Evening Star Newspaper, October 17, 1928, Page 2

SINCLAIR OL LEASE ' DELIVERY STOPPED, i | | Secretary West Halts Royalty | Contract Declared Invalid by Sargent. @By the Associated Press Secretary West today informed the Binclair Crude Oil Purchasing Co.. that the Department of the Interior would stop delivery of oil from the Salt Creek Field in Wyoming on Monday morning, October 22 in view of the Attorney Gen- &ral's opinion that the oil royalty con-| tract is invalid West acted after a conference in the fmorning with Interior Department ex- | perts, at which the stoppage was dis- cussed. The Sinclair company was advised fhrough a telegram dispatched to its Soffice at Tulsa, Okla. The statement ssued by the Department of the In- iterior read: cting under an opinion of the At- forney General of the United States dated October 16, 1928, Secretary West | of the Department of the Interior served notice by telegram upon the Sinclai Crude Oil Purchasing Co. ©Okla., that as the Attorney General had held that the Sinclair Co.'s oil royalty contract of December 20, 1922, has no binding effect on the United States Government, delivery of Government rovalty oil under said contract will be stopped a' 7 am, Monday morning, .October 22, 1928. Jessees and operators of record, num- ibering approximately 100. they advised that beginning at that hour and date and until further notice the ‘Government elects to take its xoyslucsi dn cash. “This is a preliminary step prepara- ,2ory to working out a plan for dispos tion of the Government's royalty oil in “secordance with the law.” First Assistant Secretary Edward C. Finney, who handles the department's Jpublic land affairs: Dr. George Otis $mith, head of the Geological Surve: Commissioner William Spry of the General Land Office, Ernest O. Patter- son, solicitor for the department, and the technical experts of the Geological @urvey were in executive session. ‘The stopping of oil delivery will be made with the least possible loss to the Government and in the most practic- able way, the Secretary said. The out- put of oil from the scores of wells in the field will have to be temporarily disposed of and as soon as practicable | the royalty otl will be readvertised for |ale to the highest and best bidder. The contract with the Sinclair inter- ~ests has been the center of considerable agitation since its renewal in February by Hubert Work, then Secretary of the | Interior. | The instrument was held invalid by | Attorney General Sargent because it | contained a renewal option upon which unsuccessful applicants for the original ;onttacl were given no opportunity to id. The agreement was executed by Al- | bert B. Fall as Secretary of the In- terior in 1922 and was held originally | by the Mammoth Oil Co. Later the | Sinclair Crude Oil Purchasing Co.: as. sumed the contract. Fall is under in- | dictment for criminal conspiracy to de- | fraud the Government as the result of | the celebrated leasing of the Teapot | Dome naval oil reserve to Harry F. Sin- Lease Renewal Granted. ‘With the expiration of the contract | Jast Decembar, the Sinclair Co. sought | to renew under its option and renewal was granted in February by Secretary ‘Work, now chairman of the Republican national committee, who held that the contention that the option was illegal had not been proved, and said the de- partment solicitor had ruled there was Do alternative. Later Work referred the case to the | Department of Justice and Attorney | General Sargent’s ruling revealed Pres- | * 3dent Coolidge also had requested that he take such action. Meanwhile agi- tation developed in the Senate and a " Senate committee visited the Salt Creek field in the course of a general vestigation of leases affecting that erTitory. Sargent declared that In his opinion | the contract has no binding effect upon ‘the United States, asserting that it was “not let in the manner required by | law,” and that it was beyond the power of the Secretary of the Interior to in- clude the renewal option. ‘The Secretary, he said, “has no pow er to enter into a contract with the highest bidder containing an option of | renewal provision, when such pnwis!nn‘ was not offered to all bidders in the advertisement for bids.” He added that there could be no doubt but that fiuchl an option was “materially advantageous | to the high bidder,” enabling him to | terminate the contract if it should be- | come undesirable to him, but valuable | 1o the Government, but denying the Government such a privilege should the situation be reversed. Will Block Oil Sales. In the five years during which the| original contract was operative, the | Sinclair Crude Ol Purchasing Co.. which is owned jointly by the Sinclair | Consolidated and the Standard Oil Co. | of Indiana took from the Salt Creek | field 19,543,536 barrels of oil at an & erage %15031.73 a barrel—a total of | 3,757, is well established,” said the opinion, “that a public officer given power by statute to enter into a con- | tract on behalf of the public with the | best bidder, has no power to grant that bidder any term materially ad- vantageous to him which was not an- nounced in the advertisement for hids. ‘The contract entered into must be the contract offered to the highest respon- sible bidder by advertisement. This be- ing so, I think the Secretary has no power to enter into a contract with the highest bidder containing an option of renewal provision, when such