Evening Star Newspaper, March 18, 1928, Page 4

PRESIDENT GUEST OF NEWS WRITERS White House Correspondents Give Annual Banquet. Officers Installed. President Coolidge and membere of the White House Correspondsnts’ Asso- ciation, of which he is honorary presi- dent, with more than a hundred guests, sncluding several members of the cab- | inet, the Senate and House, mad» meriy Jast night st the annual banouet of ths association at the Carlton Hotel There was something in the way merriment and funmaking and interest from the moment the banquet started. | ‘The entertainment was varied and al- | though some of the humor was at the | expense of the President and others present. every one enjoyed it It has been the custom of President Coolidge to take the occasion of these annual gatherings of White House cor- ondents virtually to step down from the office of Chief Executive and to ir- dulge in a heart-to-heart talk. He fol- Jowed this custom last night. Kellogg Makes Speech. Others who spoke briefly were Secre- ry of State Kellogg. Secretary of the ‘Treasury Melion. Postmaster General New, Senator Harrison of Mississippi and Franklin Pierce Morgan, eteran | newspaper correspondent of this eity. The Iatter “covered” the White Hou: when Hayes was President and Calvin was 5 vears of age. | of the association for the | ar were installed as follows Russell Young of The S! snt: Ralph A. Coilins, New Y ice president. and Oliver B.; Wall Street Journal, secretary- | treasurer. John T. Lambert of Univer- Ral Service, iring president, adminis- tered the oaths to the officers. Lambert presided at the dinner until| the new president was incducted The entertainment included songs by | George H. O'Connor, accompanied on the piano by Matt Horn: the singing of *Saint Patrick’'s Day In the Morning" by Representative Bloom of New York: the singing of “Out Among the Black , Hills and the Pines,” by Oliver B.| Yerch. and topical songs by Jane and | Ginger Rodgers of the Keith circuit Incidental music was furnished by 8 | Jaz2 band. [ Films Are Shown. | Stereopticon views and motion pic- | tures of the President and the cor-| respondents during their vacation trips | and the recent visit to Havana were | thown. Col. Osmun Latrobe, veteran Cavalryman. who the President met in the Black Hills last Summer and who | was recently appointed chief mflnan-\ aide at the White House, was asked to stand up while one of the members of the entertainment committee explained Just what the duties of an aide aré, and presented him with a set to follow George E. Durno of International News | Service was chairman of the entertain. ment committee; Mr. Lerch, chairman | of the finance committee: Ravmend ‘Tucker of the Scripps-Howard papers, chairman of the invitation commuctee: Carlisle Bargeron of the Washington | Post, chairman of the seating commit- | tee: Raiph A. Collins. chairman of the | dinner committee: Stuart Hayes of Cen- tral News, chairman of the menu com- mittee, and Raymond Clapper of United | ’ss, chairman of the reception com- | mittee. “flesidu the honor guests those invited Te: Russell C. Aikens. Col. Edward D. Ainsiie, George E. Akerson. Francis G Aldham. William Prederic Ardis, Robert | lniil:mn" m! F. Authier, Car-| Bartley. K. Barta, E. Ross . Ulric Bell. Laurence M. Bene- | diet, w. | Blue, Frank K. Boal { | | | | llings, jr.; s 8. Lieut. Comdr. | Joel T. Boone, John S. Boyd. Andrew D. | Brashears, Wi { | ter Chamblin, John Chevalier, Raymond Clapper, Edward T. Clark, Raiph A.| Coliins, Edward A. Conroy, Dr. John| Roger Cortesi. Maj. J. . Cou- | pal, P. Stuart Crawford, Kenneth G | Crawford, Carl C. Crowe. John T. Cush- | . Clarence Dalrymple, Roland C.