- premacy of their army, while a po- litical economist would tell us that the end came through bad economic conditions. Oriental rulers owned their subjects, and they gave no at- tention to what we recognize as one | of the foundations of the nation's| progress—finance. The Mosaic law | of land tenure scems to have fallen | into disuse. The wealthy built up| enormous estates, Jjoining fleld to, fleld in disregard of the ancient land- | marks, Monopolies were built up in| flax and linens by sacrificing the in- terests of the poorer classes. In- direct taxation increased all financial | burdens, and the control of grain | was held unrighteously by the king | and his court. Back of every economic poliey is a ‘moral question. The lesson pre- sents an_indictment of "the nation. They had lost all moral restraints when they turned from the worship of Jehovah to practice the licentious and degrading forms of the heathen. The chronicler notes the spirit of the king, whose sin was aggravated by his refusal to worship God and by his attitude toward Jeremiah, which was a sign of disrespect for Jehovah. His evil doings influenced the people until their sins reached a climax by their “mocking” and “scoffing” at the true prophets and despising the di- vine messages. Judah had lost “the righteousness that exalteth a nation” and was full of sin that “is a re- proach to any people.” When Zedekiah and the people of Jerusalem refused to listen to God's word when it condemned their in- iquity, immorality and indifferences to treaty obligations Judah was doomed. If they had listened to the Lord’s appeal for them to repent and sought to reform their ways, so as to do His will the nation would have been able to endure longer The country would have weathered | its financiai distress and been cured of its sin if they had listened to the prophets of Jehovah. Her destruc- tion was due to the fact that Judah refused to apply the principles of re- vealed religion to the solution of her national and international af- fairs. Every modern nation will fall, as Jerusalem did, If it is unwilling to mold its national'life by the principles of the Lord. Jerusalem’s Destruction. Jerusalem's destruction is one of the most tremendous object lessons the world has ever seen of the re- sults of disloyalty to God. There have been other great and appalling catas- trophes in the world's history, but this one has been interpreted to us by the teachings of the prophets, whose predictions were flulfilled and whose hearts were crushed by their fulfillment, ~There is no question that the city of Jerusalem fell when the hand of Jehovah, Who had protected her from Sennacherib, was ;with- drawn, because “there was no other remedy” that He could use except ex- ile to save His chosep nation for service among men. Jeremiah ~was vindicated when, after a prolonged siege of eighteen months, the city fell. The end came after a period of indescribable suffer- ing and horrors within the city, that have been mirrored forth in the La- mentations of Jeremiah. Famine drove the Hebrew mothers to such a piteh of madness that they did not hesitate to eat thelr own children. | fuifillea. 100, ent will be used as the place of wor- ship. The proposed complete group will fnelude a social hall in the base- ment and an auditorium, which is later to be completed. The architecture of the church proper will be early Gothic. The Sunday school house follows lines of | the Elizabethan style. It is built of stone and half timber, with the pur- pose of creating a contrast with the worship end of the complete group. The church was organized October 3, 1909. Services were held in a vortable frame church for seven years. The lower story of ti:e Build ing now to be dedicated was occupied in_October, 1916. It was used for chruch purposes since t time. There is a well graded Sunday school under the Jeadership of M. peel- man, superintendent They tried to weaken the effective- ness of the blows or overturn these weapons of destruction by the use of chains. Archers made the defense dificult. “Their darts tipped with fire kindled the roofs of the houses. | Catapults hurled stones into the city | with a force that crushed all that | came in their way. The walls were | mined and frequent attempts made to | scale them. The first part of the wall to give away was the long stretch on the east side of the city, which helped form the temple area platform. Al- though Jeremiah had urged a sur- render, they refused during the try- ing days of the siege. The king and | his forces tried to escape under the protection of the night. Had he fol- lowed the advice of the prophet he | could have escaped and the eity been | saved, but his effort to escape came | too late. They were detected, fol- | lowed and évertaken upon the wide plains of Jericho, where they were forced to give batile. The last battle for the expiring monarchy was fought and Zedekiah was defeated on the site of Joshua's first triumph. | Zedekiah, the ingrate and traitor, was_carried 200 miles to be presented | to Nebuchadnezzar, who was at Rab- lah, in Hamath. The mighty mon- arch showed no_pity upon the man who had been disloyal to him. He | commanded him to witness the death of his two sons and attendants. Zede- | kiah having seen their sorrow had to | endure a greater anguish by being blinded and carried to Babylon as an | exile. Blinding of rulers was a com- | mon_punishment of Kings in the Ori- ent in ancient times, as it deprived them of all hope of ever recovering their throne. In this two prophecies. which_were apparently contradictory, | were fulfilled. Jeremiah had predict- | ed