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3 jirv iffF5 rt K2Jr Kv iSKHEZBWi 3J SflLniJaBliJlS JJHHJ JlUBWfcjJtSRr a rffrrtr 1C iWraiP i a Sf 2CEEEL WASHINaTOirQSTi SUNDAY OTJLYl tlV 1915 in 5v5 3 ssr 4 llllli1sj 4 WBM IRj3 Ttf s5siagrsar3raif ssw rj rii CHRISTIAN SCIENCE BBcTfflTAS A CHILD In writing for the Christian Science Journal under the caption Receptivity Kate GBaker says With a growing appreciation of the qualities inherent in the child nature the student of Christian Science understands how it was that Jesus esteemed chlldlikeness as one of the conditions essential to entrance into the kingdom oi uoa aivme truth ana one 01 me things that Christian Science does for those who become interested in It is to awaken and increase their love for the little ones In order to advance bur own spiritual growth we reaHze the importance of acquiring those qualities which we are told gain an entrance to that heavenly state of consciousness denned by Jesus as the kingdom of heaven within No one can linger among children without observing their eagerness fo learn their willingness to be taught Indeed their enthusiasm and pleasure In acquiring knowledge is often sadly lacking in tliose of more mature years This sincere desire to learn is surely a prerequisite to spiritual education It is deeply significant that after Jesus had given the seventy power to meet all the opposition of the enemy and they had returned to Him rejoicing because even the evil spirits were subject unto them He still saw need to give them a warning against the Tjlind ness of human wisdom saying in exultation I thank thee Father Lord of heaven and earth that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent and hast revealed them unto babes To be willing to be taught of the Father to prut our hand trustingly in His to surrender confidently and unreservedly to ithe One who knows infinitely better than do Tve and indeed the only One who can know aright this absolute surrender precedes opportunity When a mother takes her babe in her arms It trusts confidingly never tearing lestj it may fail because the enfolding arms give a sense of protection and security there Is a perfect reliance for the fulfillment of every need And may we not as fully confide in the infinite father mother love which tenderly broods jover us and responds to our faintest call Allow God to Guide Having turned ourselves over to this great love which embodies wisdom beyond any human concept and tenderness beyond that of the most loving mother we may find unspeakable rest in contentedly allowing Him to be our guide the aiithor and supporter of the noble qualities and capacities inherent in each bf His children What an escape from tension in being thus set free from fhe domination of human will in having it replaced by that trust and confidence which says I want to do what thou wouldst have me do I am willing jto go where thou wouldst have me gojand it is my earnest desire to say withj David Lord open thou my lips and my mouth shall show forth thy praise To begin each day with this conscious surrender to and communion with the Father is to make possible a heavenly day and who would not spend a dajf in heaven To acknowledge and consent to no other guidance no other mind no other will but that which is good is to experience heaven on earth hefe and now Thus to be in accord with divine Love Is not only a refuge from the storm and a protection from the strife of the workaday world but it rescues the most comnion dally task from the plane of human belief and conflict and makes it a glad eervice We thus part from the realm of mere human belief about service to a manifestation of true service which is the activity of divine mind With our thought attuned and obedient to this mind we are placed in a correct attitude toward all with whom we come In contact with all weNhave to do and this affects ill our affairs We find ourselves translated as it were into a world of opportunity Instead of the labored effort work becomes easy and spontaneous No work that God sets us to do no work for which He has equipped us can properly be regarded as menial or unwortny Work no longer dominates us for we find that work was made for man not man for work although the contrary is held to be so true that itjhas become an almost universal perversion Why Mortals Are Burdened Mortals become weary and heavy laden because burdened with human will and its Incessant argument contrary to the divine mind but mind Is ever unfolding Us own Ideas and its giving Is Ceaseless It is the nature of the Father to impart and express Divine mind is conscious of its idea and of its gifts tb its ideas and of their incessant unfpldment and expansion Wo need only to be awakened and attuned rxgx MONSTER MANJTJNG SHARK CAUGHT OFF VERA CRUZCOiPBYUNCLEiSAM SAILORS to the spiritual consciousness which Is ours by virtue of mans relationship to God As a disclosure of fatherhood how true and natural becomes1 that utterance of the father In the story of the prodigal Son all that I have is thine If an earthly father would withhold nothing from his son but rather is inclined lavishly to bestow gifts how much more abundant and abounding is the divine ivinir in Its continuous unfoldment of wisddm ana au good ever seeking and finding expression as the child of God