Evening Star Newspaper, August 4, 1926, Page 4

0F . WLLTARE *ACTONON WEXID Supreme Knight Declares Present Crisis Important. Mussolini Praised. By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, August 4.—The national convention of the Supreme Council, Knights of Columbus, in ses- slon here, intends to deal with the religious sltuatfon in Mexico in no un- mistakable w This assertion by Supreme Knight James A. J vention drew rounds of applause from the thousands of delegates. “We are zoing to deal with the Mex- ico situation before this convention is over, and we are going to deal with it in no unmistakable way,” declared Mr. Flaherty. “The present crisis of the most important things we will have to consider.” Polnting to four delegates from Mex- ico seated in the front row, the speak- er sald: Mussolini Is Praised. *I pray to God that when this con- vention is cver they will go back to their native land and be permitted to enter again.” High tribute was paid Premier Mus- solini of Italy by Edwin H. Hearn, past supreme knight. Speaking at a luncheon in honor of the national officers of the Knights of Columbus, Mr. Hearn declared that Mussolini was the outstanding figure in Europe. “The world owes a debt to Musso- lini which it does not comprehend,” sald Mr. Hearn. “If anything should happen to snuff out his leadership in Europe those vines that lead from Moscow would tangle and dominate the world. He will yet render better service to Italy than any other states. man, He has done great service to Ttaly, but he has done a greater ser ice to the whole civilized world.” Cardinal Dougherty Officiates. —The convention was opened with pontifical high mass celebrated by Cardinal Dougherty, while around him were grouped lesser dignitaries of the church in their brilliant robes 8nd groups of the Knights of Colum- us. In a sermon following the mass, Bishop Daniel J. Gercke, Tucson, !Ariz, told the delegates that as the knights of old fought in behalf of chiv- alry, so the Knights of today “still contest for eternal life.” He recounted the history of the Knights of Colum- bus as “one of chivalry, honor and lofty ideals.” e . SAYS BISHOP DIED IN JAIL. Report at Nogales Declares Arch- bishop Is Seriously Ill. NOGALES,_ Ariz., August 4 UP).— The Mexican Press in Nogales, Sonora, Mexico, says that the recently arrested Catholic bishop of Huejutla has been found dead in his prison cell in Vera Cruz. Details are lacking. The Mexico City correspondent of the Nogales Herald also declares that Archbishop Mora v del Rio is serious- ly ill and that all visitors have been excluded from his residenc herty in openirg the con- | PRIEST IN MEXICO ACCEDES TO LAWS, GETS CHURCH BACK ntinued from First Page.) not say by what method Deloyo met death. Great speculation, coupled ~ with much uneasiness, ex®ts over the out- come of the economic boycott. Some observers of the situation express the belief that the boycott may become the determining factor in the dispute be- tween the church authorities and the government. It is their opinion that any. marked falling off in business may cause the government to lessen the rigors of its religlous policy. Some Theaters Show Drop. Reports received here indicate that the boycott already has brought a re- duction in business in some parts of the’ republic, but exactly to what ex- tent is not known. Mexico City .mov- ing picture houses are beginning to show decreases in attendance, pre- sumably attributable to the boycott. Outwardly However, business and other life in the capital appears to remain about normal. The Catholic archbishopric con- tinues to maintain silence regarding efforts for peace, since the rejection of the truce offered by it to President Calles. This truce proposed that the religious regulations be suspended pending the holding of a national plebiscite to obtain the view of the people throughout the country, on the religious issue. Intermediaries have not abandoned all hopes of ar- ranging a peace, but they are said not to feel encouraged over the prospect. Only normal numbers of worship- ers are visiting the’ priestless churches, all of which, except where there has been difficulty in arranging inventories of the treasures and other property, at present are in the hands of municipal committees. Alleged Shortage Investigated. * The authorities are continuing fur- ther investigation of reports by va- rious committees that numerous val- uables are missing from churches. It 1s understood the Catholics claim that some of the treasures, including cer- tain gold vessels in the Cathedral, are private property, placed In the churches by individual owners, who retained title in them and