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2 = DAVIS BARS MOVE 10 WEAKEN ARMY War Secretary Tells Legion " Kellogg Treaties Do Not Guarantee Peace. By the Associated Press SAN ANTONIO, Tex., October 10.— A promise that the administration does not contemplate any weakening of the ssuonal defense because of the recent- 1y signed Kellogg treaties was given the American Legion here today by Secretary of War Dwight F. Davis in an address in which he praised the purpose and the statesmanship of the documents. “As Secretary of War,"” he said, “I know the great value of the support which has been given by the Ameri- can Legion to our national defense. Desirous of peace, you nevertheless have realized that we ‘must not jeopardize our heritaze of liberty during our search for a panacea for war. Therefore, you will wish to know -that your ef- forts have not been misdirected. The Government does not intend that there should be any weakening of the nation- al defense as a result of these treaties.” ©Old Problem Involved. The treaties, Davis described as “a preliminary treatment for an age-old cancer.” He pointed out that whereas the ruler was once commander-in-chief ©of his people, the ruler now is com- mander-in-chilef of the Army alone and that people now are enlightened and do not go to war as blindly as they once did. “In the main man has striven to live peacefully and peaceably with his neighbors,” Davis said. “When com- mercial and national aims, however, run counter to those of another na- tion, disagreements naturally have arisen, - In bygone days such a situa- tion was followed by a war of extermi- nation—witness Rome and Carthage. ‘Today we exhaust every possible .neans to adjust differences amicably. “Self preservation is the first law of nature; it is the first law of nations. ‘We are removed only 10 years trom the greatest war in history. Even though world opinion now may appear 1o ex- ercise a preponderant influence for peace, we should not rely entirely upon its force, but rather proceed along ra- tional lines toward a practical realiga- tion of our aims for peace. The first step has been the renunciation’of ag- gressions.” United States Army Ratio Cited. ‘The United States, Davis estimated. now maintains a smaller- army per capita than any one of 51 other na- tions, the average ratio ‘being four fighters per 1,000 to one per 1,600 for the United States. “The value of this step {the peace treaties) will be lost,” Davis said, “if we conceive it to be a definite’assur- ance of a permanent establishment of world peace. Unfortunately some of our citizens have thoughtlessly jumped to such a conclusion. Contrary to the advice of President Coolidge and Sec- retary Kellogg, there are thosé who even advocate an immediate reduction of our mogdest defense forces. It is obvious that any disarmament to be effective | must be universal. “While there is in the administration & most sincere desire to promote world peace, and a very definite renunciation of aggressive war as an instrument of national policy, there is no intention whatsoever on the part of our Govern- ment to jeopardize the security of our- selves or our prosperity.” : Parade Is Feature. Putting behind them threé days of in- tense merry-making, climaxed by the most unmilitary pargde San Antonio ever saw, tired hflfiuma today turned g) the serious Business of the conven- lon. NG STAR. WASHINGTON, D. ¢, WEDNFSDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1928 Los Angeles Skipper Keeps Rendezvous With Home Folk Dirigible Pauses for Five- Minute Visit to Father on Way From Convention. By the Associated Press. WHEELING, Mo., October 10.—8ince the Civil War almost Meadville and Wheeling, 10 miles apart, in north cen- tral Missouri, have been rival country towns, but of recent years Wheeling has been forced to take a back seat, | while Meadville, birthplace of Gen. John J. Pershing, basked in the spot- light. Wheeling took its place in the sun to- day, however, following last night's sa- lute from the naval dirigible Los An- geles, which paused for a five-minute visit over the town, while Lieut. Comdr. H. V. Wiley, commanding the ship, kept a prearranged aerial rendezvous with his father, J. A. Wiley. The elder Wiley, in response to ad- vance instructions, was ready to receive his son, whom he has not seen tor fcur years. Nearly the entire population was gathered about the Wiley home, where Mr. Wiley had lighted two red flares to welcome his Annapolis-trained son. ‘The cruiser, returning from ils long flight to the American Legion conven- tion at San Antonio, halted directly over the flares, and a searchlight played over the assemblage. The commander flashed a torchlight signal to his father, and after a five-minute stop the ship sailed on. Ten minutes later the foreign-built dirigible, which came to the United States as patt of the German govern- ment's World War reparations payment, passed near the birthplace of Gen Pershing, who saw the ship at San An- tonio Monday. The Los Angeles, returning to its home station at Lakehurst, N. J., from Fort Worth, Tex., where it tied up Monday night, approached the vicinity of the Great Lakes early today. After reaching Chicago it was scheduled to head eastward over South Bend, To- ledo, Cleveland, Pittsburgh and Phil- adelphia without intermediate stops. The craft was due at Lakehurst early Thursday morning to conclude the 5,000 mile-flight begun last Saturday at_dusk. Before reaching San Antonio Mon- day on the long swing down through Dixle the ship passed over C(leburne, Tex., where the mother of Comdr. Charles E. Rosendahl, regular com- mandant lives. A note was dropped for her. The commander now is in Ger- many to take ssage on the Graf Zeppelin on its flight to America. . 