If we receive not it is because con BClQusness Is occupied with false sense it Is self alienated because we are not in a receptive attitude Through ignorance or unwillingness there is failure to fulfill the conditions which enable us to receive or we may f4 to receive because we do not detect and remove some barrier whlch prevents our hospl tallty to the rifts we mnt dtr an which may be at our very threshold It may truly be said of us all that God often visits us but most of the time we are not at home The light of dlvine mind with its manifold blessings la ever present It is our mind because God is our Father As a window pane in a well ordered house is clear and is a transparency for the light so must our thbught be prepared for the admission of truth The psalmist says The entrance of thy words giveth light consciousness there fore becomes clear when It has been cleansed from the self will which would bar the light and obstruct the leading of wisdom One definition of to will is To make an object of choice or purpose fesolTe upon an action of course With the choice of the divine will tp mold our purpose and determine our conduct we at once become coworkers with God and our ideas are elevated as far above the determination of undisciplined human will as the heaven Is above the earth Human will attempts to take the government Into its own hands thus turning thought aside from its natural channels It operates in human consciousness under many names and disguises There are many sweet and lovable characters unawaken ed to the prescence of this usurper of the kingdom which have been marred of their beauty and defrauded of accomplishment It separates men from God and from one another Stubborn Human Will Most of us are familiar with the story of the two sisters who had a misunderstanding over some trival affair In their youth but who by force of circumstances had to remain together 60 they lived In the same house slept In the same room ate at the same table and yet spent their lives without speaking to each other since neither would bend her 111 to make the first overtures toward reconciliation Let us not be afraid to take issue with this foe nor be dismayed to feel the false supports of our will our wish and our way falling beneath us Let us remember the lesson of the bird which feeling the branch on which it swung give way beneath Its weight nevertheless continued its song remembering it had wings Some of the evidences that human will is operating in consciousness are found in impatience pride ambition and irritation and every Intimation of their nrcsence should warn us of the enemy within our gates an enemy which is generally seeking to maKe us aesire to control some person or be willing that some person should control us To be wise Is neither to suffer oneself to be governed nor to attempt to govern another The government of divine will renews energy and courage and makes us willing to let Gods designs be carried out Mrs Eddy sums up the matter when she says Man is properly self governed only when he Is guided rightly and governed by his Maker divine Truth and Love Science and Health 108 The word destiny which has so long been identified with human will has become a mere apology for error but now man identified with divine will finds only predestined or preordained good Childlike qualities give entrance to heavenly harmony Of such said Jesus is the kingdom of heaven Through disappointed hope or ungrasped opportunity resulting from false education we may be compelled to return to childlike humility Through the discernment of the qualities which constitute harmony In divine Science we shall rise in due time to behold true selfhood the image of God which has no element underived from its Maker Thus to contemplate the true idea unfolds completeness and brings surcease from false consciousness a quiet habitation far removed from the disharmony of self will doubt pride envy and strife all products of mortal sense Seeking we shall find rest in holy activity for It Is God that worketh in us both to will and to do of His good pleasure jr riClvt V1 WHJ 7 mmwmmmmMWmm i mm nnixjMH mmwmmMmmmmmm 1 mmwmmmmtmffimKmtttmmmm WASTE uiicunhriiic il Nt I Cf More Than i000Q00yVorth Left to Withein Minnesota ONEOLTO ALONE PICKS TFUNCfl brs 7 Librarian Litham1of the State Horticultural Society Gives One Meth aa oaoi aemng tne Edible species From the Deadly Toadstools Deplared to Be MorelNutrWousThan Meal rfj iz SEA TEREOH WEIGHS HALT A TON Man eating shark caught at Vera Cruz Mexico by the crew of the Delaware on February 13 1915 Is shown la this picture weighed about 1000 pounds The shark was 13 feet long and SPIRITUALISM THEOMONISTIC COMMANDMENTS NEWS NOTES OF THE CHURCHES The Rev Dr John Van Schalck Jr rector of the Church of Our Father TJnlversallsi Thirteenth and street and Mrs Van Schalck who have been working for several months among the eick and wqunded soldiers of Europe are passengers on the Rotterdam of the HollandHolland American line due to arrive In New York today The Rotterdam sailed from Holland June 20 but was held up ten days on hr voyage Dr Van Schalck had planned to go to Sart Francisco to attend the great Universallst convention meeting there the last two weeks He was on the program to give an address before the delegates July 9 As the convention