provision was not offered to all the bidders in the advertisement for bids. There can be no doubt that such option was ma- terially advantageous to the high bid- der. It enabled such bidder, if the contract should become onerous to it and valuable to the Government, to terminate it. 1If, conversely, the con- tract should become burdensome to the Government and advantageous t the bidder, it gave such bidder th right to compel the Government to bear this burden for the longest term provided in the contract "It is_established by decisions of the United States Supreme Court that there is no general power in the Secretary of the Interior apart from statute which might enable him to sell the royalty oil. If he fails to sell the oil in the manner required by that section in my opinion he fails tq bind the | United States “It appears.” the opinion continucd. “that when the Secretary of the In terior (Work) granted fhe renewal un ger the opiinn he 5 »0 upon the ad- ®ice of tne solicitor of the Interor De. partment, but the questions here dis- cussed regarding the initial validity of the contract were not raised by the solicitor, nor did they form the basis for any protest ogainst renewal then pending before your department.” STUDIED BY SINCLAIR LAWYERS. NEW YORK, October 17 (#).—G. B ‘Winship of the Sinclair Refining Co. | said law officers of the company are considering the case of the Salt Croek oil contract of the Sinclair Crude Oil | Purchasing Co., which Attorney Gen- eral Sargent yesterday held invalid. He said he did not know whether 8 statement would be issued by the company and did not know the where- abouts of Mr. Sinclain, _ of Tulsa, | 5 | “A liize notice has been given to all being | { | | | Top: There are not enough classrosms at Business High. So the simple expe- dient_is resorted to of having classes meet in the corridors. Lower: The assembly hall is used as a study hall and for music practice at the same time. One may imagine the difficulty of concentrating to the tune of piano and vocal selections. —Star Staff Photos. ° APPROVAL URGED $400,000 FOR BUILDING school within the coming year. Other | citizen groups are being approached daily and they are expected to take action on the alumni’s appeal at their next meetings. The alumni association further plans | "(Continued from First Page.) Resolution Before Episcopal Convention Indorses the sessions of the Bureau of the Budget next week when the District appropria- tions will ‘be considered. Its members contend that fact that the term “supplementa to designate the estimate into which Maj. Donovan has thrust the new Bu ness High School indicates it will re- ceive consideration only after the items included in the primary estimates are provided for. The outcome of supple- mental estimates in the past, they say, proves further the small chances the school's funds would have in their pres ent status The Bureau of the Budget has ruled that the departments respon- sible for items included in supplemental estimates, must be prepared to defend those items as absolutely indispensahle and as a critical necessity. Stresses Lack of Facilities. In its campaign, the Business High School Alumni Association is calling at- tention to the present school's lack of space, lack of non-academic activity facilities, inadequate lunchroom and the incompatibility of the vicinity of Ninth street and Rhode Island avenue as the location for the institution The school, designed and built in 1906 for a capacity of 900 students, to- he very 1,275 boys and girls. A visit to the building this morning by a reporte {and photograher for The Star revealed | classes in session in corridors where | make-shift_lassrooms. have been rigged under artificial light by the faculty in |its efforts to cope with the crowded | conditions. Four classes of boys and gir | found lodged in the assembly {place of “section rooms"—the class- rooms in which the students’ academic | ratings and scholastic: records are com- | piled and kept. During the schoold other classes were assigned to the as- were {sembly hall for study purposes while | at the same time still further classes were in the room practicing music. The effects on those attempting to study | were visibly upsetting. No Playing Field. Non-academic activitics are entirely nadequately provided for, it was shown t the school. The foot ball teams at | present are being taken to distant park | lands where they train for the inter- high foot ball serics, because of the ab- | solute Iack of any sort of playing field. | circling sidewalk by a narrow strip of |earth from which sod long ago was worn away and which in pleces has nr‘r‘]t concreted to merge with the side- Deep in the basement of the building the candidates for the rifle team were found firing in a long narrow vault- | like chamber which always has been land which is to continue to be school's ash pit for the storing of fur- nace ashes pending their removal to the dump. Despite the 1275 enrollment, Busi- ness High School's lunchroom--which was used as an armory until lack of an appropriate lunchroom in the day is accommodating after a fashion | hall in | The building is separated from the en- | the | to make every cffort to be heard at the | Kellogg-Briand Pact. A resolution calling on the General Convention of the Episcopal Church to give its “sincere approval” of the Kel- logg-Briand treaty to outlaw war was offered iIn the House of Deputies