20 BODIES TAKEN FROM PRAGUE RUIN Toll May Reach 100 in Col- lapse of Building on Busy Street. By the Associated Press. PRAGUE, Czechoslovakia, October 10. —Only 20 bodies had been extricated up to noon today from the mass of soft cement, twisted girders and broken masonry which resulted from the col- lapse yesterday of an eight-story office | bullding under construction here. Government officials, thrown into ut- ter confusion by the catastrophe, were unable to estimate the probable num- ber of victims. Unofficially it was be- lieved that the dead would total from Maj. George Scapini, blind French war veteran, and Willlam Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, were scheduled to.deliver addresses at the resumption of cdnvention sessions. Converition business did a “parade rest” yesterday, while the gnz‘ delegates and visitors passed in amusi review, before their war-time commander, Gen. John J. Pershing; their present com- mander, Edward E. Spafford; Field Marshal Allenby, Great Britain; Gov. Dan Moody, and other military and civilian ‘notables, Four Hours Consumed by Parade. Strung out over a- three-mile route, the former soldiers, sailors, and marines, attempting to keep time the confu~ sion of music furnished by 51 fife and drum corps and 29 bands which in-~ ferspersed the line of march, filed past the reviewing stands in front of the Alamo, Texas' shrine of independence. *" Four hours was required for the parade " More than 10,000, veterans finished Z%he march, though a tensiderably larger Zumuniber started. Many were forced out h)'- (:uertaxed feet and sultry south Texas “Reat. 4" Files were closed sometimes by spec- ¥ fators who joined the rollicking, singing veterans, but for .the mest -part little effort was made to keep an orderly line of march. The marchers bantered with the crowd, while various of the bands «swung rapidly from military to popular and State airs. Some of the State delega~ . tlons carried souvenirs of the products ©f their commonwealths. Profusion of Riotous Golor. ' From one end to the other the line resented a succession of riotous color, mnaculate unifdrms of all colors and escriptions were 'worn by the musicians om the widely scattered posts. Three the musical organizations were com- sed entirely of women and another jas a mixed group. il Besides the State delegations, Mexico, aly, France, Greece, Hawail, Panama, epresentatives «in - the. review. ‘The parade, however, did not exhaust the marching resources of the Legion- “haires, as the annual parade of the £ 40 and 8, which in the past has been Fmore colorful than the Legion parade, Was scheduled for tonight. The parade of the funmakers usually is not as long a procession, but the Forty and Eighters miss no opportunity to make it as freakish and funny as possible. To top off the day they wiil hold their annual “wreck,” or initiation, the high spot of their funmaking. Choice of Convention City Due. In the flood of committee reports scheduled for today was one of special importance recommending location of the 1929 convention. Detroit, Louisville and Miami have been bidding for favor among the thousands of delegates. Col. William Mitchell, former assist- ant chief of aviation of the United States Army, said upon his arrival yes- terday that the aviation committee would be asked to recommend establish- ment of the air force as a third arm of national defense separate from the Army and Navy. If he was frowned upon by the committee, Col. Mitchell planned, to carry his fight to the floor of the convention The race for the national comman- dership was believed to have narrowed down to a contest between Gen. Roy Hoftman of Oklahoma City, Gen. Al- bert L. Cox of North Carolina and Capt. John D. Ewing of Shreveport, La., al- though several “favorite sons” contin- ued to be mentioned. Nearly every de- partment caucused last night Fits : Hospital Patient Caught. ‘Three hours after his escape last night from Walter Reed Hospital, Her- man Oppewall, 28 years old, a mental patient, was captured at Georgia and Alaska avenues by Policeman P. J. > | sicians and volunteers, worked fran 60 to 100. Authorities said it would take at least a week to clear the debris and make an exact check, Some Vietims Live. Some of the four score workmen who | ¥ were caught in the disaster were still alive this morning, but their appeals for help were growing fewer and weak- er and it was feared that none of them could be saved. Hospitals are crowded with the injur- ed. Many others were treated at home. Seven hundred and fifty soldiers and Dpolice, aided by Red Cross nurses, &?