| Davies. M. v. d. Decken. John M. Dem-‘ son. Lieut. Comdr. P. C. Denne-| brink, Robert H. Denton. Rudolphe de Zappe, C. B. Dodds, Clinton L. Doggett William J. Donaldson. jr.; George M. | Dorsey, George E. Durno, Thomas F. Edmunds, Parke F. Engle, Benedict M | English. Paul Penlon, Carter Field David E_Pinley. Wilfred Fleisher, Wil- Lam P. Plythe. Edward T. Foliard, Mark Foote. Rudolph Forster, Wilbur 8. For- rest, Don H. Foster, Jerome G. Fraenkel Edward W. Gableman, Harry L. Gandy, | Irwin Geisser, T. A. Gillis, Harold Gold- | man, Mark L Goodwin, Isaac Gregg, W. Henry Grimes, Carl Groat. Charles 8 Grover, Prank A. Hall, Willlam P. Hall mm % Hun.lvy, Charles A. Hamilto r. Lee Poe il Hart, Pa n tuart 5. H F. P tuart 2yes Eber- hart Heynes. Louis J. Heath. Dr Joseph | M. Heller. Ray Z. Henie, C. T Hess, Hubert Hollovay, George R Holmes, | Matt Horn, James P. Hornaday, Dr Blaniey K. Hornbeck, Sid Houston Thomas Howard, Gordon Huff, William E Hull Ms Raymond Hulsart, Austen Hei Harvey Ingley, A. M Jamieson, Richard Howard D, Johnson, Nelson T son, Dr. Max Jordon, Meurice Judd. Harry A. Karr David E Kaufm Morgan 8. Kauf- man, W. E Ken Russell Kent Prilip Kinsle omas K Ernest 4. Knorr, John T. Lambert, Wilton J. Lambert, Col Osmun Latrobe, P. 8. | Leggett, Dr. Rudolf Leithel Diiver B Lerch, Charles J. Lilley, Clarence L. Linz, Orbin Liwchfield, Frank Lord, . Loucks, Dr. Matthew Maguire, n, George W. Ma ¥Agar Merkham, Lorenze Martir Bingham Mariin, Charles H Jr.; William L. Mattocks, Myles B Cahtll, Leo A McClatchy, Robert Mc- Cielian, Msj. C. E. McCullough. Michael J. MeDermott, William J. McEvoy, Psul J. MoGahan, Guy D McKinney, Hardie Meskin, Larkin G. Mead, Rice W Means, Albert R, Michener, } Miller, Kirk Miller, ¥ Mo tgom: Fobert Moorefield, Cole E. Morgan, Col Andrew Moses, Ralph C. Mulligan Wiism C. Murph I3 v Mirray. Col. Robert C Wil | Yiam Nezl, Carl Neprud, Don- 8id J_ Nevin, John Edwin Nevin. John G. O'Brien, George O Connor. Kenneth OConnor, Richard W. O'Neill, Drew Pearson, Pa M. Pearson, Harold Prillipe, R, £ Pickens, Edward M Powell, Harry N Price. | i D Palin- er, Maj Frank W. Patterson, A A D Bahn, Marion L. Ramsay. L 1t Richey Kelson J, Riley. fir Fobbins, O 8000 Roberts, Nathen W. fobertson W. A, Roflenbery. Carl D loth, Leo ) Back, Ernest Beaman, K Fen men. Kurt G. £l Cha. e tler Hepry C. Eneridsn, Harry A Sistiery ¥ W. Bmithers. Meyer Bolmwon, Col Ydwsra W Blaring. Amoz A Steels France M. Bephenson, Thomss 1 Blokes Herry R. Stringer, Laurence J. BulliVen. Henry Swift, Oswald p Bobuette, William E. Tate, Aubrey . | Taylor, Cherles B, Tebhe, Eugene § ‘Thomas, Fobert & Thornburgh, Bas- com N. Timmons, James C. Tipton Glenn 1. Tucker, Fuay Tucker, H M Van Time, Everett C. Walkin:, Payl Weir, Ralph W. Wheatley, Warren W Wheaton. Henry 6 Wheeler. James € White. Laurence ¥ Wilder, Frederic Willism Wi mes 1 Viright. ). i sell Young, Representative Freaerick N Zinimen, Je iy K. ¥ S Musser, « Lew Hits Drunken Flyers ALBANY, N. Y. March 17 A bill making i & misdemeancy 0 on sirplens while jn en ntox 4 _condilion wee kgned Lasy by &mih, A / THE SUNDAY STAR. WASHINGTON. D. C. e Scene at the banquet given last night by the newspapermen President Coolidge. John L. Lambert. retiring 0. TOBEACTIVE INHOUSE HEARINGS CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. ‘TODAY. The Wanderlusters' hike will start from Chevy Chase Lake at 3 o'clock. Mr. Zerkels will lead. The Red Triangle Outing Club will meet, 2:45 o'clock, at Rosslyn, Va. Buv round fare to Great Falls. Hike wi |be from Peacock. Across country to | Great F: Chicken dinner for those Committees Are Ready to whe wish. & Consider Measures in | agncuiture. il theak on - bhe Amer: | Present Week. {can Indian Problem.” 3 o'clock, before ] 1the Washington Open Forum at the| Playhouse. Public invited. Admission | free. Important Distriet measures wili| A musical and literary tea for the come to the forefront at hearings this benefit of the visual education fund of week before House committees, starting Crummell School will be given from 4 tomorrow with an announced big |10 7 o'clock at the residence of Mrs. F. demonstration by civil service employes | Eatley, 1610 Montello avenue northeast. in support of the Welch bill, for a e ; blanket increase in salary to all civil | Cookie Brothers, Inc.. will give a tea service emploves. on which hearings dance from 3 to 6 at L'Aiglon Club. start tomorrow before the civil service | o FUTURE. who “cover” the White House. Left to right, at the Mr. | Speakers’ table, Secretary Mellon. J. Russell Young, new president of the White House Correspondents’ Association; president of the association. and Secretary Kellogs. PAVING TO START - ~ INTAKOMA PARK $75,000 Exoenditure on Main Street Will Be Launched Tomorrow. An important step in the devclop- ment of the town of Takoma Park, Md., will be taken tomorrow when work will begin on the repaving. widening and im- proving of Carroll avenue from the Dis- trict line to Flower avenue. The proj- ect, to cost between $75.000 and $80.000, | will be completed during the comin; Summer months. The avenue, which is the main traf- MARCH 18, /1928 —PART T. CHURGH WILL MAKE HIST[]RU@ESSIUM } "EPISCOPAL CHURCH GUIDED BY THESE | Episcopal Clergy Foresee Oc- | tober Convention as “Most Outstanding” on Record. | | | | | | | | washington for the second time in its | history will be the host of the general | | convention of the Protestant Episcopal | Church when that body convenes on the morning of October 10 at Mount | 8t. Alban. 