will dose itoday Dr and Mrs Van Schalck will not go to California but will visit their family In New York and later go for a rest of two months on their country estate near Cobles ville Bishop Charles Warren Courrler who Is at present living In Washington went yesterday to Colonial Beach Va He will officiate inl St Elizabeths Church this morning atj 11 oclock when he will give confirmation to a large number of candidates He will preach the sermon of the occasion Archdeacon Richard Williams canon of the Cathedral will officiate at 730 this morning in Bethleliem Chapel celebrating holy communion He will deliver the sermon of ihell oclock service He will conduct special services at 4 before the peace cross when the sermon will be preached by the Rev Dr Stetson rector of St Marks Church A flection of the Marine Band will assist the Cathedral choir The Rev Dr Randolph McKlm rect6r of JEpiphany Church and Mrs McKlm are making a short stay at Nonqult Mass The Rev Hall assistant rector will preach in Epiphany Church at 11 oclock this morning on Leaders and Followers At the 15 service Mr Halls subject will be The Vision of the Unseen The organist of Epiphany Church Mr McHenry McChord Is taking a vacation during which time he will visit Louisvlllef Ky Pittsburgh Pa Cleveland Ohio and Chautauqua In his absence Mrs Charles Brock Smith assistant organist will direct the music in July Mrs William Baldwin has had placed over the lectern In Epiphany Church a very handsome large brass lamp in memory of her husband the late William Baldwin for many ears senior warden of Epiphany parish The Rev James Smyth pastor of St Ann4 Church and also of the Cburch the Blessed Sacrament has assisting Iftrti during the summer a Franciscan friar from the monastery at the Catholic University Elaborate preparations are being made for a lawn festival to be held three days on the grounds of St Anas Church Wisconsin avenue Miss Margaret Callahan Is chairman of the executive committee tin The Rev George Flske Dudley rector of St Stevens Church Columbia Heights and Mrs Dudley have returned from a short stay at Atlantic City Mr Dudley will leave tomorrow for TwlllgM Park in the Catskill Mountains where he will assume charge of AU Saints chapel until August 1 During that time Mrs Dudley will tnake a visit to their young son Jack Dudley at Red Cloud Camp Sliver Lake Pa In Mr Dudleys absence the Rev Mr Sontag retired will officiate In St Stephens Church The Rev Dr John Brlggs pastor trt Fifth Baptist Church was called to Virginia Beach to preach last week He returned Friday and today he will preach at both morning and evening services In Dr Brlggs absence the Rev Dr McCollough conducted the Thursday evening services In Fifth Baptist and delivered a sermon The Rev Dr William De Vries canon of the Cathedral will conduct special Eolemnittes today in All Saints Chapel Twilight Park in the Catskill Mountains At 11 oclock he will officiate at the services dedicating a new tower of the chapel In memory of Churchill Satterlee deceased son of the late Bishop Satterlee The Rev Dr Donald MacLeod of Springfield 111 former pastor of First Presbyterian Church John Marshall place is visiting Judge Robert Anderson of Chevy Chase He will conduct the mens Bible clas this morning in his old church First Presbyterian The Rev Dr He Swem pastor of Centennial Baptist Church Seventh and I streets northeast will have for the subject of his discourse this evening at 8 oclock the question How Was Jesus Baptized The recent series of special services conducted by the Rev Dr Calvin Blackwell of Norfolk Va resulted In a number of converts who will be baptized at this evenings services At the meeting last week of the Bol giano Class of Foundry Methodist Episcopal Sunday school officers were elected for 1915 1916 Newton Perrins was chosen president Homer A Whltehorn vice presldentr James A Edgar secretary Roy Garver treasurer and Blakely librarian Mr Miles Shand of the Department of State will address the class today On Julj 1 Judge William Norrls of th Department of Justice will be the apeaker and On July JB Xebela the herald of Jesus wrote us We bring you special and remarkable revelations from Eloah the Almighty He then told me the following message A great abundance of gifts which fill all needs and satisfy all proper desires Is sent to you 1 to mankind by the Highest A new leaf from the eternal tree of life comes into appearance The once lost son Is now in the embrace of the Father and finally has arrived the time that both go together Into the Fathers house to celebrate the return The lyre the symbol of Themonism is being played and the new universal religion begins Announce It tothe earth that what the former seers have seen of harps played around the throne of God refers to this new religion of divine harmony now starting on earth All worlds are united In this religion but for the earth it Is new and it will be Introduced here with the crowning of Jesus the Christ His crown Is of fine material and of noble design having our corner points indicating the fourdlrectlons of the compass or all the parts of the earth for they will all be under His sway and theerown being open on top indicates that Jesus is directly connected with the elohtm and with Eloah His glory will be such as earth has never known