}i- al- ly throughout the night to reach the tombed men. There labors were made perilous by dangerous fissures which ifi:peaxed today in two adjoining build- 5. . Americans Escape. A miraculous escape was recorded for. 15 members of the American con- sulate, which is situated only a few yards from the scene of the disaster. Generally these Americans used the front door of the consulate, but yes- terday, as if by premonition, they all antered by a rear door just as the neigh- boring building collapsed. They ac- knowledged today that most of them would have been killed if they had been using the regylar entrance, Pedestrians in the narrow street and passengers in a street car passing the building at the time of the collapse were injured. The chief inspector of police, on the way o the scene, was run over and killed by a Fire Department automobile. The architect of the build- ing was reported to have committed suicide on the spot when he saw the disaster. Three building inspectors were among those buried. ‘Work Through Night. Cries of relatives of the missing add- ed to the horror of the scene as rescue workers labored through the night un- der searchlights. A woman found, in the ruins, the severed head of her husband and po- lice had to take it away from her by force. The populace was terrified by the collapse. There were tremendous de- tonations from falling girders and hun- dreds of tons of masonry. The whole neighborhood was obscured by a dense cloud of dust. Speeded Up Work. Government authorities attributed the collapsé to defective cement and hasty and faulty construction. The contractor had pledged himself to pay a fine for each day beyond January 1 that the building was uncompleted and he had given orders to speed up the work in an effort to avoid such penal- ties. JOCKE;CLEB APPLIES FOR RIGHT TO DISSOLVE Sale of Benning Race Track Causes Corporation to Wind Up Its Career. The Washington Jockey Club of the District of Columbia, with offices at 25 Broadway, New York, today applied to the District Supreme Court for dissolu- tion of the corporation. Tne clup con- ducted the Benning race track, where the last meeting was held 20 years ago. It recently accepted an offer for the sale of its real estate. The court is advised that all the stock- holders have surrendered their certifi- cates, and there is no outstanding debt or obligation of the corporation. Samuel Ross signs the application as president of the club. Attorneys Milton E. Hart- Dempsey of the thirteenth precinct and returned to the hospital. He was about to board a suburban bus when caught. ley and James C. Wilkes of the local bar and Cutting, Philips & Hall of New York appear for the club, | i OPENING OF THE FORTY-NINTH GENERAL CONVENTION OF EPISCOPALIAN CHURCH. e L | | | | | —A. P. Photo. Influence of Church at in Life President Coolidge’s address before the General Convention of the Episco- pal Church today follows: “Members of the Convention: “This General Convention of the Episcopal Church, which is held once in'| three years, represents organiged re- | ligious life and missionary effprt in every part of the globe. Many thou- sands are taking part in it. Considered by itself alone, it constitutes an activity of the greatest importance. But when we remember that it is but one of many similar organizations, some largér and some smaller, all devoted to the service of religion, we eannot escape the con- clusion that the major forces of the world are actively and energetically en- gaged in promoting the spiritual ad- vancement of humanity. When we re- member further that this movement is steadily advancing through the years, steadily increasing in the st..ngth of its main body - * 1its innumerable auxiliaries, we realize that it provides a complete and devastating answer to the indifferent, the eynic and the pessimist. We cannot doubt that the world is growing better. “But because we have made a_very large progress, because we are confident that we are going in the right direction, is no reason for failing to comprehend the enormous work that yet remains to be performed and the long distance that must still be traveled before the goal of human perfection is reached. As we look over the world we. see that there are almost whole continents in some areas still to be reached and large masses of people everywhere still to be given the advantages of modern civili- zation. “While 1t is well for us to look abroad nd carry to other people a knowledge of our faith, we should not forget that our success in that direction will be largely measured by what we do at home. The light which we shed for others will depend upon the intensity of the flame which we create for our- selves. The ability to help others to see comes from the clearness of our own vision. The greatest service that we can possibly perform for the world is to perfect our own moral progress. If we can do that, we need have no fear concerning the helpful influence we shall supply to others. “The most casual survey of our own country reveals the existence of condi- tions which require constantly increas- ing efforts for their redress. The prob- lem of the training of the youth of the Nation is one that is now and will be forever recurring. In spite of our great school system, our secondary institu- tions, our colleges and our universities, many of our young people are still growing up with the most meager ad- vantages