today. The resolution, introduced by Paul Li tle of Sacramento, Calif, was referred tc a committee on social service, from | which it is expected to be reported back for dcbate in a few da | No discussion accompanied the intro- | duct! n of the resolution, which formed the principal matter coming up during the cpening business sessions of House of Deputies this morning, Short} before the recess hour, the deputies re- sumed work book revision, ncurring in actions required of it from the House of Bishops, but conference the point of difference exist- ing between the two bodies on amend- ments to the holy communion service. | 2 | Very Rev. H. E. Fosl General Theological Seminary, presented the report of the seminary, stating that the institution now has’ 146 students, representing 47 dioceses. He explained the eflorts of the church to raise $1,- | 250,000 for the seminary, of whieh sum, however, only $289,000 is in hand. In this connection Dr. Fosbroke criti- cized the ‘“inertia” with respect to theological training. “The inertia cf | a century is n sily overcom».” he | lold the house. “The Episcopal Churct has not taken seriously the questic theological training.”” Although | laity has given liberally to general edu- tion, e complained that it had more ? 1 theology. n: of New York offered ution commending the work of the church army in the United Siates A joint committe: was authorized to be appointed io nominite irustees for the church pepsicn fund. the Brown Trial In connection wit of the tr r of contention Mr. Skiddey declared that the total cost | to date of the trial of Bishop Brown of Arkansas, unfrocked on heresy charges, was $18.283 Another resolution referred 'to the committee on program is likely to lead to considerable debate in the House of Deputies. Tt called upon that body to indorse a systematic stewardship in tithing, which would follow generally carried out in the Baptist and Presbyterian churches, On motion of Rev. Dr. John E. Sulger a committee was appointed to arrange !for the placing of a wreath on the | Tomb of ‘the Unknown Soldler ton Cemetery next Satur if of the General Conventi HITS G. 0. P. NOMINEES. CHICAGO, October 17 (/7). —Former | Senator Magnus Johnson of Minne- sota, a leader of the Faimer-Labor part " report the ¢ on be- n, referred to h of | the poley | in Ar-| . assailed the governmental records | | { Vicinity of the school made it impera- | | tive that some arrangements be made | to feed particularly the girl students of | the school—can accommodate only 300 | pupils, of Hoqver and Curtis, Republican presi- dential and vice presidential nominees, | in a speech broadcast last night from Radio Station WBBM. He declared the farmers were united | 'BISHOPS ASKED TO CONDUCT | (Continued from First Page) ! constant source of difficulty between hu- man beings everywhere Undoubtedly one of the most serious -auses of divorce is sex fension between | husband wife. Indecd. many students of the problem fecl that tension in the relationship is the most general cause of divorce Controlled hy Emotions. | “This extreme point of view, however, | is questioned by leading psychologists ind physicians, who maintain that the { sex instinets are in turn controlled by the emotions. This is made clear by the fact that on the one hand the sex instincts are so frequently perverted. and that on the other their sublima- | tion is the recognized cause of much that is highest and noblest in human life. | “Another fundamental cause of divorce is found in the great changes that have recently taken place in the ideal of family life. The family used to be the { economic unit of life. Outside of rural cts it remains so no longer. Since nation, the gospel of individu- as been given increased em- puiting women on an_equal with men. Moreover, in the last generations there has been a steady | growth of so-called 1omantic view of life, which, in the minds of many men and women, would make marria cne long honeymoon. This makes pleasure the of life rather than or suffering. Therefore, when triage ceases to furnish the expected Jpiness, many people feel they are justified in sccking that happiness else- | wher “In trying to determine the standare C ful marriage, your committee soon recognized the necessity of sect ing a control group. i. e, a considerable | number of people who have been hap- { pily married, who would deseribe in d | tail the conditions of their childhood. heir early training, their outlook toward | mairiage ¢ relations during court- ship and the various conditions of their martied life. It is obvious that we must | have a clear idea of what constitut ppy marriage, if we are ¢ this subject to advantage. The figures of & recent questionnai make it reasonably clear that divorce: are mainly confined to men and women who are not regular church attendants and that divoree is relatively rare among | those who are regular members of the community. It seems clear that t} prablem is chiefly confined to those who are cutside the pale and direct influence of the church. Few Consult Cleri “The mext question was in regard to the extent to which clergymen were con- sulted in regard to marital difficultics The reports are disturbing because they | indicate that a small | chuseh people go to their clergymen their troubles. he next question had to do with | the amount of training given for mar- riage. It would appear that little is | done along this line by the clergymen