1t wil be a historic occasion for, for the first time in the history of the | church, the triennial will mect under {the roof of its National Cathedral in | the Capital of the Nation which was founded by George Washington, first | President and an Episcopalian. Clergy- men insist that the coming general consention will be “the most outstand- | ing convention” in the church's career, {as well as being “the longest period of | tion held on the Amerlr‘ahi for it will be in session until | October 27, It has been 33 years since the division of the Diocese of Washington from the old Diocese of Maryland took place. Washingtonians can’ recall that the Diocese of Washington entertained the general convention in 1898, shortly after it became an independent unit in the church’s affairs. Right Rev. Willlam | Paret, the sixth Bishop of Maryland, | was largely responsible for the division, | | He 1s described as having been “one of | the most outstanding bishops in the | { history of the American episcopate—an | | able scholar, forceful preacher and a | wise administrator.” { The Right Rev. Henrv Yates Sauter- | Ice pecame the first bishop of the new | Giocese. Through him the idea of the | | National Cathedral was conceived and |clergymen point to the fact that “he | {must have been farseeing when he se- | lected the present site for the new cathedral.” Site Then in Country. “In his day, Mount St. Alban was out in the country and he believed the city would be built up in that direc- | tion," they say. | At Bishop Satterlees death. Right Rev. Alfred Harding became bishop. Tc | |him the task of erecting the super- | structure on the foundation lald by | Bishop Satterlee was given. This was | | & difficult task and he had the task of | converting his diocese and the pcople at large to the idea conceived by Bishop Satterlee. To him much credit must be given. in the opinion of clergymen, for at the time of his death the whole church was ready to continue the pro- gram he oytlined for a forward under- | taking of the whole enterprise. | . The work of the present Bishop of | Washington. Right Rev. James E. Free- | | man, is well known, for he took up the task where it had been laid down at | Blshop Harding's death. Progress is | daily observed in the erection of the | superstructure of the Cathedral and in | | Mke manner, a steadv growth has been | |observed in the affairs of the dioceses, | both of Washington and Maryland. At the time of the proposed division the Diocese of Maryland, to set apart Washington as the see city of | Upper: Right Rev. William Paret. Bishop of the Diocese of Maryland where from it the Diocese of Washington was created, and (right), Right Rev. Henry Yates Satterlee, first occupant of the new see. Lower: Right Rev. Alfred Harding. second bishop of the local dlocese, and ht), Right Rev. James E. Freeman. incumbent. (rij That one Is God. You do not believe portion as the Capital of the Nation, in endowments; He does. You say it | ought to have its own resident bishop. is impossible to raise it. Things im- | Several years passed after the first sug- possible to men are possible with God, | gestion before it took shape in a definite and He has provided it I showed the |proposal in my address to the diocesan two papers, the extract from the will | convention. There was some slight op- | and the bankers' telegram. and they | position, but after very full discussion agreed that the diocese should be di- | it was determined by an almost unani- vided | mous vote that a division should b2 came another wonderful co- “Then made. incidence. The New York hbankers | Question of Boundaries. wrote me & few days later that the| o o " ol e e of the market value of the fund was $101,000. | v 1ot clergy and people of Washington