Evening Star Newspaper, August 1, 1929, Page 26

(NTING OF CHURCH CALLED NECESSARY Presbyterian Leader Pleads for Immediate Merging of North-South Units. By the Associated Press. PENMAR Pa., August 1.—Immediate union of all factions of the Presbyterian Church, both North and South, was the | call sounded in an address prepared by Dr. William Chalmers Covert of Phila- delphia as the keynote of a meeting of the various factions here virtually on the Mason and Dixon Line. Dr. Covert, who is general secretary of the Presby- terian Board of Christian Education, launched his plea with a declaration | that every argument, for reuniting the | separate units took on a new urgency | at present. ‘Time, he indicated, has removed many objections that have prevented | unification of the church, saying “the | psalms of David are no longer an is- | sue to keep Presbyterians apart” and | “the racial situation that justified | separate grouping in the pioneer periods | has entirely passed.” Developmént of denominational me- rale, preservation of the characteristic elements of the church, duty to the next generation and conservation of | economic forces with elimination of un- | necessary duplication were among the reasons advanced for the union. The are three and a quarter million Pre: terians and 1800 churches, he said. Forces have been at work for 55 years, Dr. Covert said. to bring about elimina- | Mine Sweepers Haul Up Lobster Pots and Fishermen Protest By the Associated Press. The Navy has upset the lobster pots and there is trouble on the New England Coast. It seems the mine sweepers, in maneuvers of the scouting fleet off Narragansett Bay, picked up or upset the lobster pots while trying to catch mines. The fish- ermen are objecting. ‘Taking notice of the situation, Senator Hebert of Rhode Island has asked the Navy Department for a report. The Navy says it sent out notice in time to warn the fishermen. The latter say they weren't notified. The mine sweepers got the lobsters any- way, and the fishermen are out. MULTI-MILLIONAIRE SUED. Wife of Chicagoan Asks Mainte- mance, Naming Co-respondent. CHICAGO, August 1 (#).—Ernest A. Jackson, multi-millionaire real estate owner, yesterday was named defendant in a suit for separate maiftenance in- stituted by Mrs. Carrie Jackson, daugh- ter of former United States District Judge W. H. Munger of Omaha. Mrs. Jackson in her bill named Helene Blake of Chicago as corespond- ent. Jackson, the son of a former Iowa governor, is reputed to have holdings worth $40,000,000 in Chicago Loop real estate, S Miss Addams on Way to Prague. QUEBEC. Quebec. August 1 ().—Miss ' THE. EVENING STAR, WA$H‘[?\’GTON, D. C, THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 1929.° TAMPERING CHARGED BY MURDER WITNESS Declares Efforts Made to Prevent His Testimony in Trial of Mrs. Pantages. By the Associated Press. LCS ANGELES, August 1.—Testi- mony of a prosecution witness that ef- forts had been made to intimidate him featured the preliminary hearing here yesterday of Mrs, Alexander Pantages, HOICE PIANDS FOR_ ENT wife of the theater magnate, on a charge of murder. Mrs. Pantages was accused after the death of a Japanese, who was fatally injured in an accident in which her automobile had figured. Harry J. Lederbrink testified that he had received anonymous telephone calls advising him not to testify and to leave the city. Lederbrink said he had seen Mrs. Pantages in her car just be- fore its collision with the automobile of Jura Rokomuto, in which the latter was injured. Lederbrink said he smelled i day and Friday. Co Knitbac repairs your By Flawless Hosiery Repairing Runs repaired, 25¢ and up A Factory Demonstrator will be in the hosiery department on the main floor to- liquor in the car ‘and remonstrated with her against driving. Willlam D. Taylor testified he saw Mrs. Pantages’ car sideswipe two other ;‘xtwmobua before Rokomuto's car was In addition to the murder accusa- tlon Mrs. Pantages was charged with driving while intoxicated. s International trade fairs are to be in Canada, France, Greece, Estonia, Aus- tria, Jugoslavia, Czechoslovakia and the Netherlands this year. me in and see how stockings. Hoslery Department—Main Floor. - ImF Hecat Co. “F Street at Seventh” o - WORCHS F Hecart Co. tion of the barriers that have prevented | Jane Addams of Chicago, president of unification of the church. A serious the Women's International League for barrier raised by the Civil War has been | Peace and Freedom, sailed for Europe dissolved and the differences created by | Tuesday on the Canadian Pacific that conflict have been forgotten, he | liner Empress of Scotland. She will said. | preside at the league’s conference in The conference, called for the pur-|Prague on August 24. 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