of education. There are large settlements of people in our great cen- ters of population still living under forelgn conditions. “Although they are dwellers within our borders, they have never vet really come into the United States. We have provided by our institutions for a gen- uine method of self-government, but there are many of our people who, through indifference or inability, are not receiving the full benefits of such a system. In the midst of a high, pro- ductive capacity and constantly ex- panding material resources there are yet those who, through ignorance or misfortune, are not able to participate to the extent of their deserts in our economic progress, The forces of evil are constantly manifest and their op- portunities for activity enlarge with the increasing comnlexities of our modern ‘modes of life. “The officers of our governmental i agencies are constantly alive to these problems, and through legislation and | administration are alert to n.eet their| demands. But those who have given these subjects much thought are con-; stantly reminded that an lddiflonn” element is needed if they are to meet, with the desired success. The advance- | ment of knowledge, the increase in| sclence, the growth and distribution of | wealth, the enactment of laws, while| they may all be commendable or evenl necessary in themselves, do not alone | meet the problem of human existence | or furnish a sufficient foundation for g Y | “Man is more than all these. He| requires the inspiration of a higher | motive to meet the demands of a spir- itual nature. Thev might furnish a partial explanation of an_ Alexander, a Caesar or a Napoleon. They fail ut-| terly to account for a Hampden or a | Cromwell, a Washington or & Lincoln, { or for the long list of sacrificing mls-i slonaries, saints and martyrs who have | devoted their lives to the higher cause ) of humanity. Organized government ! and organized society have done much | land can do much. Their efforts will always be necessary, but without the inspiration of faith, without devotion | to religion, they are inadequate to serve the needs of mankipd. It is in that direction that we must look for the permanent sources of the ministrations of charity, the kindness of brotherly love and the renunciation of conse- crated lives. “Our country mitted to a life of action. our people to put forth great energy | and great effort in perfecting the ma- terial structure of our national life, in | enlarging our production, in increasing our comm.rce, in strengthening our agriculture, in improvin~ our transpor- tation, in organizing onr finances. But is thoroughly com- ‘We expect | General view of the Cathedral Close as the convention was called to order. TEXT OF PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS BEFORE EPISCOPAL CONVENTION Home and in Foreign Fields Commended—High Motive Urged. in themselves. They are but a means to a nobler character and a higher life. “Unless that motive is provided from some other source, these activities in- evitably lead back to the conclusion that the end justifies the means and that might makes right. We are not seeking an increased material welfare that leads to materialism; we are seek- ing an increased devotion to duty that leads to spiritual life. Such an effort would be in vain unless our Nation as a whole continued in its devotion to religion. “We cannot remind ourselves too often that our right to be free, the support, of our principles of justice, our obligations to each other in our do- mestic affairs and our duty to humanity abroad, the confidence in each other necessary to support our social and eco- nomic relations, and finally the fabric of our Government itself, all rest on religion. Its importance cannot be stressed too often or emphasized too much. “If the bonds of our religious con- victions become loosened, the guaran- tees which have been erected for the protection of life and liberty and all the vast body of rights that lie between are gone. The debt which this country owes to the men and women down through the ages who have been' teach- {ing and are teaching today the cause of righteousness is beyond all estima- tion. So long as the great bod{ of our people continue to be inspired by their example and to be faithful to their precepts our institutions will remain secure and our civilization will con- tinue in its increase of materal and spiritual welfare.” e TEST FLIGHT FAILS. By the Associated Press. NORFOLK, Va. October 10.