Remember earth that it is I Eloah Himself Who Is sending you this beloved Son Jesus Christ as the king of the whole earth Ye cannot be obedient to Me if ye are not obedient to Him and ye cannot give honor and love to Me If ye do not Include Him Verily He is coming soon and His reward with Him Already now are being sent to earth those things which He will have need of Jesus Comes Unexpectedly Ye will often ask Where is Christ Although It will be known from where he starts His triumphal entry on earth there will be no place In particular on earth where He will make His abode so that ye could say Here Is He or There la He For this Is the peculiarity of his dwelling on earth as the king He will strike through a throng of people when often the multitude will not realize it and He will enter the homes often unawares He will be present when great men and rulers are making Important decisions affecting whole nations and again he will be found with the down trodden the lonely and weary And this will be the peculiar effect of His approach Wherever He may appear seen or unseen by men men will see themselves in the light of divine spiritual truth like in a mirror and the mirror is Jesus Himself For I Eloah have given the reflex of divine wisdom of life Then was I Informed by Xebela that like once unto Moses so also to me would now be given the new laws of the new religion I saw Jesus and behind him the grand elohim Jehovah the divine Guard of our own world I our solar system with outstretched arms Jehovah appeared in the might of His Majesty having a powerful sword of justice of truth in his right hand and the symbol of power of holiness In his left And around him were the third of the series of addresses will 3e given by Mr William Knowles Cooper general secretary of the A The Rev Dr Le Grand Powers will conduct services at 11 oclock this morning in All Souls Church Fourteenth and streets for the two con gregations of All Souls and Church of Our Father He will preach a sermon on Parables of the Fathers Love The Rev Edgar Cordell Powers pas tor of Eldbrook Methodist Episcopal Church presided at the installation of the officers recently elected to have charge of the Epworth League of Eldbrook Church They are President Eli Perry first vice president An drew Fedullne second vice president Mrs It Walther third vice president Miss Mabel Derrick fourth vice president Charles Hurley secretary Mfss Loule Derrick treasurer Mr Raymond Shoemaker pianist Miss Dorothy Riley The Rev Father Di Carlo pastor of the Catholic Italians of Washington announces that many ticket holders for the benefit grand field day and picnic held On July 5 at Benning for the build ing fund of Holy Rosary Church did nofattend towing to an announcement in some of the papers of a postpone ment of the event because of the in clemency of the weather The com mlttee In charge wish to state that a picnic will be given at Benning race track July IS when tickets for the former event will be accepted A sacred concert by a band will be a special feature and prominent soloists will ling gathered Xebela Moses Elijah Abraham and John the Baptist and in a wider circle around them I saw gathered the apostles and the prophets and many saints of all times and they all stood on a large high mountain plateau and Jehovah addressing us as his son and daughter gave me the follow ing new commandments I Commandment Seek to become me diumlstlc that ye may receive the ray of holiness and that ye may reflect this ray to others II Honor father and mother then will ye receive the promise Eloah Is your eternal father and mother and through Arach Adam Jesus and Hanu Eve the soulmate of Jesus are ye all children bf Jesus and his soulmate Ill Ci Henceforth do not kill on the Mount ZIon which is this whole earth now newly dedicated and be careful that ye do not desecrate It again by the sheddlne of bloods Swlf tlv and terribly will we bring to justlcewho Injure life TV Rise from the old to the new by the power Eloah is giving you for a new life must be worthy of this new earth Seek peace and hasten to get it VI Remember that the Eternal has given to each man one mate that with pure and cordial desire he may seek union with her and thus a beautiful life in and with God be established VII Work that ye may have the fruit for only by work can life become fruitful VIII Wrestle for the treasures which are Imperishable the Ireasuiea of the mind In higher perceptions the treasures of the hearts disposition that ye may obtain deeper and better sensibilities and the treasures of the will in more divine deeds for then wilt ye have a better share and joy In the day of celebration IX Do not keep any false pictures or Imaginations of the divine things Do not suppose that If ye understand a part of the earthly things that ye thereby have explored also divine life for ye may see only a new form of light standing in the door of a great temple the inner parts of which are still quite dark to you Let none think that he can enter into the great world temple though ambassadors of a higher world have come to him through the open door It is Jesus who Is the door to the temple Only those who go into the temple with him will dwell in the Fathers House The earth and allthe worlds are Mine says Eloah Call upon Me in all needs and I will satisfy all