Evening Star Newspaper, January 18, 1929, Page 12

12 THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €. FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 1929. YOUTHS RELEION CONFERNCE TOPE Conclusions to Be Madee Available to Clergy Through-g out Country. Circus Man, Pursued By Irate Wife, Hides In Wild Animal Cage By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, January 18.— A wild animal cage was the refuge place of a circus man when his jrate wife chased him about the “big top” with a horsewhip. This was the testimony of Alpheus G. Barnes Stonehouse, the “Al G. Barnes” of circus fame, in court here yesterday in connection with a suit for separate maintenance. Stonehouse said he had divorced Sarah Jane Hardigan Stonehouse, The thoughts and opinions of the yolith of today concerning modern re- | liglous tendencies are the subjects of | a conference this week at Washington | Cathedral. The general topic, “The | Religion of Youth,” forms the basis | for the conference sessions, which are being led by Rev. F. H. Sill, headmaster of the Kent School for Boys, at Kent, | Conn., and Rev. Dr. Frederic S. Flem- | ing, rector of St. Stephen’s, Providence, R The conclusions of the confer- enge are to be made available to clergy throughout the country through official Cathedral publications. The College of Preachers is sponsoring the gathering A group of clergymen representing all parts of the country and incl the student chaplain of the Univ of Wisconsin and several recto parishes in college and university com- | munities is deliberaing at the confer- ence. Rev. Father Sill is a graduate of Co- lumbia University, and he has devoted his career to the Christian education | of youth, having founded the Kent School in 1906. Rev. Dr. Fleming was | for 12 years rector of the Church of the Atonement in Chicago, where during his rectorship he presented more thap 1.000 persons over 21 years of age for confirmation. He is considered one of the most eloquent preachers and thoughtful students in the ministry and has twice refused election as a bishop 10 devote himself to uncompleted parish tasks. | Those_attending_the conference in- | clude: _Rev. Beesch Johnstone of New York City, Rev. Benjamin N. Bird of | Bala, Pa.; Rev. Francis J. Bloodgood of Madison, Wis.: Rev. Henry H. Cnap- man of Asheville, N. C.; Rev. Condit N. Eddy of Watertown, N.'Y.; Rev. Ro ert E. Cribbin of Winston-Salem, N. Rev. Harold B. Hoag of Racine, Wis.; Rev. Earl C. Lier, Rev. Henry G. Raps of Providence, R. L; Rev. Harola H. Sawyer of Utica, N. Y.: Rev. Charles L Street of Sycamore Rev. Edric A. Wold of Middlebury, Vt.; Rev. Joseph | M. Waterman of Parkersburg, W. Va., end Rev. Charles L. Widney of Shaw- | nee, Okla. | ONLY TWO DEPARTMENTS | SHOW CUT IN EXPENSES | All Others Report Increases for: First Six Months of Fiscal Year. By the Associated Press. Expenditures of all Government de- partments except two were declared yes- terday by the Treasury Department to | have increased during the first six | months of the present fiscal year as| compared with the same period a year | ago. | Total departmental expenditures in- | creased approximately $75,000,000 and | amounted to $1,040,883,000 during the first half of this fiscal year. With the | addition of the maintenance of inde- pendent establishments and public debt requirements, the total governmental ex- penditures for the six months aggre- gated $2,036,114,000, compared with $1,- 924,429,000 last year. ‘The executive and the Post Office De- partments showed decreases. The ex- ecutive department spent only $249,000, a decrease of $120,000, while the Post Office Department called on the Treas- ury for only $63,000 this half year as | compared to $266,000 last year. —_— | England’s postmaster general has in- formed the Lord’s Day Observance So- «ciety that “the restoration of a delivery of letters on Sundays is not at present in contemplation.” y [EDUCATION ASSOCIATION | his second wife, in Las Vegas, Nev., in 1923, and that she was not entitled to an allowance now. The woman claims that her hus- band was not a legal resident of Las Vegas and that the decree is void. Stonehouse said that he had | | sought a divorce on the grounds | House are many worthy of favorable that his wife followed the show | | about from place to place and | | interfered with business. He said she forced him to discharge a woman who was billed as the | | world's greatest woman animal | | trainer. GAINS 12,000 MEMBERS First Place in National Group Taken by Ohio—Roster Now | Aggregates 103,145, | By the Associated Press. | A gain of nearly 12,000 in the mem- | bership of the National Education Asso- | ciation for the past year was reported today by T. D. Martin, director of the association’s division of records and memberships. The present member- ship was announced as 193,145, as com- pared with 181,350 a year ago. First place in the association’s mem- bership was taken by Ohio, which had | formerly been third, with' a total of | 19,490. California was second with 19,466 educators holding membership, and Pennsylvania third with 19,316. Mr. Martin said that Georgia, Minne- sota, New York and Ohio each had increases of more than a thousand members during the year. J. W. Crabtree, secretary of the asso- ciation, declared thatincreased s(and-‘ ards of training in teachers’ colleges are_rapidly bringing teaching on a professional par with medicine and law. | Liverpool Catholics will observe April | 14 as a general communion in thanks- | giving for Catholic emancipation. i CURB ON EXPENSES STRESSED BY TILSON House Leader Urges Close Scrutiny of All Measures by Congress. Careful scrutiny of all measures pend- ling in Congress which would increase | Government._expenditures was urged yesterday by House Leader Tilson after | a conference with President Coolidge | and a talk with Budget Director Lord. Mr. Tilson repeated that there are bills on the calendars of the two Houses reported favorably by committees which i d would cost the Government . $1.000,000,000. “Among the bills pending before the action at the proper time, but each one must be considered not only on its own merits but in its relationship to other projects and with due regard for the financial situation,” Mr. Tilson declared. “It would be unfair to President Cool- idge to spoil the splendid record for economy made during the last six years, and it would be eveh more unfair to Mr. Hoover to reccive him into office with a Treasury deilcit. “If our economy record is to be maintained many measures which would entail additional expense on the Gov- ernment must be set aside at this ses- sion of Congress, and I feel sure the House will have the support of the public in taking this stand,” said Mr. Tilson. . A $1,000.000 drive for construction of new buildings for the Methodist Epis- r(})}pallflosr\l'al. 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