of any of the communions mentioned. Many of them preach on the subject and on other subjects that deal with | character building. ~Sermons be classed as moral training. Such {training to be effective must be given | individually. | “Character training 1is generally recognized as a primary responsibility of the church. While it would appear that those who remain in vital relation | with the Christian church are rarely divorced. nevertheless, many persons connected with our churches have been | divorced and multitudes at some time | or other have doubtless been connected | with the church, and especially with our church schools. Therefore, | church has a heavy responsibility in | this matter. “In character training, next to the | emotions, nothing s more important | than right ideals of life. Hence onc of | the first responsibilities of the church is to hold up the ideal of marriage pre- sented by Christ himself, viz: The life- long union of one man with one wom- an. This ideal is based on the physical and spiritual laws of human society. In- decd many of our thinkers feel that the monogamous family is the final term in a leng evolutionary series. Clearly the family is the most fundamental of our institutions. c | educationally it is far more important than any of our schools and years of infancy molds for better or for worse the character of our future | men and women. “In any event, the greatest need to- day is for more homes that are really animated by the ideals of Jesus Chris In the first few centuries of the church! | life its teaching in regard to marriage { won its way in the face of the most ad- verse conditions and bitter persecution, showing the power of right ideals to prevail hecause of their inherent worth For the development of such homes we require the right sort of training for marriage and the right sort of educa- tion in religion which shall build up the sort of character in men and wome: that will produce real Christian homes William Green to Speak. William Green, president _of American Federation of Labor will address a mass meeting on the sub- ject of the Episcopal Church and its relations to industry in Memorial Con- | tinental Hall tonight at 8 o'clock. At this mass meeting there wili be a | general discussion of Industry and its relations to-the church, in connection with the report presented to the con- vention at the joint session on Monday on this subject Spencer Miller, ir. secretary of the division on industrial relations of the | social service department of the church, who prepared the report on industrial relations and suggested the industrial program of the church, will be anoth speaker at the mass meeting. Rev. Charles N. Lathrop, secretary of the social service depart- ment, arranged this meeting in order that there may be brought together for discussion of these problems, repre- sentatives of both capital and labor. Employers to Talk. Accordingly, With Mr. Green pre- | senting the side of labor, there will bé brought to speak on the other side | Harper Sibley of Rochester, N. Y. a i director of banks, mines and lumber | companies, and a well known leader in that State, who will discuss the industrial problem from the viewpoint fof the law. R. P. Hutchinson, president lof the Bethlehem Fabricator Co.. will the problem from the point of of the employer and an address will also be delivered by H. A. Hatch, lan employer who has developad an | interesting system of labor relations |in the Dutchess Bleacheries at Wap- | pinger Falls, N. Y. Three of these speakers named have had large experience as employers of labor. Mr, Miller will further outline his suggested industrial program for the church. Right Rev. John Gardner Murray. | presiding_bishop of the church, will preside at the meeting. This will b» | the which kas been fostered by the National | Council at a general convention, "The House of Bishops of the Episco- | pal Church yesterday afternoon adopted la resolution_offered by Right Rev Charles H. Brent, Bishop of Western New York, that efforts be made to ar- range a conference with representatives of the Northern and Southern Methodist and Presbyterian churches for the d cussion of issues of moral theology, look- ing toward eventual unification. Such a conference would avoid for the present issues of Episcopal succession and historical disputes. Bishop Brent's resolution was offered as an appendage 1o the report of the committee on faith and order presented by Right Rev. Wil- liam T. Manning. Bishop of New York, which dealt largely with the success of the world religious conference at Lau- | STUDY OF DIVORCE CAUSES| | theology are fhe real basis of unity. 