—A 23, 000-pound bird that failed to fly slid from a runway at the Hampton Roads Naval Air Station at noon yesterday in quest of endurance and distance honors among naval seaplanes. Plloted by Lieuts. C. H. Schildauer and B. E. Crow, the gigantic PB-2, loaded with 1,630 gallons of gasoline, sped toward Hamp- ton Roads, her twin motors roaring. But the glant aircraft was unable to leave the water, pilots and mechanics finding, after getting out into Hampton Roads that the motors needed further adjusting before attempting a flight that would have required 35 or more hours. L EEET I Rings Missing After Visit. Two men this morning visited the home of N. Lee Nutwell, 3919 Harrison street, which is for sale, and asked to be shown through the house. Mrs. Nutwell accommodated them. Later she missed two rings, one a solitaire dia- mond and the other a yellow gold ring set with 11 small diamonds. She re- ported her loss to the police, valuing the rings at $500. PRESIDENT WELCOMES 18,000 DELEGATES AND VISITORS TO SESSION _(Continued_from First Page) before the goal of human perfection is reached,” the President added. ‘“There are almost whole continents * * * still to be reached and large masses of people everywhere still to be given the ad- vantages of modern civilization.” Mr. Coolidge warned his audience that America’s influence in spreading its faith abroad will be largely depend- ent upon its conditions at home. ‘“The light.which we shed for others will de- pend upon the intensity of the flame which we create for ourselves,” he said, adding that therefore, service which we can perform for the world is to perfect our own moral progress. If we can do that, we need have no fear concerning the helpful in- fluence we shall supply to others.” Youth Training Urged. In this country, the Chief Executive saw conditions which require constant- ly -increasing efforts for their better- ment. The problem of training the youth of the Nation,” he said, “is one that is now and will be forever recur- ring. In spite of our great school sys- tem, our secondary institutions, our col- leges and our universities, many of our young people are still growing up with the most meagre advantages of edu- cation. “There are large settlements of people in our great centers of populations still living under foreign conditions. Al- though they are dwellers within our borders, they have never yet really come into the United States. “We have provided by our institutions for a genuine method of self-govern- ment, but there are many of our people who, through indifference or inability, are not receiving the full benefits of such a system. In the midst of a high productive capacity and constantly ex- panding material resources there are yet those who, through ignorance or misfortune, are not able to participate to the extent of their deserts in our economic progress. The forces of evil are constantly manifest and their op- portunities for activity enlarge with the increasing complexities of our modern modes of life.” ‘The Bishop of Chicago, whose sermon was intended to sound the keynote of the convention, then spoke. Experiment of Free Church. In sounding the keynote of the con- vention, Bishop Anderson stressed the ideal of “a free church in a free state,” which he characterized as “a thrilling and hazardous experiment” that has never been “fully realized in the older countries of Christendom and has never been severely tested in our own.” The church, Bishop Anderson insist- ed, must set up an ideal of freedom not only in matters of doctrine and of worship, but “to preach the father- hood of God and the brotherhood of man in all their far-reaching social implications,” leavening the national life with the principles of Christianity. “The doctrine of a free church in a free state contains within itself,” he said, “an incurable incompatibility. The two freedoms can never be reconciled in theory. It can never be more than a hope that they will work out more harmoniously in practice than on paper. But there may be times when there is no other choice for the disciple of Christ than to follow the example of Christ and the noble army of martyrs and be prepared to save his soul by NOTED FLYER REACHES CAPITAL 5 Col. Arthur Goebel, left, Dole prize winner, and transcontinental non-stop | who flight record holder, who came to Washington today. With him is Maj. C! all these things will never be done for thefs ewn sake. They are not an end - rence M. Youns, director of acronautics, Depariment of Commercey “the greatest losing his life for the Kingdom of God’s sake. Who would venture to pre- dict that the days of martyrdom have gone by forever. Nationalism and Religion. “Unhappily the priceless possession of religious liberty, which has been won at great cost, is being threatened in our day. It is threatened by a conception of nationalism, which takes the form of intellectual imperialism, claiming not only omnipotence, but omniscience, penetrating the recesses of the mind and branding constructive criticism as treasonable. It is threatened by a dominating secularism which takes of- fense at being told that the things which are seen are temporal and the | things which are unseen are eternal. It | is being threatened by commercial and | political interests which would use the church for their own. ends, but other- wise abuse it. “Is there to be a renaissance oi re- ligious intolerance in this land to which men came for freedom? Are men to be compelled by law to teach their children a specfal brand of religion and to set them against the general trend of science, especially in these days when the reconciliation of science and religion is getting under way? Are ministers of the gospel to be put under pressure to idolize the present social order which brought, about the greatest catastrophe in history, as if the Gospel of Christ had no further light to shed on human relationships? Are blacklists to be made up of many of our pioneers be- cause they are ahead of their times? God forbid. “The .problems that