want- And out of this my legal advisers esti- | CETEY fnd people of Washington want; mated there would be about $5,000 for ; - commissfons and other expenses. At | form the diocese. But the feeling was my meeting with the laymen one of SLroNg that both for its own sake and them showed that instead of $30,000 lager life. and for the heip of the we would need $64.000 to make up for “eaker country parts, it should have our loss in annual income by the golng | S0Me work and sympathy for those be- | off of \he nevidiatetss yond. Others proposed the Patuxent | ; River as the dividing line, but the final | Decision About Funds. agreement was to give to the new | “Now at our next convention it was diocese just the territory included in | voted we would give to the new diocese | What had been known as the convoca- one-third of all our invested funds up | tion of Washington. to the time of its full establishment.| ‘‘One of the very pleasant things in | From $101,000 take $5,000 and we have | this division was the loving spirit shown | subcommittee on the District budget of ducted by the District Congress of Pa- | the relaying of committee. From a District standpoint, the most | The Ladies' Auxiliary to Veterans of | fic artery through Tekoma, will be made tmportant hearing this week is sched- | Foreign Wars, Post No. 127, will give & | 40 feet wide and a “white way” will be uled for Thursday, when the Beers sub- | St. Patrick's dance Tuesday evening at installed along the entire route when committee of the House District com- Oyster's Auditorium, Twenty-sixth and the paving is completed. mittee will continue its hearings on the | Pennsylvania avenue. The Capital Traction Co., which has Zihlman resolution for appointment, of e~ | agreed to pay $7.500 toward the cost of a commission to make a study of the ! Dr. Ernest R. Groves of the Univer- | the project, will begin tomorrow to tear fiscal relations between the Federal sity of North Carolina will lecture on|up old tracks along the avenue, which Government and the taxpayers of the | “Social Standards” 8 o'clock, at the | have not been used since the trolley local community, in meeting the up- | First Congregational Church under aus- | line was abandoned for bus service. The keep and development of the Nations |pices of the Greater Washington pa-|washington Suburban Sanitary Com Cepital. Chairman Simmons of the | Tental education lecture course con- mission is to follow close behind with iy John Mackall. c land State Roads Commission. will be. | The Business Women's Council will | gin advertising for bids for the actual | meet Tuesday evening at the Church of | construction work Friday. When the the Covenant. Rev. Fred Coombs Rey- | project is completed Carroll avenue wil nolds will conduct the Bible class from | pe taken over by the State and main the House appropriations committee, | Fent-Teacher Associations. 25 asked for a hearing this weck. The Gibson subcommittes will con- tinue its hearings tomorrow op the question why the District Commis- sioners have not put into operation the Pairman of the Mary- | | the new diocese, it registered in strength {162 clergymen. 140 fully organized | parishes and missions and 20,918 com- municants; the present strength of the dlocese of Maryland is 127 clergymen, | 149 parishes and missions and 30,830 | communicants. Growth in Communicants. { It 15 to be observed that the divided idiocese of Maryland has more com- | municants in 1927 than it had prior | to the diviston. The new diocese comprises Washing- ton and the following counties in | Maryland had grown too, large for the Charles and St. Mary’s, and registered | in strength in 1927 104 clergymen, 87 parishes and missions and 24,511 com- $96.000, of which one-third would go throughout, and especially in the reso- to Washington and two-thirds remain |lution unanimously passed, that we | with us. And two-thirds of $96,000 Should give to the new diocese, which | would be $64,000, the exact amount we | took less than one-third of the terri- needed. These coincidences, in time | tory, one-third of all our invested funds | to the minute, and in money to the Up to the day of the organization of dollar, are so wonderful that it would | that diocese. It was an act of loving be hard to doubt that it was God's | liberality never equaled, before or