1 - | have proposed the Methodist and Pres- | byterian churches for special reasons.” The Methodist Church, Bishop Brent ; said. practically had been forced out of | the Church of England by the coldness | of that body, and it was only just that | the first overtures toward = reunion | should come from the daughter com-| munion in America. Eminent Presby- | going to ! percentage of | cannot | the | in the | executive | the first meeting on industrial relations ! terian theologians, he said. differ very slightly from the Anglican viewpoint on some important issues, although these differences are such as prove very dif- ficult of solution. Requests Commission. He asked for the appointment of a commission consisting of three bishops. three priests and three laymen, repre- senting the younger generation of Epis copal theologians, to act with the Epis- copal joint commission and present a report to the next general convention. The house voted to give a portion of the Good Friday offering each year for work among the Jews of the United States. This followed an appeal by Moses Shapiro, a missionary wo who declared that while many Jews are | becoming Christians they are turning to other churches, notably the Christian Scientist, and that irrelizion was in- creasing rapidly among others. One re- sult of this, he said. is a mounting sui- side rate and the founding of “bolshe- | vik" Sunday schools. The House of Deputies voted to ex- purge from the revised prayer book a the wedding ring, which ring. O gracio these Thy servants may ep their solemn pledge and abound evermore i through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen." The convention committee who re- vised the marriage ceremony “had no sense of humor,” Dr. George H. Foley, dean the ' Philadelphia_ Divinity School, fold the house. The word ‘obey” has been removed. he said. but any bride who gets any from this fact is due for a rude awaken- ing, since the commission has left in the service an epistle whi tha shall be subject to hus 4 revision,” said Dr. Foley, “only leaves an excuse for further revision at some future time.” The deputies approved a rev the penitential office, which strikes out such phrases as “vile earth “miserable sinners,” and provided a new baptism service which combines the services of the old prayer book for infant, adult and private baptism. Approach Extreme Unction. Considerable discussion took place when the services for visitation of the | sick were considered. The rubric finally adopted provides for the first time in the Episcopal Church for the laying on the hands and annointing with | 0il. ‘This was regarded by some of the deputies as a long step toward the The rubric now used is as follows: “When any sick person shall in hum- ble faith desire the ministry of healing through anointing or laying on of hands. the minister may use such por- tion of the foregoing office as he shall think fit and the following forms: “I anoint thee with oil hand upon thee) in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost, beseeching the mercy o our Lord Jesus Christ, that all pain and sickness of body being put to flight, the blessing of heaith may be restored to thee. Amen.” Only one-fifth of the rural popula- tion of the United States attend any church and only one-tenth of the children in rural communities receive religious training of any kind, Right Rev. Irving P. Johnson, Bishop of Col- orado, told the mass meeting on rural work at the Church of the Epiphany last night. The bishop declared that the ecclesiastical policy of the church was an urban policy. He said that the cities of America owe it to the rural stock from which their populations come to redeem the religious situation in the country. More than $500,000 has been expend- ed for the work of the American Church Institute for Negroes during the last three years, according to the report of Rev. Robert W. Patton, director of the rial Continental Hall last night. Every nervous breakdown is a moral { breakdown, Dean Victor Hoag of Christ Cathedral, Salina, Kans., told the So- | ciety of the Nazarene, the faith-healing group of the church, at a meeting in Trinity Diocesan Church last night. has been overdone, said. and insisted that St. Paul knew all about it long before the | days of Freud and Jung. The only | real solution of personality dificulties, he said, is to be found in religion, “In a more advanced stage of educa- tion,” he declared, “a nervous break- down, due to the secret life of the in dividend, would be considered a shame- ful thing." | 'EPISCOPAL GUILD | TO PRESENT “ADAM’ | - - ~ Mystery Play-to Be Given at Church of the Epiphany Tomorrow. | | The Episcopal Actors' Guild of Amer- |ica, tomorrow and Friday will present four performances of the 12th century Anglo-Norman mystery play, “Adam,” |at the Church of the Epiphany Incidental music for the guild’s pro- duction has been composed by Adolph Torol organist of Epiphany Church, | who will render the entire score at the |organ during all performances, and will be assisted in choral work by | members of the Epiphany Church choir. Rev. Clarence Parker of Cha=y Chase is chairman of the entertainment com- | mittee for actors. John Davenport {Long, well known for his dramatic work with the Arts Club of Washington, {15 stage manager. The settings are au- {thentic in detail. “The committee of Washington pa- trons and_patronesses includes Bishop _Freeman, Maj. Gen. John A. Lejeune, | Gen. John J. Pershing, Newbold Noyes. | Mrs. Ze Barney Phillips, Mrs. William C. Rives and Maj. Gen Charles F. Summerall. Several residents of Washington will iappear in the cast of ‘“Adam,” in- cluding Leslie Waudby, the actor, as Aaron and Owen Potter as the guard ian angel. JAPANESE PLAN COLONY. | | | | PARA. Brazil, October 17 (#)—The State of Para has been asked to grant | congessions to n Japanese company headed by Hachiro Fukahara under similar conditions to those governing the concessions recently made by Brazil to Henry Ford foy colonization and the exploitation of rubber. | Fukuhara has requested grants in | various dftricts of the state, and if he | receives the concessions will begin the construction of the first immigrant sta- { tion at Acara carly in November, with { the possibility of 10 Japanese families | arriving about December 1. Pleads Guilty to Assault. consolation | declares their fon of | and | Catholic practice of extreme unction. ' (lay my | Lord, and | Jove and holiness: | ssell, who with Parker Cr: cross to Sweden during the past with his two young sons, John and Convention Program THIS AFTERNOON. 