confront the church today can be gathered up into one problem. It is the problem of secularization—the secularization of the home as though the family were the creature of the State and Christian marriage only a civil contract, and as though Christianity could survive in & State of secularized homes; the secular- ization of business as though the chief end of man was to make money rather than to glorify God and enjoy Him for- ever; the secularization of politics, as though the wers that be were not the responsible ministers of God; the secularization of the church, as though building churches and raising quotas and operating clubs completed the de- sign of the Church of God which He hath purchased with His own blood; the secularization of life, as though men could live without God in the world. “Throughout the world there are many people who see that the real issue today is between Christ and the world. They are moved to become followers of Christ, but are perplexed as to how to reconcile discipleship with the spiritual mediocrlti and narrow outlook of many a parish. Throughout the world there are many priests far removed from the limelight, living in places where Christ is not popular, who are gladly giving their lives in making new allegiances for Christ and securing fresh verdicts for Him. “It will break the hearts of many earfiest disciples if this convention squanders time over obsolete issues or current questions of only secondary im- portance. The church is here to save ople from the world; to show people how to love God and love each other, to ings into harmony with the will of God. Unless the church can win along these lines its capitulation to the world will be complete. Men will not longer say ‘Oh, Gallilean, Thou hast conquered.” They will say ‘Oh, Gallilean, Thou art conquered.’ " The House of Bishops and the House of Deputies will hold their initial ses- sions this afternoon in the Willard Hotel, and the D. A. R. Hall respec- tively. The principal business before the House of Deputies will be the elec- tion of a chairman. There are six candidates in the fleld. The Woman's Auxiliary also is hold- ing its first session this afternoon in the Mayflower Hotel. |CHARGES AGAINST POLICEMEN IGNORED Maryland Grand Jury Fails to Consider Indicting Four in Assault Case. Charges of assault with a dangerous weapon preferred against four members of the metropolitan police force by two men arrested when they, reputedly, were found with 480 quarts of liquor just across the Maryland line on Good Hope road were ignored by the Prince | Georges County grand jury, sitting in | Upper Marlboro, according to advice from the county seat this afternoon. The case had its origin last month and came to a head here Saturday when United States Commissioner Needham C. Turnage ruled that the officers made the arrests illegally. This opened the quartet to prosecution, but the local Police Department refused to serve the warrants which had been sworn out in Prince Georges County and advised authorities there to insti- tute extradition proceedings if they wanted the policemen, Joseph Comis- key. Le Roy Batchelor, E. W. Gore and J. W. Connors. g | The men arrested and who preferred ! the charges were Stephen Johnson and | Ralph Harbough. i Lgee i POLICE ASKED TO AID. Search Made for Walter 8. Cox, Missing Binc‘e July 18. Police have heen asked to. search for | Walter Stirling Cox, 44 years old, | 4426 Seventh street, a court reporter, disappeared from his home July 16. He drove away in his automobile, a bufl solored ca¥; Rolice were toldy | PROSPERITY HELD CIVIL WARFAR DANEERDLSTOL.S. Bishop Darst Calls on Chris- ‘tians to Purge Century of Lawlessness. “America—proud, rich, powerful—is standing in the sunlight of a deadening prosperity,” Right Rev. Thomas D. Darst, Episcopal Bishop of East Caro- lina, warned last night in calling upon Christians to purge the twentleth century of the “lawlessness, laxity and lust” which he declared threaten its destruction. Bishop Darst, who is chairman of the National Commission on Evangelism, addressed the closing session of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew before an assembly of clergy and laymen in the Church of the Epiphany. His appeal to the Christlan forces of America | climaxed a new call to the Brotherhood | sounded throughout the five-day ses- sions of the forty-second national con- vention of the Episcopal order. The call, sounded first in the challenge that came from the presiding bishop of the church, Right Rev. John G. Murray, was to save the world from sin, from bitterness, from materialism. Cites Problems of Today. “Today, Christ makes a survey of His world,” said Bishop Darst. He shows us | the broken walls of our vaunted civili- zation—our lawlessness, our ignorance, our greed, our miserable divisions, our substitutes for truth. He points out to us the weary souls who are waiting for the Light, the ignorant ones who do not understand, and He bids us to go in His name and in His power out where the need lies, out where confused, broken ones wait. “We hear mutterings of rebellion, the harsh voices of sin, the whisperings of lust and greed, the hysterical laughter of a frivolous people. But Jesus hears more than we hear. Underneath the