thy wants I have counted time and hours and what I have decided upon that will I also carry out Therefore respect my government of destinies that ye may not do anything against these My commandments Keeping My laws ye will be gifted as with motor power an4 will be carried through the air namely by the spirit force will ye penetrate to My Fatherheart Gives New Atmosphere Xebela gave the following additional message The earth Is being surrounded with a new kind of atmosphere This comes very rapidly in successive ringsc from far away worlds giving new powers whereby the earth is being perfected and receives a fine cover like a strong artistic roof to the new house and at the sametlme earth Is thereby being hooked to or connected With higher worlds Before the great purification came here It was Impossible to accomplish such a connection Now these worlds which are all purified are called the crowned worlds We see the earth tn the sign of a Teautlful kings crown around which is a glorious aura and that js why ye now obtain the great king Jesus Christ To him is given the great and richly adorned key and none can open what he is locking and none can lock again what he Is unlocking UNABLE TO 2EED POLAND Rockefeller Commission Forced to With draw Warring Nations Wot Agreeing London July 10 The last member of the Rockefeller Foundations war relief commission remaining in Berlin has left that city thegenerlgovernment having canceled an agreement which permitted the commission to take charge of the work of feeding the civilian population of Poland Several months ago Ernest Pc Blcknell and Henry James Jr members of the commission secured an agreement with the German government for Its aid in financing the plan if permission were secured from therentente alliances to Im port the necessary food supplies Nego tiations to this end with the Russian government failed The British foreign of fice was approached4 butas no agree ment had Yet been reached 4hes German government canceled the original agreement Special to TheWtiliiagtoa Poit Minneapolis July 10 If all the mushrooms that will Jump put of Minnesota sollithis year by night and hide them selves hvdamp and shady places could be gathered and distributed to the 400000 families that embrace the 2150000 people of the State the cost of this years living could be cut down by 1000000 Atleasttwo family dinners of delicious food as nourishing as meat for every Minnesota family will come out of the ground for there Is a bumper mush room crop thlss year Because of geographic inaccessibility the major portion Of the whole crop will wither as it stands The Minneapolis Mushroom Club has 100 members each of whom has the fam ily icebox full of the edible fungi June rains have brought tip myriads and bas kets mil have been brought into town from suburban woods and dells by the courageous hunters of the club Great Is the sport of mushroom hunting say the elect Just a Spice of Danger There Is just that rsplce of danger to It that enthralls the mushroom epicure who scorns the high priced bottled stuff that delicatessen stores display and restaurants at a liberal price Increase spread upon a steak In the proportion of about two diminutive ones for every square foot thereof Out Into the woods goes the Minneapolis mushroom epicure Awe stricken neighbors watch the spoil brought back into the house and look for the obituary notice to appear a few days later But the mushroom hunter of experience laughs Inwardly He knows Agarlcus campestis when he sees It He also knows Amllleria mellla In the woods If he be a gormand he meets perhaps the highbrow member of the clubvwho eats the mushrooms he can pick without trouble but whose real hunt Is scientific and who would rather find a new specimen edible or poisonous than to find a pot of gold How to Tell Toadstools The hunter who Is out to get a mess of mushrooms for his dinner scorns the Latin words He knows shaggy mane horsetail maltese and like varieties by their everyday names How can I tell a toadstool from a mushroom is the stock question of the beginner in the mushroom hunting A WLatham librarian of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society had a twinkle In his eye as he brought out a copy of the societys official publication for 1898 which has such instruction This is what It says iFirst chew a bit and then eject it If no unfavorable symptoms appear chew and swallow a bit next day Third day swallow a larger piece Fourth day If no bad effects result eat a whole one and if no unfavorable results follow it may be considered edible Safety Only in Experience Mr Latham smiled at a suggestion that the rule might be condensed to thesefew words Eat a mess of mushrooms If nothing happens to you they are all right Really however there is no royal road to mushroom hunting says experts There are 2031 catalogues in the United States found all the way from Alaska to Florida and like the majority of other things the subject must De studied and hunters learn by experience the edible and the poison ous COTTON AT 132 A POUND Mystery in Origin bf the Eskimo i WOOL WORKERS NEEDED Only Race Preferring Arctic Cotd May Be Remnant of Cave Men England May Eecajl Men From Ffonlgto Care forSnpply ij Plan Proposed to Send Shearings to America to Be Conned Prices Are High London June 10 