since, | will that the diocese should be divided. |in any such separation. The mother “I have found it impossible, in noting ' diocese sent out its daughter, not weak these remembrances, to keep to any. but richly endowed: having with it thing like chronological order, and I ©OWn_contributions an endowment fo: MUSt group without order of time, some itS Episcopal fund much larger than matters not yet fully touchsd upon. that of the mother diocese.” I have alluded too briefly to some things 4 connected With the division of the tocese. When I was consecrated s Bop, January 8, 1885, the diocese of Maryland included both all of Mary- | | | E. M. WEBSTER RITES | maximum_ rate for which the Govern- 16:45 to 7:15 Topic: £ i tates recommendations by the Uniteq States phy of Prayer.” George Leich will give | Bureau of Efficiency, in the interests of | economy and efficiency. At the hearing yesterday, Assistant Corporation Coun- sel Ringgold Hart, speaking from more than 20 years of Dractical experience and professi~nal knowledge, explained that some of these recommendations are | impractical. ‘The House District committee will hold its weekly meeting Wednesday and decide upon its program of measurrs which will be taken up on the nexg | District day in the House, the folloving Monday NORRIS SEES CHEAP PONER AT SHOALS Fla. Alpha Delta Phi annual banquet to- morrow, 7:30 p.m.. at the Hotel Gordon Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War: Mrs. Ellen Spencer Mussey Tent, No. 1, will meet tomorrow, 8 p.m., at G. A. R. Hall. “Beantown Cboir” will be re- ¢ the Phil Kappa class of the eet Christian Church Wednes- | 8 pm. The Raobi Stephen S. Wise of New York | will be the speaker tomorrow, 12:30 pm., at the luncheon of the Woman's | National Democratic Club, 1526 New | Hampshire avenue. Subject: “If I were Writing the Platform of 1928." | The Ghio Girls' Club will have a card | party at the Burlington Hotel Thurs- | day, 8 pm. U. S. Could Fix Maximum, He Says—Predicts Low- Priced Fertilizer. The Mount Pleasant Chapter, O. E. §., will have a card party at the Burling- ton, March 24, at 8 p.m. Zeta Chi Sorority aill have a card party at the Burlington, March 23, 8 | pm | The Woman's National Demneratic Club will give a Lenten tea March 21, »* 1526 New Hampshire avenue. Miss Anita Phipps, director of Women's Relation:, 7. B. A, War Department, will speak at 4:30 pm. Lebanon Chapter, O. E. 8, home hoard. will have a card party tomor- row, 8:30 pm. at Northeast Masonic By the Assor 04 Pross Cheap power and cheap fertilizer were depicted 3 lay by Senator Norris, Republican. Nebraska, as the gosls to ward which his itlon for Govern- ment operation of Muicle Shosls was designed 10 point Appearing before the House military commitiee in an effort to clear the path | Temple, Eighth and F streets northeast for a favorable recommendation 1o the | House of the measure which already has | passed the Benate, he described his bil) periments in fertilizer manufacture Il’]d“ woanEs RELAT'VES power development and distribution The price of power might be lowesed | generally, he said, by preseribing the rian Says Sendtor Is Suffer- ing With Severe Bronchitis, Phys meat-developed power at Muscle Shoals might be sold Reduction of pover rates in restricted aress, in his belie! would lead 1o a general demand upon | the power companies for similar reduc- The farme through 1 would receive his henefit | development of cheaper methods of producing fertilizer, Senator Norris believed Informstion gleaned through the Government’s experiments at Muscle Shoals, he said. would lead . gdoption commercial manufac- | turers of any less eostly processes which | terday that a deep cold. which might be developed | troubled his patient the past week, had “1 believe the Government eould sell | developed Into a “severe case of hron- power cheaper thiun the Alabama Power | chit) Members Benator Ferria he told the committee | family said he had pueumonia but had Anubt that 1k “a fighting chance for recov P 1 Coand its subsidiar Benator Ferris' condition hecame #re charging the people much more | serous last night, Mis, Fertls sald, und the Assoriated Press | Senetor Woodbridge N Ferris of Michigan s seriously il with members | of his family concerned over his condition Dr. C. W. Calver the 73-year-old Senator, sald lnte yen- J. Spaulding, then they could sell the power for and | relatives were summoned to hin hedside wnced years he would not he s candi- BOUTH BEND, Ind, March 17 ().