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taken from him and transferred to his
successor, Mordecai Solomons signet ring
was celebrated among eastern writers, anu
his wisdom was attributed by them to the
magical properties OF his magnificent ring.
Social distinctions were graded and guaged
by the elaborate rings worn by the wealthy.
Even the early Christian church was not
guiltless of connlving at such practices.
James, in his epistle condemns showing
more respect to the man with a gold
ring" than to the poor man in vile raj
meut" Lovers plight their troth and seal
their VOWS at the altar with the ring. One
of the prettiest tokens of friendship and
affection is the gimmal ring of French
origin. For practical purposes the ring
was used a signet. or seal. to Identify
and validity the act of the owner. The
statement of our Lord In the text, forming
a part of his matchless parable of the
prodigaI son, is not an accidental inter-
lection. but is a profound and premeditated
part of the story. appealing most forcib.y
10 the thought and customs of his day.
Consider the comparative value of the
signs of welcome to the returning prodigal.
The father would have clothed and fed any
unfortunate under similar circumstances.
even a beggar. He would have granted
forgiveness of an injury or wrong of any
kind inflicted by a friend. and would have
sealed IT with a kiss. If that friend had
sought his forgiveness. He would have
spread a feast for any honored guest. But
the investture of the ring had a peculiar
meaning for that boy and gave him an as
surance for the present and the future
that no other act Of his father could have
conferred. Disgraced, the ring was
badge Of restoration to the dignity and
rank OF his old home. an outcast, 1t en-
titled him to reunion and equality with his
family and TO high social privileges; guilty
and condemned it was a proof of his for
giveness; impoverished. it did not restore
his patrimony or secure him any share IN
his fathers present estate. but his fathers
ring on his finger was passport OF suca
intrinsic worth as to enable him to enter
upon a new and honorable career of mis-
own to recruit his fortune. To every re-
turning prodisaI the Heavenly Father
gives token OF his good Will and restored
relations corresponding to the ring of the
text Have ye received the Holy Ghost
since ye beIievedg' is the apostolic aues-
tlcn The Holy Spirit has been styled the
"sgnet ring of God" All the other gifts
OF God in salvation are potent and blessed
and not to be minined in any sense; but
the gift OF the Holy Ghost gives DEN
niteuess and certainty to them that they
could not otherwise have, And so the sln-
ner. outcast. degraded. guilty. condemned
impoverished. is received. restored dlgnined
with the seal OF God and started out
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Gospel nall.
River Mems Branch of Peoples Mission Will Be Formally Reopencd
Night-Specia Services Tonight Mission Head
quarters Pennsylvania Avenue.

Gospel Hall. the old building at the corner
of nth and f streets southwest. which
for about six years was the home of the
South Washington branch OF the Peoples
Mission. and which last summer was tenn
porarily abandoned. has recently been rem
ovated. and will be formally reopened
under the old management with a series OF
special services, beginning tomorrow even
ing. 1t has already been in use Tor some
time this winter. Mrs. Margaret f. Car
roll, more generally known as Mother
Carroll" is again In charge Of the little
wharf mission, and will carry on her work
among the people of that section, whom she
knows so well. Last July Mrs Carroll was
forced to discontinue this work owing TO
failing health. She left the city for a rest
and has since returned very much improved
That she should be able to take up her
labors once more is a source of great graft
fication to the management of the People S
Mission.
The program for this week at the hall is
as follows;
Monday night-A band of young people
from Takoma Park.
Tuesday night-Workers from the main
hall will have charge.
Wednesday night-Dlrector OF the meet
ing to be secured. The male chorus from
the Fifth Baptist Church Will sing.
Thursday night-Mr. Frederick G. Grass
will give his Illustrated lecture, Sowing to
the Wind
Friday night-Rev. J. B. Clayton viii
speak to the children. and also at the meet
ing following.
Gospel Hall has for the past ten years
been occupied as a Christian mission; first
as a branch of the Central Union Mission,
and for the past six years by the People $
Mission. The missions work has been
chiefly among river men.
Mrs. Carroll has been in charge of Gospel
Hall since 1t came under the superintend-
ence of the Peoples Mission. She was bora
in Dorchester county, on the Eastern shore
of Maryland, where her early years were
spent in Christian work. Later she moved
to Baltimore, where she became actively en-
gagged in w. c. T. u. circles Mrs. Carroll
came to Washington sixteen years ago, and
at once took up mission work with the
Central Union Mission.
TT Is with the deepest regret" said Mrs.
Carroll to q Star reporter last summer.
when she had to give up the work, that L
am compelled by Ill health to give up my
work here at Gospel Hall. and feel that
much good has been accomplished. Most
of our work in South Washington has been
along the wharves, among the fishermen
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NEW YORK JEWS DIVIDED
ON MOVEMENT FOR CONGRESS