The wool situation at Bradford la an Interesting one from an American standpoint Labor for combing wool there has been depleted to such an extent that Jlie wool men have npt only raised the question of the desirability of importing tops from America but also the idea of shipping wool to America to be combed tbereand sent back here The suggestion is also made that the difficulties mlarht be met by bringing men back I from the front to work the combing machines JUL the tops required by the English trade could be Brought from Australia but the latter supply seems to be going to Japan and as the difference In time of transit is so great the desirability of treating with America Is apparent Heaps of wtfol are available but few combs to work it with leaves the price at a very high leveL A Bradford paper reports that the board of trade has signified its Intention of allowing 11000000 pounds of Scotch black faced out of the new clip to be exported to the United States but no confirmation could be obtained from the board of trade orthe war office on the subjects The fifth series of colonial wool sales with 230000 bales available representing a value of about 4500000 probably will he prolonged until July 31 Owing to the chaotic conditions at the warehouses and on the railways selling brokers have agreed to restrict daily offerings to 8000 bales that being the quantity which can be conveniently handled Very little wool has changed hands since the last auctions but the market expects a small advance In the price of merino wool of goodcomblng quality and about unchanged rates for cross breds as the government Is not giving out further orders for khaki at present sassnssssResEs ESKIMO WOMAN HSHLNG THROUGH ICE BY GARRETT SERVISS First Bale of New Crop Sold at Houston Tex at High Price Houston Tex July 10 The first bale of new crop cotton reached here from Lyford Tex Thursday It weighed 506 pounds and sold for 132 per pound The bale was shipped by express to New York for resale on the cotton exchange there he cotton was classed middling fair Ivy City Citiiens Elect At the final summer meeting of the Ivy City Citizens Association at the homeof Mrs A Jackson 100 Capitol avenue northeast officers were elected as follows President Brown vice president John Holmes treasurer Brown secretary Mrs Ayres and chaplain Ashe The next meeting of the association will be held in October beginning inhabitants of the Ameri can half of the world Among these are some groups showing the dally life and occupations of the Eskimos one of which aan Eskimo womanflsh lng through a hole in the Ice is herewith reproduced by photography There is a deep mystery enveloping the Eskimos They may be called the people of the north pole for they dwell farther north than any other race and partially surround the Arctic endof the earths axis According to the Encylopedia Americana the total number of Eskimos in existence does not exceed 40000 and these are scattered all across the north ern end of America the Arctic islands Greenland and a part of the coast of Siberia How did they come to Tdc where they are Did their race spring into ex There Is nothing more Interesting or more educative In the magnificent halls of the American Museum of Natural History in Central park west than the lifelike figures and scenes representing the aboriginal from the ep dent from the beginning of the other races of mankind or are they the de scendants of some ancient forgotten peo pie driven toward the North by stronger race or by climatic changes Jn prehistoric times An exceedingly romantic and fasci nating theory concerning the origin of the Eskimos is that of ProtrBdyd Dawklns who maintained that they were the sole survivors of the prehls torlc cave men of western Europe The arguments In favor of this view are clearly summed up in Prof5 John Fiskes Discovery of America DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA MILITIA ABDUL BAflA SENDS MESSAGE TO CLERGYMEN IN AMERICA 0 thou faithful beloved friend the New Years greeting was received I became most grateful and pleased because you remembered this longing friend and forgot not our friendship Faithfulness and loyalty are two of the greatest virtues of the world of humanity Should a person be embued with these two qualities there Is no doubt that he will become the center of divine bestowal and the dawning place of heavenly outpourings Hopes for Peace 1 perused your noble Ideals the application of which will insure the happiness prosperity and the ultimate perfection of the commonwealth of man I hope that this war Kmay be changed into peace this revolution be transformed Into security and composure this disturbance be ened by public reconciliation and serenity the weeping and crying of the orphan melts the hearts the lamentation and moaning of the widows causes the eyes to weep the wallings and sorrows of the afflicted mothers become the source off the appearance of the reign of justice and equity and the complaints and protests of the fathers whose sons are killed cause the world of humanity to espouse the movement of peace and salvation Fntiireof Good WilL May the dark clouds of war and bloodshed be dispersed the fays of the sun of reality shine forth upon all parts of the globe from the horizon of harmony and concord jthe splendor of guidance irradiate