~ | ©Ted the Benator's condition serious he |dey by Rev, Matthew J. Walsh. presi- Missonurl Congressional District tirular councils a0 Atlante, vice presi canil Loer of 1ie Nations) Gouncil of Catholie | can national convention make money A number of physicians were called nto . conruitation this morning, she said GETS CATHOLIC AWARD The Michigan leglslntor recently an- | dnte for re-election thia vear J Atlanta, Ga,, Is not heen active in senatorial affaies for veral months | was not “at wll convinced that his i1~ Bpaulding, » Catholic leader | ness would he fatal ” 8. Ga, sttorney, is the rr~1 . ciplent of the Notre Dame Laetare | HOOVER MEN NAMED dent of ie university snd chalrman | o the hourd of awerd My Spaulding is president of the St JOPLIN, Mo, March 17 (A% faent of the Metropolitan General | apporters of (e presidential Counedl of Beltimore of the BL Vineent | dacy of Merhert Hoover “herities teenth Missour congre:slonal dbstriet The Pope recognized his services tn Tiey mie Howard Cray, Oarthage e church by mpking him a knight of | former Biate Benator, iounced that on account of his ad- Given Notre Dame Laetare Mednl. | Dr. Calver said that whie he consid- medsl for 1928 1t was announced io- Two Delegutas Picked in Fifteanth Vincent ae Paul Conlerences snd Par- Ae Paul Bociety snd a leading mem- | Liere 1oday as dclegates (o the Republ Bt Gregory InsbyDecember, of Anderson, i | Republican | 1ty report which ‘18 expected o oppose | sent from who s sttending | Then he pro | n | appropriations Twn Gearphilly, were elected [ AL birth and Iy doty and JqM Tayloy ‘ he Philow- | tained as a State road. ‘The old pavement is to be salvaged an lllustrated talk on “Winter Haven, |and crushed and used for surfacing on > |the earth grade streets. According to Capt. Charles V. Johnson, chairman of | the town council's street committee, it | is planned to surface all of these streets | during the Summer. Maple avenue will | be one of the first streets surfaced in | order to provide a satisfactorv detour while Carroll avepue is closed to traffic The hoard of "county commissioners | for Montgomery County are contributing 1$40,000 toward the cost of paving the | avenue. ‘The balance will be raised by ssessing abu g property owners and | by contributions from the town govern- | ment. FLOOD BILL DEBATE DUE THIS WEEK House Expected to Wait for, Senate Action Before Taking Up Control. Ry the Assorinted Press. The Mississippl flood control problem auiet for the last week, is to be brought to the attention of both branches of | Congress this week under plans of iIs proponents. ‘The Senate plans to launch its initial consideration of the Jones $325.000,000 | bill, And Senators from the flood States | are said to be preparing to discuss all | phases of the problem. In the House much of the attention | wiil be centered on the belated report of the House flood control committee cx- | plaining the $473,000,000 Reid bill, pro- | viding for full Federal payment of the control works, which it approved by a vote of 11 1o 7. Representative Kopp, Towa, will submit n minor- the full Federal payment proposal The author of “the bill, Chalrman Reid of Tlinots, Is understood to be withholding action on the House floor on his measure until the Jones bill is the Senate to the House s o place some of the major principles of his bill I the Sen- had | ate measure However, House Republican chiding Chalrman Madden, of the committee, have en- deavored 1o secure drastic compromise lenders | revistons of the Reld bill Retd 15 understood to be considering | two_compromise provisions in his bill (elimination of the proposed Mississippi Valley fload control commisston Lo res plnce the present. Misstssippl River com- | misston and of the flood gauge heights lon the river below which the waters should bo kept. It s also indicated that He has | ghe proponents of the House measure | are reaching an understanding (o agree 1o the prineiple of local contributions | istend BF full Pederal payment, Heveral representatives from tribu- |tary Btates, Including Ragon of Arkan- sen and Ayres of nounced thelr inten views 1o the House. wah, have an. 0 to present their Baby Weighs Less Than Pound. What 15 olaimed 1o be (he smsllest buby In the world was bhorn recently at Glamorgan, Wales. welghed only three-quariers of & pound well. The noymal welght 15 ahaut 7 pounds. The record from the fif- | (o tiny wrvivals iy the world was held previously by w Tooting, England. boy who staried 1ite st 1 pound and did not reach the average welght for his age unatl he was 4 years old, municants. |land west of the Chesapeake Bay, and | The new diocese records 5407 fower | 2150 the District of Columbia, including | communicants in comparison with the | the City of Washington. 