noise of the world’s superficial life, He hears the tortured souls of men and women crying out for God. And He is waiting for you and me to answer that cry. Are we brave enough and big enough to face conditions? “The millions of people in America today are wondering if we have any solution for the ugly problems that law- lessness and laxity and lust have foreed upon our modern civilization. The great need of the church today is not for a new prayer book, but for a new and fresh realization of its mission in the world. ‘“‘However optimistic we may be, how- ever sure we are that God stands be- hind the shadow, keeping watch above His own, we cannot get away from the fact that the world is restless and unhappy and in dire, tragic need of God. We are faced with the possibility of new and greater wars. We see Christ crucified afresh day by'day and wonder if our neglect has made His sacrifice a vain thing. United States Nearing Cross-Roads. “America—proud, rich, powerful— stands in the sunlight of a deadening prosperity. = Nearly 70,000,000 of her people are frankly outside of any form of organized religion and the remaining 50,000,000 are divided into more than 200 divisions which emphasize differ- ences, glorify interpretations, rejoice in tolerance. All the time, America swings on to the cross roads, where her destiny for weal or woe will be decided. “America is nearing the cross roads, and if the tragic history of the broken natlons of the past has any message for us, it is that America will swing down the broad road to ruin with the majority of her people unless we who profess to be Christians come back to His services and under His banner lead the people into the paths that make for peace and power and the eternal pres- ence of God. “The people of America are waiting for that leadership and are ready and willing to respond to it if the church is big enough and fine enough to forget herself in her new passion for the souls of men. The church must come down from the glory of its sacramental mount and remove the garment of its pride and exclusiveness and gird itself with the coarse towel of service and minister to_common men.” Bishop Darst closed with an appeal to “go out with the realization that the world needs God, looking upon the problems that confront our civilization not as signs’of defeat but as a ringing challenge from the very heart of God.” I Convention Program I THIS AFTERNOON. 2:30 p.m.—Woman'’s auxiliary. Open- ing business session. Addresses and re- ports, presentation of resolutions. Ball room, Mayflower Hotel. 3 p.m.—House of Bishops. First ses- 3 pm.—House of Deputles. First session, D. A. R. Hall, Seventeenth and C streets northwest. 6 p.m—Woman's auxfliary, B branch supper for young woman guests. 8:30 to 11 p.m.—Reception to the House of Bishops by the Bishop of Washington and Mrs. Freeman at the bishop's residence, Mount Saint Alban. TOMORROW. 8 a.m.—The triennial corporate com- munion and united thank offering of the women of the church; Cathedral St. Peter and St. Paul, Mount Saint Alban. In the event of rain this service will be held in the Church of the Epiphany; 1317 G street northwest. 8 a.m.—Bishops and deputies regis- tration, Willard Hotel, north end of corridor, foot of steps leading down from F street side. Those who have not reg- istered will please do so immediately. 10 a.m.—House of Bishops. Business session. 10 a.m.—House of Deputies. Business session. 1 p.m,—Adjournment of House of Bishops and House of Deputies for lunch. ‘Tenth floor, Willard Hotel. Luncheon tickets required. transform life and its sordid surround- ['sion, tenth floor, Willard Hotel. p.m.—Woman's _Auxiliary. May- | Ch: flower Hotel, Connecticut avenue and De Sales street. Special subject I, “Per- sonal Religion and Evangelism”; II, “Missionary Problems, (a) Domestic.” 2:30 p.m.—House of Bishops. Business session resumed. 2:30 p.m.—House of Deputies. Busi- ness session resumed. 4 to 8 p.m—Reception by Mrs. Frank B. Kellogg, assisted by the Woman's Auxiliary of the Diocese of Washington, in honor of the Presiding mshoF and Mrs, Murray, the Bishop of Washington and Mrs. Freeman and Miss Grace Lindley. Pan-American Building, Seven- teenth and B streets northwest. invitation. 8 p.m.—Mass meeting. Announce- ment of united thank offering, Wash- ington Auditorium, Nineteenth and E streets northwest. Greeting by Right Reév. James E. Freeman, Bishop of Washington. Address by Dr. W. C. Sturgis. Right Rev. John Gardner Murray, D. D., presiding. WILBUR WISHES BYRD SUCCESS IN ANTARCTIC By the Assoclated Press. Secretary Wilbur yesterday dis- patched a message to Comdr Richard E. Byrd at Los Angeles upon the eve of his departure for the Anarctic on his two-year expedition. ‘The message read: “I wish you every success in your great venture. I believe you will con- tribute greatly to science.” By|. the ~ advance of | ¥ RAGES IN KANSU Missions Fear 3,000,000 Will Die of Eamine and In Battles This Winter. By the Assoclated Press. SHANGHAI, October 10.