the hearts become illuminated the souls be resuscitated with the breath ot eternal life the heavenly teachlngswhich are promulgated In this radiant century be fully established the edifice of hatred and animosity be laid waste the palace of good fellowship and love be raised the ships of war lie changed into a fleet of merchant marine the weapons of war bet transformed Into the Instruments of agriculture and farming the fire of tyranny and oppression become extinct the breeze of Providence be wafted the spine of the oneness of the world of humanity pitch its tent In the apex of the earth and the standard of universal peace be unfurled These are the ultimate wlshesof the Bahais Convey on my behalf to all the friends my yearning greeting Upon thee be salutation and pralse4 ABDUL BAHA ABBAS The board of officers working on the reorganization of the District militia have about completed the first step in the plan of merging the two infantry Teglments Into one Orders have been sent to the War Department or approval In which the officers Who are to take charge of the new regiment are named Orders for the transfer of property are prepared for sending out This property or as much ot It as can be moved at present IS already being gradually moved into the hew quarters of the guard and it is expected the regiment will follow in a short time The battery probably will be the next organization changed The noncommissioned officers association of the First infantry has inade arrangements for an entertainment and smoker to be held Monday night August 2 This will be the last entertainment before the new regiment leaves for camp The recording secretary of the association is to take the names of all those who are to attend and a large percentage of the organization is expected Tents for the noncommissioned officers camp to be held up the river this month have been erected The non commissioned officers who originated the Idea have requested all their lumber who cannot attend the full period to come for at least part of the time The First battery is getting ready for camp as far as it can by Issuing camp equipment and putting on theflnlshlng touches so as to make this camp the best and most successful of any that has been participated In by the battery There will be an officer at the armory at 230 First street northwest every night next weelr for recruiting purposes In the past week there were about ten who were examined and there are prospects of a great many more Capt Vogt hopes to take 125 men to camp this week and has very good prospects of this many In a battery order issued July 8 1915 there were a number of promotlono made Corpt John Kahler was promoted to sergeant and assigned to the fourth section Private Willis Bryant was appointed chief mechanic Privates Milton Noyes arid Lawrence Trumbull were appointed corporals Private Arnold was appointed cook After drill period Capt Vogt held a meeting of all the noncommissionedof fleers of the battery to map but the program forthercamp He instructed the chiefs of the sections to detail the men of their section to permanent positions so as to have a well organized batter on thefirlng line Instructions ire to permit no bunk fatigue The signal corpscompanyheld an in spection of field equipment last Tuesday night In order to ascertain If every one bad his proper field equipment Nearly every one checked In so the workoflssUing material this year will be very easy for MSergt Bob Her fortiu First Class Sergt Winters IS now first sergeant having been pro ftiotedyIce Rlnfcr First Class SergfE A Johnson moved up tothe first scc itionFIrst ClasaSrgt Lansford now hat the second section and First Class Sergt Williams has the third sec tion The fourth section has no section leader at present and one of the sergeants wilL be promoted to first class to fill that vacancy Corpl A Cady was promoted to sergeant and Privates Peake and Freed to corporals There are several more uromotions lqjt made before going to camp and it is up to the men themselves to hustle for the stripes First Class Sergt Jtink first sergeant for the past five years was discharged a few days ago and has enlisted in the battery Stable Sergt Joe Hodge has also enlisted in the battery Capt Terry brought a blrwar map of the Gettysburg battlefield home from Fort Leavenworth and mapread lng Is to be taught from a sure enough map Two new wire carts have been ordered from New York and are expected any day They will go to the third and fourth sections Pettlt3 was promoted to sergeant in charge of the company mess Nine men are needed to bring the company up to full strength and telegraph operators are especially wanted A few of the latest recruits in the signal company are Bechtel Harry Davis Hammond aV Holden Lawych McCracken McDonald MackeyW MooreEL Pettlt Riani Rumfdrd Riffenberg A Stephenson IL Hi Stevens Willensky and Wright The men have been measured for the new olive drab wool Uniforms andjthey will be issued about August 1 No notice has been received as to where the signal corps will go to camp this year but there la some talkof a road march to Gettysburg The signal company expects to move to the I street armory some time during the fall probably about October 1 A mess fund assessment of 250 per man was voted at a meeting of the company a couple of weeks