therefore were privileged to take them away. The Episcopal bishop, Rev. Dr. Creighton, maintains silence regard- ing the religlous situation, although it is known that the three foretgn churches in his jurisdiction, Christ Church Cathedral in Mexico City and churehes in Tampico and Pachuca, in- tend to hold services with laymen next Sunday. There are about 30 Episcopal churches with 5,000 Mexi- can communicants and 14 Mexican missionary priests in the country un- der the jurisdiction of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States, of which Rev. Dr. Creighton s missionary bishop for Mexico. None of these ministers has been inter fered with in any way. Rishop Creighton expects a settle- ment soon in the case of the Episcaopal Church San Jose de Gracia, the title of which is owned by the United States Episcopate. This church has been placed under guard of the police in consequence of a charge that the Mexican rector failed to comply with the municipal requirement of regis- tration by priests. The property has not been seized by the government. It is under guard of government rep- resentatives, although the doors are ope]n and worshipers are entering at will. DR. A. J. MOURNING DIES AT AGE OF 80 Was Employed Many Years in Post Office Department—Served in Union Army. Dr. Anderson J. Mourning, 80 years old, died yesterday afternoon after a brief illness at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. Melville D. Hensey, 1637 Hobart street. He was born in Friendship, 1il., served in the Civil War as a corporal in Company D of the 11th Illinois Cavalry, graduated in pharmacy and married Miss Jennie E. Tinsley, living for a while in Toledo, Ohio. He entered the employ of the rail- way mail service in Springfield, Ill., and after being seriously injured in @ train aceldent was sent to Washing- ton, where he remained for 36 years in the office of the general superin- tendent. He perfected the railway pass system and had charge of sup- plles until his retirement. He was a member of Kit Carson Post, No. 2, G. A. R, His parents were Western pioneers, having migrated from Kentucky to Kansas by prairie schooner, and his wife in her vouth was a_ friend of Tad Lincoln, some of her family fur- niture being now in the Lincoln home in_Springfield, Il g He is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Hensey., Mrs. Alexandes Hamil- ton of Los geles and Mrs. Elwood Adolph of this city: two sons, Nelson Mourning and Harrison C. Mourning of Forst : two sisters, Mrs. Margaret Milhoan of San Fran- cisco and Mrs. Mary R. Leaton of Challls, Idaho, and three brothers, Milton Mourning of Sacramento, Calif.; Harvey Mourning of Pueblo, Colo., and Silas Mourning of Los Angeles. Funeral services will be conducted Friday morning at 10:30 at the home by Dr. MacDonald, assistant to the rector of St. Stephen's Church, fol- lowed by interment in Arlington Na- tional Cemetery. e RITES FOR E. P. RIDER. War Department Clerk, Lifelong Resident, Was 68. Funeral services for Everett Plymp- ton Rider, €8 years old, 916 B street southwest, ~a lifelong resident of Washington, who died yesterday, will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock at J. W. Lee's funeral parlors, 332 Pennsyivania aven by Rev. H. S. Miller of Epiphany Chapel, followed by interment in Oak Hill Cemetery. Mr. Rider was formerly the Wash- ington agent for D. Appleton & Co., publishers, and recently had been em- ploved as a clerk in the office of the | chief of Air Corps, War Department. He is survived by his widow, Carrie K. Rider, and three children, Paul K. . Prescott and Mrs, AFRICAN.M. E. CHURCH i HOLDS SESSION HERE Delegates From All Over U. S. At- tend Third General School Convention. The third general church schoal con- vention of the African Methodist Epis- copal Church, in session at John Wes- ley, A. M. E. Zion Church until Sunday night, was addgessed today by Bishop P. A. Wallace on “The Meaning and Primary Function of the Church’; Dr. W. H. Davenport, “The Church’s Or- ganization and Enterprise”; Dr. E. L. Madison, “The Significance of Conv: sion in Christian Experience," and Dr. W. L. Hamblin, “The Place and Value of Education in the Development of Chritsian Education.” A report of the 1924 World Sunday School convention in Glasgow was read at an “echo luncheon” at noon, by Miss Sarah J. Jenifer, while Mrs. A. M. Lee reported on the 1925 Inter- national Christian Endeavor conven- tion, at Portland, Ore., and Bishop L. W. Kyles on this year's World Chris- tian Iindeavor convention at London. ‘This afternoon the administrative and adult divisioons meet at Metropolitan Church, the young peopole’s division at Union Wesley and