—Civil war- fare after a Mohammedan uprising in Kansu Province, which was stated to have claimed more than 200,000 lives, was believed %o be continuing in the western Chinese province, In addition t@ the ravages of civil warfare the area was stated in sdvices from missions to be suffering from an intense famine. This had been Rggra- vated by the fighting, and the advices said that half the population of the province was liable to die during the coming Winter. The latest estimate of the population of Kansu, compiled by the Chinese post office in 1923, is 5,927,997, Feng Claims Control. Serious conflicts between the Kansu Mohammedans and troops of Gen. Feng Yu-Hsiang, who claims the overlordship of the province, caused chaotic condi- tions. Detailed information: was not available in Shanghai, but a letter from the China Inland Mission headquarters at Lanchowfu, capital of Kansu, dated August 1, stated that acute troubles started. last Spring. At that time armed Mohammedan bands began raiding vil- lages throughout central Kansu,” rob- bing and siaying the inhabitants, who were unable to, offer effcctive zesist- ance. ‘This situation caused Gen. Feng to dispatch an army corps from Honan Province to Kansu in an attempt to subjugate the Mohammedans. These forces, however, were defeated and more soldiers were then poured into Kansu. This resulted in civil warfare, which was believed to be continuing, although there have been no reports later than August. The American headquarters of the China Inland Mission are in Phila- delphia. The letter from Lanchowfu stated that at the time it was sent, refugees were pouring into the Kansu capital from the countryside. This resulted in deaths and acute suffering because of lack of housing and food. Little Known of Area. Information received from the as- semblies of God Mission in Minchow, southern Kansu, in August, stated that similar conditions existed in that area. The headquarters of this mission are in Springfield, Mo. Due to present trouble and also to similar situations in the past Kansu is considered to be virtually without a government. The province comprises one of China’s several areas about which the world knows little. Although communications are primitive and slow they are better now than they have been in many months. What few for- eign mossionaries there are in Kansu are believed not to be leaving the prov- ince. Because of uncertainties, however, no more missionaries are attempting to to enter Kansu at present. Missionaries familiar with the Kansu situation stated that the warfare was of the cruelest nature, being based on religious differences. They said neither side was showing the slightest mercy, zllxl'il:,nstead wflsi atf,x:lc‘fing enemy villages g every livin , b - erty and nbmeratfng thg vl;;rglg:' o Both sides were stated to have estab- lished a censorship over mails in an from getting beyond the confines of the province. Missionaries were declared to be allowed to write, but were afraid to include news of the whol;ssle carnage. PABH E. C. JOHNSON DIES; FORMER SOLICITOR Retired Internal Revenue Bureau ‘Worker, Ill Six Months, Sue- cumbs at Home. Ellis Cayce Johnson, former solicitor for the enue Bureau, disease at his Apartments, 72 years old, Internal Rev- died early today of heart residence in the Sherman had been in m"fi“*iz?."}’ (b pett o T heal i or the past six He was born at Farmington, Mo. 1856. At an early age hesmo{'egf v'm': his parents, to Little Rock, Ark. In later years he became editor and pub- lisher of the Arkansas True Democrat and the Fort Smith Tribune. Mr. Johnson was admitted to the bar of Arkansas and became Assistant Sec- retary of State for Arkansas. He moved to the State of Washington, where he practiced law in Port qI’ownsend and ?g;;!le before coming to this city in He was a divisional chief in the Bu- reau of Internal Revenue for a number of years before receiving his appoint- ment as solicitor from President Wil- son. He also served as general counsel for the bureau before retiring. Since severing his Government connection, he has been in private practice. He was active in Masonic and other fraternal orders. r. Johnson is survived by his widow, Mrs. Alice Leandra dJohnson. and a daughter, Mrs. Alfonso F. Zerbee. Private funeral services will be con- C'l’m;terg ;t'd theBIl[mlIy residence at 2 p.m. Friday, Burial w ot by y ill be in Rock LAUREL ENTRIES FOR TOMORROW. FIRST RACE—Purse, $1,300: and gelding 3-year-olds: Sia Durlongars Ot Brown Ruler . Mirage Battle Ax . ¢ 115 Sun Broom a Matins Minister 115 a Audley Farm entry, SECOND RACE—Purse, $1.300; : 3-Jearolds and up; rs miles 0 Claiming: Fenlight . “Ambition . Fire Rock Breast hats’: “Somerset Battle Shot Real ‘Artist “Mississippi Lawless Kensington 'Lad. THIRD RACE—Purse. $1300; ; 3- year-olds and up; 8 Turlongs CNmIOE 3 Aversion 3 Bcotland 7 Fone *Fair Anifa’: Lincoln Plaut Long Point *Immolator Open Hand BISEEER *Nursery Rhymes Tetra Glass...... n_Her Te a Belittin a Idle Hou paldle, Hour Farm Stable and Miss F. B, FIFTH RACE-—Purse. $1.300; 1) he thy; 3 vear-olds and up: 1 milé and 10 varde SIXTH RACE—Purse, s year-olds and up; s ies 0 CHmin *Brush o Nat Eve Rockslide Wi a Rocksll Fackeen Milari; Cudgeller *Marsh Violet Amenra ¢ SEVENTH RAC 3-year-olds and 21,300; claiming: miles. Speedy Prince Gnome 2d Assistant Scretary Robison also sent | f Comdr. Byrd a message, but declined to make it public because he said it was of A Personal RALSY effort to prevent. news of the warfare * . » {