1t had 162 | strength of the undivided dlovees, ¢ | clergymen, 130 fully organized parishes Describing the circumstances leading | { CONBTegations and 10 mission sta- up to the division of the dioceses and | 008 and chapels. events attending it, Bishop Paret de-| ‘‘Although the canons do not re- clared: \Quire that the bishop should visit all “The time came when the Diocese of Oftener than once in three years, yet Maryland had grown to large for the!fhe very long interregnum in the labors of one bishop, and I asked for | Dihopric seemed to call for something A divislon which would make the tm. MOfe and I began by making a com- portant city of Washington a bishop's | Plete round of the diocese every year. see. But I made it a condition that FOr many years. being then in’ full each of the two dioceses should raise | bodily firength, 1 was able 1o do this $50,000 as an endowment to avold| i a pleasure. It brought 0 burdening the parishes with taxation. |Me into close relations With all the | (OIENt at his honfe at 104 Fifth street Washington promptly did its part, but parishes and their people. and quick- Eae Unkn e e a Baltimare dld not ¢hed my own (nterest andinelpedimeito| MAdEIS RO L L 0 S “The committee sppointed, at first|HoTeloD plans for work, The church |\t JTE'RIG (R80 DO 00, DOTen: very sanguine of success, at last re. |llfe guickly responded to my efforts. |1fich; and had been a resident of thi ported 1o me that they could ralse only | The numbers confirmed were large; the | LV SOE0, (SO0 Fie A8 €7 Sears of $20000: and as the only hope, they Tn 1888 there wece e ey Sleadily. | eaded the ruling section of the Print asked that at a certain business office | . % el : S Doa : churchmen and try to urge them. 1|°% i 4 it o named Thursday at 2 pm. (March. | Long Absent From Home. P L AT e 1895). On Tuesday I sat in my office.| “A full visitation of the diocese re- Webster. U. S N. and Morris Webster somewhat despondent and feeling that | quired that the bishop should be absent |and two daughters, Mrs. George B 1 was going to defeat, when, most un- | from his home for nearly three-fourths 'Chamberlin of Baltimore and Miss Mar- expectedly, T heard that by the death|of the time: so that there was scant | caret G. Webster. Burial will be fo- of Eversfield F. Keerl, which had oc-|opportunity 'for study and deliberate | morrow at Fort Lincoln Cemetery. curred that day, the sum of $90.000. | thought. Besides with each year added | 2 held In trust by a firm of New York (o my age my bodily strength. became | bankers, would fall unconditionaily to less and I was convinced that the the Diocese of Maryland. | measure of work with which I began | 2 {could not much longer be maintained. | Delay in Confirmation. !Two ways of solving the problem pre- | “The burial was to be on Thursday sented themselves to me. Oue was the | at 2 o'clock, the hour 1 had named for | lessening of my visitations: making meeting the laymen. But not waiting | them one in two yvears. I sent out & for that, I telegraphed for information | letter of inquiry to the clergy in the | to the New York bankers, saying that |FUral parishes. suggesting that change | an answer was imperatively needed be- | and asking their advice and wishes; fore moon of Thursday. At noon on | Whether they counted an annual visi: Thursday, no answer as yet. At 1, no | lation a necessity: whether my coming answer. At 1:30, no answer. At 2 less frequently would harm their work o'clock, & message, ‘We hold in trust | and make the numbers confirmed-small- for the Diocese of Maryland, at par |°F- From more than half the answer values, $9 Taking that and the | WAs that while the bishop's visit was a extract from the will 1 had