the children’s division at Galbraith. The convention theme tomorrow will be the educational task of the church and what the church should teach” A pllgrimage will be made in the after- noon to the Lincoln Memorial, and the evening topic will be “The Church and the Social order.” Assistant Engineer Commissioner W 1. Covell, on behalf of the District, and Thaddeus H. Chase, on behalf of the Christian Endeavor Union, last night welcomed the delegates of 3,777 churches at the opening session. F. A. Ray, president of the conven- tion, in his annual address ple: the renewal of spirituality exhorting the gathering to maintain their faith in the rising generation. Bishop William J. Walls, president of the religious education hoard, ad- dressed the meeting, after the invoca. tion by Rev. H. T. Medford, pastor of John Wesley Church Recognized by Detectives. NEW YORK, August 4 (#).—Tor- tolse shell glasses and “college bags’ worn by Fred Arling, chauffeur, gave him easy access for many weeks to the locker rooms of Columbia Uni- versity. Students in Schermerhorn Hall failed to detect the man who had looted lockers almost daily, but de- tectives remembered a rogue's gal. lery picture which the glasses didn't blur. Fine, New Public School In EDGEMOOR Across Street From BATTERY PARK WEST VIRGINIA VOTING CLOSE IN 4TH DISTRICT Tight Race for Successor to Wood- yard—House Incumbents Renamed. CHARLESTON, W. Va., August 4 (). —Returns from nealy half of the State today indicated the renomina- tion in yesterday’s primary of four of West Virginia’s five Republican repre- sentatives and of her one Democratic member in the lower house. In the Republican contests Repre- sentatives Carl G. Bachman, first dis- trict; Frank L. Bowman, second dis- trict and John M. Wolverton, third district, all were leading their respective opponents. Representative James French Strother was unopposed for the nomination in the fifth dis- trict. Representative J. was leading his opponent for the Democratic nomination in the sixth district by more than 5,000 votes. Former Attorney ~neral . T. Engt land apparently ' the Republican nominee in_the «® e district. Former Representative mes A. Hughes and State Senator Harvey Marsh were running a close race for the Republican nomination in the fourth district, now repgesented by Harry C. Woodyard, who did not seek renomination. Hughes had a slight lead, with a third of the district vet_to report. For the Democratic congressional 1 ominations, leaders in the various districts were: First, George W. Old- Alfred _Taylor econd, former Representative R. E. L. Allen; third, W. 8. O'Brie fourth, State Senator H. J. Darnall; !l|‘tth, former Representative T. J. Ally. BUREAU WORKER DEAD. Percival Q. Lawrence, Union Vet- eran, and D. C. Resident 50 Years. Special Dispatch to The Star. CLARENDON, VA, August 4— Percival O. Lawrence, 84 years old, for 40 years employed by Uncle Sam at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, died Monday evening at the home of his daughter. Mrs. Emily A. Batcheller, Penrcse, Va. Mr. Lawrence, who is a native of Norwalk, Conn., had been in fafling health three years. He was a resident of Washington 50 yearse He served during the Civil War in the First Vew York Mounted Rifles and the Fifth New York Light Infantry. was widely active in the Grand Army of the Republic and a past commander of Phil Sheridan Post. He was inter- ested in other fraternal organizations and a past master of the I, A. A. M. He is survived by a son, Fred R. Lawrence of Roselle Park, N. J, four daughters, others beside: Batcheller being Mrs. L. R. Williams, Plainfleld, N. J.; Mrs. Olivia Lawrence of Washington and Mrs. Emily L. Batcheller of Arlington, Va. He will be buried in Arlington National Cemetery beside his wife, who died nine years ago. 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No mention of a protest was con- tained in a State Department state- ment, made public ye: sum- marizing the report of C Weddell in Mexico City on the over by Mexican police of “the of England of San Jose,” which be- longs to the American Episcopal Church. ' Other dispatches have in- dicated that something approaching a protest was made to the consul ico City. “Bishop Creighton informed the con- He | 5ul general that immediately after the general by Bishop Creighton in Méx- |a occupation of the church by the po- lice, the authorities began taking an inventory of the property in the church,” the department statement the minister of & that a list of respon: the church which had be did not contain the names of ten men, but the names of -eight men and two women only. 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