2:30 p.m.--Meetings of house bishops and house of deputies resumed 2:30 p.m.—Woman's auxiliary. Busi- ness meeting: V—Education. 4:30 to 6 pm.—Garden party by the Bishop of Washington and Mrs, Free- man to the bishops, clerical and lay deputies, 4:30 p.m—Diocesan Altar Guild and Altar Societies. Informal conference. St. Thomas' Church, Eighteenth and Church streets northwest 8 p.m.—Department of Christian So- cial Service. Mass meeting, D. A. R Building. Seventeenth and C northw Subject, “The Church and Industry.” Right Rev. John Gardner | Murray, D.D.. presiding. Mr. Spencer Miller, jr. consultant of the industrial division; Mr. William | Green. president of the American Ped- { eration of Labor. | 8 p.m.—Church Periodical Club. Dra- matic sketches. The C. P. C. in ac- tion. No tickets; everybody invited. | Music and speaking by persons of dis- of amme streets | Speakers: | tinction Parish Hall, Church of Epiph- | FISGAL RELATIONS INCITIES STUDIED Bureau of Efficiency Making Survey in 16 Qutstanding Municipalities. Statistics of 16 outstanding elties | the United States are being studied b experts of the Bureau of Efficiency ir the course of their survey of the fisca relations between the Federal anc Municipal Governments here. but { conclusions have been reached, it wa said today, and none will be made - {lic by the bureau itself The 16 cities, it was learned. com | prise that group of principal cities of the country somewhat larger and some- | what smaller than Washington. exclud- |ing the three largest. New York | Chicago, and Philadeiphia. es Being Studied. The s in order of their size are Detroit, Cleveland, St. Louis, Baltimore | Boston. Pittsburgh, Buffalo | Newark, Minneapolis, Ne ! Cincinnati, Kansas City. Indianapolis | Rochester and Jersey City Washington i size fali | cities of Buffalo and | the list Officials of the Bureau of Efficiency | were firm in their statements today that | the status of the study had not by ant imeam reached the stage where concly- sions maye be drawn. A mass | terial has been collected not only :ih(‘ 16 cities and Washington also i from the States of the 16 large cities, | as there are certain interlocking between the States and ecitie: must be taken info consideration The experts in charge of the inquirs | Herbert H. Rapp and V. P. Simmons jare known to be adjusting their ma | of material to draw up records of com- | parative taxation. comparative receipts, | both from taxation, and from sources {other than taxation, and comparat | expenditures. One ~ difficult qu n ibeing worked out through both Stat and municipal figures is the problem | of adjusting records of what is called in ‘most States subventions. usuali: ! eonsisting of mon collected from the | taxpayers. paid into Siate coffers, and !then turned back into the city fund. | for local expenditure. | One of the largest problems faced | by the bureau, of course, is the prin- | cipal question” of trying to establish | here in this city the liability of the | Federal Government to the District of Bert Hassell and Parker Cramer. | Columbia government. whose attempted flight from Rockford. IL. to Sweden during the Summer | came to an abrupt end when their plane | | crashed in the wilds of Greenland and | | they were lost for 10 days. arrived in | this city this morning and were received at the White House by President Cool- | idge at noon. A luncheon in their | | honor was given this afternoon at the | | Carlton Hotel. Hassell was accompanied by his wife | hetween the Milwaukee on amer, made an unsuccessful attempt to . photographed on arrival here today ~*Star Stafl Photo. PRESIDENT GREETS THOFAMED FLYERS Hassell and Cramer, Who At- tempted Hop to Sweden, Visit White House. No Conclusions Reached. Absolutely no conclusions on any one phase of the many problems have been reached, it was stated at the bureau today, but it is believed that steady and satisfactory progress is being made. ‘The report. which was requested of the Bureau of Efficiency by both the Bureau of the Budget and committees of Congress. will not be made public by the Bureau of Efficiency, it was said. but will be submitted to the agencies requesting it. The committees askinz any, 1317 G street northwest. |and sons and Cramer by his mother | for the report were the District of Co- TOMORROW. | 7:30 am.—Corporate _communion, | woman's auxiliary. Church of the As- :N-nslnn‘ Twelfth street and Massachu- | setts avenue northwest. 7:30 a.m.—Corporate _communion, | Church Divinity School of the Pacific. | St. John's Church, Sixteenth and streets northwest. | "7:30 am.—Church Periodical Club coroporate communion, followed by | breakfast given by the C. P. C. Secre- | taries of this diocese to the general | officers and delegates of the C.P. C. Church of the Epiphany, 1317 G stree I service, St northwest, 9:15 _a.m.—Devotional | John's Church, Sixteenth and H streets | northwest. Very Rev. William Scar- | lett, LL.D. 9 to 10 a.m.