that he should go to Babylon, as| had FEzekial, although the latter had prophesied that he would never see Babylon and yet that he should die there. | Jeremiah gives us in the 53d chap- ter of his prophecy a minute account of Jerusalem's destruction. He was | an ‘eye witness of the work of Neb- uzaradan, the chief of the Babylonian generals, who took charge of the de- | molishing of the oity. The palaces,| public buildings and fortifications were completely destroved. T fanatieal loyalists, who sought shel- ter in_the precincts of the temple, were slaughtered in the precincts of the place of worship. The vessels, 5000 in number, according to' Ezra. were gathered together and carried away with the other spoils to Bab: lon. All survivers of the siege and laughter, except the popr serfs, were taken captive in Babylon, leaving Jerusalem a desolation and a wailing. In this Micah's grim phophecy was “Jerusalem became heaps. and the meuntain of the house high places of the forests.” Out of death came life. Greece died vet lives in the noble graces that transfigures the thoughts of men Rome fell, yet in the majesty and law of all nations she lives forever. J rusalem perished, but out of that ex- ile, as we will see next week, came a_greater Judah. and it is toward s sew Jerusalem that men look with the nope of a new era toda Modern society breeds in its own heart the instrument of its punish ment. If we fail God, He will punish us, as He did Judah for failing to ke advantage of her opportunities of service. Our danger is within, not without. Let us be willing to sacri- fice our resources and give of our life for His glory and the uplift of clety. If we are called upon to die for the advancement of our country and the Kingdom of God, it will be no defeat. Let us seck the ways of righteousness that exileth a nation and turn away from that is a r proach to any people. VAUGHN CLASS CONCERT. Lecture Also to Be Given for Bene. fit of Sunday School. The Vaughn Bible class of Calvary Baptist Church will give a concert and lecture Monday evening in the| Sunday school auditorium. The concert orchestra, under the airection of Charles W. Guest, assist- ed by Fred East, baritone, and Wil- liam F. Raymond, tenor, will provide the musical numbers. Homer J.| Councilor will give a lecture, “The Imperishable Nation.” There will be no admission charged, but a silver offering will be taken which will go to the fund for build- ing a new half-million-dollar Sunday school for the church. e To Present Pageant. A pageant is to be presented at § p.m. tomorrow at the Third Baptist Church, 5th and Q setreets. At 11 a.m. Rev. George O. Bullock, the pas- tor, is to preach a special sermon. D. C. MINISTER NAMED HEAD OF CHINESE SCHOOL Rev. James McClure Henry Wil Be President of Canton Christian College. Rey. James McClure Henry, form- erly assistant Rev. Dr. Charles Wood of the Church of the Covenant. " has been clected to the presidency of Canton Christlan College, Canton, China. Mr. Henry was named last” week to succeed Dr. Charles K. Ed- munds, the latter having been ap- pointed provost of Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md. 2 Mr. Henry has been in charge of the work of Peck Chapel and is wide= Iy known also as a lecturer. In a recent talk at the National Art Cen- ter, where he was a guest of the Art Center Club and the Art and Arch- eology League, he told of conditions in southern China and of the visit of Dr. Suu Yat-Sen and his address 10 Chinese students at Canton Christian, College. As Mr. Henry's father, Dr. B. C. Henry, was the second presi- dent ‘of Canton College, from 1893 to 1897, and James M. Henry was born in China and knows the language thoroughly, his appointment will be particularly agreeable to the Chinese. W. K. Chung, vice president for Chinese affairs at the college, was named associate president by the trustees of the college in recognition of his long and efliclent service on the staff. Mr. Chung toured America recently, and will visit Canada, after which he will g0 to South Amerle Chinese in New York City alone gave $28.000 for Canton Christian College. Ur, Gertrude Richardson Brigham tments of English and Jlogy at George Wash- University has received ap: sociate professor of t Canton Christian College. begin her duties there In Dr. Brigham is leaving k for a short tour in Europe. to cptember. this we. A bazaar will be held under the: auspices of the Seekers of Good Cluir and the Ladies’ Missionary Club of the - Church of the Redeemer (Itallan Bap- tist), New York avenue and Kirby str’flels northwest, next Friday at 7:30 p.m. To Present Comedy. The Senior Walther League Socle of Trinity Lutheran Church will pre- sent “Elopement of Ellen,” a comed in three acts, next Thursday and ¥r day evenings at 8:15 o'clock, in Trinity Hall, 4th and E streets north- EXCURSION Endless Caverns Sunday, June 1 Ly. Washington 9:00 A.M. Round Trip Fare, $2.50 SouthernRailwaySystem 1510 H St. NNW. Phones Main 5633 and 7063 Desirable Office Space FOR RENT m Commercial National Bank Building 14th and G Sts. N.W. Apply to Superintendent A Product of Modern Genius Ordinary glass may have been known to the ancients, but Wire Glass is the product solely of modern genius. It is now made both in clear and obscure surfaces. It is the paradox of the glass indumz, be- cause while made by fire it nevertheless is chiefly used to pre- vent the spread of fire. When properly glazed in metal sash, lower rates of fire insurance are obtainable. Send for Booklet and free samples HIRES TURNER GLASS COMPANY BzanHanp W. 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