ago and Is now payable to the treasurer TEAK DOWN DECORATION Chicago Boardjtf Trade Divided on En deavorers Dry Stand Chicag6 JulyiO Declaring that renunciation of militarism and brute force Integrity and freedom for the weaker countries and abandonment of threateningalUances and jnenacihg balance of powerV alone will estab llsh universal peace Dr A Mac donald of Toronto Canada urged delegatesto the world Christian Endeavor convention In session here to fight for the principles ot cooperation and peace If Chrlstlanbrotherhood Is worth while work foritg he said Jts only alternative Is strife and warlf Dissension among members of the Chicago Board of Trade growing outHrt theeagues prohibition principles caased decorations arapea on tne nixenange building In honor of the convention ta DISTRICT BUILDING NOTES Bthbone clerk in the office of the auditor spent Independence day at Colonial Beach Miss Mary Allen of the office of tht oard of charities left Friday to pnd a month with relatives in Burlington Vt and at Lake Champlain Miss MacMulles inspector in the offics of the board of charities Is spending July at Cape May Commissioner Newman ind Ha zen surveyor both of whom took active parts as committee chairmen in the Independence day celebrations are receiving congratulations on the success of the days activities Louis Wilson disbursing officer of the District Tvho Was Unable lo partiel pate in the special mule race Independence dajv because of a falL from hji mount while practicing returned to tne District building Tuesday with a badlj brulsed face His Injuries while painful were not serious and will not leave per manent disfigurements It Js said by ph sicians Foster Causeys record clerk Jn the office of the surveyor is expected to reach Washington early this week from a visit to the Panama Pacific Exposition George Wilson secretary of the board of charity of the District left the latter part of the week for the California expositions He will be away for several weeks District building friends of Amo3 A Steele formerly secretary to Commissioner Slddons and Commissioner BrownlOW extended him their con gratulatlons last week on his appointment as probation officer of the District Supreme Court Since Mr Steele took Up his new duties Johnson clerkin the office of Dr TIndall has been acting secretary to Commissioner Brownlow A permanent appointment as secretary will jiot be made by Commissioner Brownlow for several weeks Hammlll clerk In the office of the auditor Is on a motor tour among the mountains of New Hampshire Laws clerkr In the office of the public utilities commission was ill all of the week George ICilgore Inspector of the public utilities commission spent last week with relatives near Bluemont Va Haines draftsman of the water department left July 2 for a two weeks vacation to be spent In Boston and vicinity A A Judgesclerk in the office of the auditor was ill the latter part of the week Proctor draftsman In the water department spent the Independence day holidays with his parents at Forest Glen Md The public utilities commission recently announced the following changes In the personnel of the valuation bureau Appointment Missltuth Betts computer Resignations Mary A GUlls clerk James Groves draftsmanr LoWe assistant engineer Thomas Singleton electrical workman Thompson assistant engineer George Watklns laborer William Jennings Down helper Henry Campbell helper A Sturgeon assistant engineer and Wlnbigler assistant engineer Congratulations have been centering on two members of the staff of employes of tne surface division or the engineer de partment because of visits of the stork A son arrived at the home of Leonard Ferber ot one of tlte field party forces and a daughter at the home of Eddie McCormick asphalt inspector Forsythe field assistant of the surface division has returned to the office after a visit to Atlantic Cltr as a member of a house party given bjr hi uncle who BaSa cottage at the shore for the summer Clifford Lanham assistant superintendent of trees and parkings left Frldai night for a cruise down theTotomac in hta launch Ira Mr Lanham took a party of eight down the river and will be absent for several days Vf Wharton of the suburban roads department has applied for a furlough and Is expected to be absent from duty for some time Mrs Wharton recently suffered a severe injury to his foot Curtiss assistant engineer of the surface division Is a tennis enthusiast and has recently built two fine courts adjoining his home in Eleventh street In Mount Pleasant Mr Curtlsa has In vited the other tennis players of the division to join him in a game which will be played next week Mrs Grayson Repeats Reading To assist iri Organizing a branch of the Congressional Union for Womans after they had been hung In the hreeze froKers not insympamy wim tne nn deavprers stand on liquor were reported to have Induced board of trade officers to forbid the decorations Suffrage In Chevy Chase Idrs Frances Wilson Grayson repeated her reading of TVar Brides Friday at the home be hastily ripped down within an hourtof Mrs Corby Chevy Chase Cfrcle to a large audience Mrs Gray son Is a member of the Virginia branch of tne union and upon her return to Virginia will take up the work of or ganlzlng for the union In that Stat i Sgfe Vc TS 1 ate ttS 5 fr fif Ui.