—Department of religious | education. Conference on recruiting i for and placing in the ministry, under | |auspices of the Commission on Minis- | try. Washingion room of the Wash- Not only socially but | institute, at a mass meeting at Memo- | ington Hotel, Fifteenth and F streets. 9:30 and 11 a.m.—Classes, National { Council Training Institute, Y. W. C. Building. Seventeenth and K- streets | northwest. [ 10 am.—House of bishops. session. | 10 a.m.—House of deputies. | session. 10 am. and 2 pm.—Woman's auxil- fary. Day of intercession. St. Luke's day. Church of the Ascension. Twelfth | street and Massachusetts avenue north- west. Breakfast and luncheon may be procured at the church. | 1 p.m—House of bishops and house | of deputies. Adjournment for lunch. | Willard Hotel. 1 p.m.—The Girls' Priendly Society Luncheon. “Work in Urban and Rural Communities.”" Hotel La Fayette. Tick- ets on sale at G. F. S. headquarters, | D. A. R. Building. | 2 p.m—Episcopal Actors' Guild, un- der “auspices of the Commission on Church Drama and Pageantry, will present “Adam.” a religious play of the | twelfth century, in the Parish Hall, Church of the Epiphany, 1317 G street northwest. 2:30 p.m.—Meetings of house of bishops and house of deputics resumed. 2:30'p.m.—Conference of the church school service program. Joint confer- ence of leaders in the service program and diocesan educational _executives. St. Margaret's Church, Connecticut avenue and Bancroft place. | 3:30 p.m.—Woman's auxilia sionary tea, Howard Universit 4 to 6 p.m.—Woman's auxiliar; sionary teas. By invitation. 5:15 p.m.—Episcopal Actors’ Guild, under auspices of the Commission on Church Drama and Pageantry. will pre- sent “Adam,” a religious play of the twelfth century, in the Parish Hall of the Church of the Epiphany, 1317 G| street -northwest 6:15 pm.—Church army dinner. Hamilton Hotel, Fourteenth and K streets northwest 6:30 p.m.—Department of Christian Social Service. Dinner, Gordon Hotel, Sixteenth and T streets northwest. 8 pm.—Department of Missions. Mass meeting, D. A. R. Hall. Seven- teenth and C streets northwest. “Do- mestic Missions.” 8 pm.—Church Misslon of Help Mass meeting. St. John's Church, Six- | teenth and H streets northwest. Right Rev. John Gardner Murray, D.D., pre- siding. Speakers: _Right Rev. George Ashton Oldham, D.D.: Rev. Hugh Birk- John M. Glenn. Actor: L { under_auspices of the Comm | Church Drama and Pageantry, wil | sent “Adam.” a religious play | twelfth century, in the Parish Hall of | the Church of the Epiphany, 1317 G street northwest. ASSIGNED TO FORT BLISS. Armored Car Troop of Cavalry to Take Post. The 1st Armoured Car Troop. U. S. Cavalry, organized at Fort Myer, Vs last Spring, and the only unit of its Kind in the Army at present. will leave Baltimore carly tomorrow morning for its permanent station at Fort Bliss. Tex.. where it will be attached to the 1st Cavalry Division. The movement by road, over 2,300 miles in length. will be broken by stops for demonstrations at Business Mis- Mis- i | i |and ager, C. E. Patrick, they were accom- panied by Mayor Allen of Rockford, Ill., | soveral residents and Elmer Etes, who ound the flyers after they had been forced ¢down off the coast of Green- {land. They came to Washington from | New York. Flyers Formally Presented. ‘The fiyers were taken to the White House and presented to the President by Willlam P. MacCracken, jr.. Assist- ant Secretary of Commerce for Aero-| nautics. ‘The luncheon at the Carlton was giv- en by Maj. Clarence M. Young, director of aeronautics for the Department of | Commerce, and was attended by See- | retary MacCracken and other Federal aviation officials. ‘The flyers are expected to return to New York tomorrow. Hassell and Cramer paid their re- spects to Herbert Hoover at the Massa- ster. In addition to their man- | lumbia subcommittees of the appropri- atlons committees of both Senate and House. 'AIRPLANE ENDURANCE RECORD RECOGNIZED ENationaI Aeronautic Association Approves Brock-Schlee Flight Setting New Figure. A new American airplane endurance record was recognized officially today by the contest committee of the Na- tional Aeronautic Association, which placed i:: stamp of approval, in accord- {nce with Pederation Aeronautique In- chusetts avenue headquarters prior to | ternationale regulations, on the flight of their visit to the White House. Hoover Tenders Greeting. 59 hours 19 minutes and 15 seconds made by William Brock and Edwacd Schlee at San Diego. Calif., September Hoover received the fiyers and a |29 and 30 and October 1. | group of Illinois friends accompan headquarters, shaking hands with them and saying: the privilege of meeting you—of meet- The record was made under ss C Business | them in the second floor lobby of his | for airplanes, returning to point of de- parture without refueling. Brock and I am very glad to have ' Schlee established the new record in a Bellanca monoplane with a 220-horse- | | ing men, who have come through a |power Wright Whirlwind motor. | great adventure with great courage | The Brock and Schiee flight broke and great success, and we certainly | the former record of 53 hours 36 welcome you back to the United States. | minutes and 30 seconds, established by We are all proud of you and of all| Edward A. Stinson and George W | the citizens in our country that come Haldeman at Jacksonville, Fla. March from the same blood. I deeply appre- | 23. 