secured, I |Pleasure and a stimulus to clergy and had just time to meet my appointment | People. they would not really suffer by with the laymen: s coincidence of time | NAVIng him once in two years, And yet to the minute. Asking them to speak | Qulte @ number seemed to think the first. one of the bankers told me of |More frequent viitstions would be the panic, which made people slow to [Much more helpfu | give money. Another talked about their | “I turned then to the other plan, | disapproval of endowments. Then I| the division of the dlocese. But before | sald_something like this making any deeision of my own, I *Well, gentlemen, this is the only [ again tried to find the judgment and | instance 10 which there scems to be a | wish of the dloces® at large. The gen- ! disagreement between the laymen and | eral impression was i favor of divi- myself. It shall not make any trou. | ston, if the money problem could be met ble. It you will not yield, to me, 1 will | (in the support of (Wo bishops and two cheerfully yield to you, But last week ! full working organizations tnstead of this | one) Now n third one has come tn. | of Washington, Iarge in itself and im- SET FOR TONIGHT Bockbinders' Union to Take Charge of Services at Home of Federal Employe. Funeral services for Elmer M. Web- ster, who for 41 years was emploved a the Government Printing Office, and who died at Sibley Memorial Haspital | Thursday, will be_held at 7:30 o'clock PROPOSES EDISON MEDAL. Thomas A. Edison. inventor, would be honored by a special gold medal to be struck by the Treasury, under a resolution _introduced yesterday by Chairman Perkins of the House coinage committee. The measure authorizes an appropri- ation of $1,000 for issuance of & meda! depicting the achievements of Edison in science. i Bhe F*MREVE R o there were only two parties to Restdes, 1t was felt that the city ! auestic THE GREATEST VALUE Obtainable in Automatic Gas Water Heaters is Offered in This NewPitt§burg Automatic Gas WATER HEATER New Low Price—Higher Quality Estimate Furnished Call the Gas Co., Your Plumber EDGAR MORRIS SALES CO. Factory Disteibuto 1305 G St. NW. Main 1032 Th. want fore Wa Clasa v h THE A!DV&q SIGN 1§ DISPLAYED ay AUTHORIZED k, n BRANCH OFFICES day ton - von “Arou . 4 Ntar the Bea Johnson's Pharmacy— Is a Star Branch Office The Classified Section i whelmingly Ulassified FERRARA T0 HEAD MEMORIAL DRivE Cuban Envoy Chairman of Committee on Columbus Lighthouse. Orestes Ferrara, Ambazsador fr4m Cuba, has accepted the chairman:hip of the permanent committee of the governing hoard of the Pan-American Unlon, which is sponsoring erec a lighthouse on t of minican Republic in honor of ¢ ory of Christopher Columbn announced yesterday He succeeds the ' reti Ambassador. Honorio Pt other _members *of coast s, Mi Dominican Republic ‘The funetion of the permanent mittee is to carry out the term- f resolution adopted ap the Fifth [ national Confarence of American Re- publics at Santiago. Chile, in 1922, an indorsed by the sixth confer: - cently held at Havana, recom erection of the Columbus lighthou Conditions that will govern the world. wide architectural competition for : plans of the lighthouse, have been proved by the permanent comm Tnese conditions call for two competi- tions—the first to be open to all arc teets. and ths the first 10 selected after the contest. In an effort to secure financial a'd from the various governments, ths manent committee expects to apy 2 natfonal committee in each count LACK OF BULLET HOLE Rival Night Watchmen Are Before Court and Self-Defense Wins for Accused. Willlam H. Miller. night watchman who shot at Eck McDearmon, another watchman, in a fight early Tuesda morning as an outcome of & ri between them' of 22 years' standin yesterday was freed by Judge lsaac R Hitt in Police Court, where he was a raigned in prelimina hearing on charge of assault with a dangero ‘The judge ruled that Mi acted purely in self-defense. According to the evidence prasented the two met in front of the Fox Thea at Fourteenth and F streets. after M: had just turned in a call box. MeDe2 mon contended that Miller had en- croached on his terr The shooting was appare up of the old trouble between them. Miller testified that McDearmon took off his overcoat, puiled his blac! 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