20 and 30 in a Stinson Detroiter | ciate your coming to call upon me.” | plane, also equipped with a 220-horse- Hoover also was introduced to the |power Wright Whirlwind motor. |fiyers by the Assistant Secretary of g HALT ZOGU CORONATION. { Commerce. In the group. besides Has- sell and Cramer, were Hassell's wife, | Cramer's mother and sister; Elmer | | Etes, Mayor Allen, L. H. Fredericks, | | Otto Milburn. Evans Anderson, Philip ' TIRANA, Albania, October 17 () Holm and C. E. Patrick, all of Rock-| The coronation of Zogu as King of ford, | the Albanians has been postponed to | GIVES SERVICE HOURS | In this tiny capital for the accommoda- Error in Official Program Corrected. | | tion of foreign guests. The govern- ment also contemplates erection of a Three-Day Program Is Announced. | parliamentary building and improve- | ment of the streets of the capital. LAUREL ENTRIES FOR TOMORROW. FIRST RACE. P maiden 2-yvear-olds: | *Harborton harles th | | The national director of the Society of the Narazene. now in convention in (h\&l city in ASSONBN?H with the Gen- eral Convention of the Episcopal Church, calls the attention of inter- | Batile AT ested persons to the fact that the serv- | Biack Wracx ices of the Narazene Society are held in | [Eagan Laddie . 103 Trinity Diocesan Church. Third and ¢ | 0007 - - streets, daily this week at 10 am. and | ; SECOND RACE--Purse. $1.300: o 8 pm. Through an error, the official | 5-**A7-0ids and up: 1 mile and 7 s program of the General Convention an- 11§ Belaseoain nounced a service at 4 pm. No such ;109 5/ rvice is being held. 103 The program of the Narazene Socie- 1% ty’s convention follows: Today: 8 p.m.. Trinity Church —Addresses by | Rev. Walter B. Stehl. D.D.. of Hager. town: Rev. Frank N. Rln‘I;h D.D.. of | aMre. Helen M. Pearson and Aseo: Wooster, o, and the Right Rev. J.| 1 A Po_\)‘(nlz Tyler, D.D., Bishop of North | searods anc upi i Dakota. Girasol ....... Tomorrow: Thymon_ 9:30 a.m.. Trinity Church— Corpor- | ‘505", ate communion of the Society of the | Narazene. 10:30 am, ference on “Personal Healing." ied by the Rev. Den: tle of Covington, Va. ; 8 p.m., Trinity Church—Mass meeting of the Soclety of the Nazarene. with addresses by W. Sinclair Bowen, M. D., of Washington: Hugh A. Studdert Ken- nedy of San Francisco, and the Right Rev. N. S. Thomas, D. D, retired Bishop of Wyoming. Friday, 10:30 am. Trinity Church— Conference on “Personal A by Miss Bertha Conde of Ne 12, Trinity Church—Annua bl o f the Society of the Nazarene. | ot Rt T e 8 pm.—Consecration and Thanks- | Lebey aes XM giving service with addresses by Rev. [Mers Play .00 107 Robert B. H. Bell of Denver. Colo., and | Neixs Onar.. .. 10 the Very Rev. Phillips H. Gilman, Or- | Eramabian D0 lando, Fla. L mline — ® Mrs. Virginia Irwin and M. E. Irwin a Portin . Army Offi entry. Cl Lyan Haven . Agnes Wynn Okenite | i | | | | Vena & le Minister .. I en Bethiehem 4 Also_eligible - “Faddy 3 3 Star Gold Lure of Gold 109 109 111 109 105 North Breeze 109 “Ru Gol ] | v Golden | Rhyime & Reason 101 Sunswent 1 Hedweren FOURTH RACE olds: 6 furlong: Exposay ....... & Sunaina Belittin Oraate Trish M Dinah Trinity Church—Con- | ‘Testimony of is Whit- Purse, $1.300; flly 12 Tubitee 113 Reighihol Jesivan 1Y v 135 wa E. Widener cad Holden Mrs. M. C. . entry. FIPT! | Hanai Hydromel . Edia Cave Bo> ... Sie Treder: i miles. 'H RACE- Purse. $2.000 aD; 3-year-olds und up 106 1.300; Sun Persian Nevermore Signola a Lassa Bradies's Pes: William T. . in the desire for the enactment, of the The year 1925 was notable for the number of rather severe earthquake | | shocks in the United States and Can- [ measure was causing Republican leaders ada as well a5 in Japan. The same |to “worry themselves grayheaded about vear earthquake insurance was estab-’ the price of wheat frofy now until elec lished in this country, tion time,” " “ - MecNary-Haugen farm relief bill and that President Coolige's veto of the zanne last year. ta_come to earth,” Bishop Brent sald. “The conference at Lauzahne warms the heart of every lover of unily, but we can't afford to deal with the matter in general te Qu-:zuqn_.s of ny:{gl | Pleading guilty to assault on Aaron Morgan, a shoemaker, Alphonse Purvis, colored, giving his address as 1525 Fort Leavenworth and Fort Riley in Kansas. During the past Summer the troop was in active operation with the Lieut. Col. Fred W. Bugbee, U. S. In- fant Fort Moultrie, S. C.. has been Church street, wa . sentenced to 45 days in jail by Judge John P. McMahon in Police Court today. Morgan declared Experimental Mechanized Force at Fort Leonard Wood, Md. It consists of seven armored cars. two cargo trucks promoted to the grade of colonel, but will not relinquish his present duties. SEVENTH RACE—Purse. $1.300: claimins: 3+ p. 1 mile and 700 vards. *Talladeca He Is from California and was awarded “It is time for the Episcopal Church' the man went to his store vesterday, took a dollar out of the cash register and drove him out with a knife. Po- liceman E. L. Bpker of the second pre- cinet was sunfgioned and disarmed Purvis, J - and two solo motor cycles and its per- the Distinguished Service Medal for his sonnel consists of 2 officers and 50 | services as a colonel of Infantry, Na- enlisted men. In its long trip to Fort tional Army, during the World War. In Bliss, Tex., the troop will camp on the the Spanish War of 1898, he first served ! road overnight and is due at Fort Bliss, as a private and then as a second lieu- El Paso, Novemper 5, tenan! P —— — - o ver. 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