eraI well-known members of the community
issued privately a call for what seems to be
q rival conference and which conference Is
to take UP the matter of converting a Jew
ish congress Independent Of the movement
that has already been set afoot for many
weeks and In which number of national
Jewish bodies had already been interested.
The call for the rival conference was not
only issued privately but secretly and was
addressed to individual persons of more or
less prominence. The secret was let out
by one Of the men who received letter
from the Independent committee, and when
the fact that such a call had been sent out
had become known all those who had
worked for weeks for the organization of
but outraged The surprise was all the
more great as the gentlemen who decided
to call congress of their own had not
made public their particular opposition TO
the movement that was already IN existence
No one understands the motive of the in
dependent call for a congress and feeling on
the subject runs very high. There are those
who believe that the letter addressed to
private individuals by the Independent COM
niiitee to call a conference is for the pur-
pose of squashing the entire Idea of a Jew
ish congress in America. Those who are at
the head of the movement which was
started some time ago for the converting of
a Jewish congress will proceed with their
efforts and a second conference will be held
shortly. 1t e possible that the committee
will either issue statement to or demand
an explanation from the gentlemen who
have signed the letter calling for separate
conference on the question of a congress
The gentlemen who signed this letter are
Louis Marshall, Samuel Greenbaum, Nathan
Blur Cyrus l.. Sulzberger and Joseph
Jacobs.
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the B'nai Birth, were unfavorable to the
alling of Jewish congress, the following
resolution, offered by Mr.. Jacob de Haas,
was unanimously adopted:
a. THAT in the opinion of the representa-
tives of the national Jewish bodies. here
assembled, it is expedient to convene
Jewish congress representing all classes
and shades of opinion. on such a basis as
shall hereafter be decided upon.
CD THAT further call for second pre-
Iiminary congress be issued to be signed
by all of the national organiza tons here
represented addressed to national Jewish
bodies in order that their votes may be
registered before final action is taken on
paragraph l.
Nicholas Alienikofr introduced an amend
ment to be known as paragraph IA, as
follows
1.-THE object of the congress shall be to
devise ways and means of meeting the pres
ent situation as presented by the recent
massacres in Russia"
Paragraph la was unanimously adopted.
Mr. de Haas moved that each delegate
pr esent report back to his own organiza-
ton and secure the signatures of his execu-
tive officers TO the call for the next meeting
of the preliminary conference. After some
discussion Mr.. de Haas motion was unan1-
mously carried
committee of five was appointed to
draw up the invitation of the next pre-
lIminary conference and Messrs. de Haas.
Lucas LilienbIoom, Alienkoff and Frank
were appointed The conference was pre-
sided over by David Blaustein of the Edu-
catonal Alliance, and Louis Llpsky, editor
of the American Hebrew. acted as secre-
tary.
While the committee was making arrange
ments for the second conference, which was
TO issue the final call for conference, sew
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-28
FATHER MARI AWAY
FOR HIS HEALTH.

Rev. J. D. MARI, pastor of the Church of
the Immaculate Conception, corner of 9Th
and streets northwest, has left the city
for an extended vacation in the West In
dies. and will probably not be back in
Washington until April Tho trip is being
taken In the interest of his health 1t
has long been known among his intimate
friends that Father Mari is afflicted with
chronic rheumatic affection that has
been a considerable source of worry to
him, and of late this has become much
aggravated.
Ever since he was installed as pastor of
this church. on the death of Rev. S. F.
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the infection is imported. This is indeed
nature study with practical purpose and
we ought TO have more of 1t. Out of the
mouths OF babes we may learn wisdom yet
Why couldn't each school child be an IN
spector for the board of heaith--a good
mark or a penny for each unhygienic thing
reported? Having sanitation dinned into
their ears daily in childhood. is It not likely
that when they become OF voting age they
will insist on cleanliness where filth is now
tolerated, because we never knew better /?
Should war come would regiment of such
soldiers dream of living in the conditions
which disgraced us in 1898? Hardly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-28

A careful study OIL the history Of finger
rings and the Importance attached TO them
gives an added significance to the text.
The ring is the most ancient personal orna-
nent Of which any authentic account Is
given. and its uses have been many and
diversified. Kings used it as badge OF
their authority, When Pharaoh appoinF :
ed Joseph his prime minister he took his
own ring from his finger and placed 1t upon
Josephs to Indicate the delegation Of
royal authority and prerogatives second
only TO the king himself. When Ahasuer'Is
would honor Hannah he bestowed his ring
upon him; and. when that unfortunate
prince fell into royal disfavor the ring was
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-28
Great Japanese Inventor.
From Eyerybody's Magazine.

From EVerybodys Magazine.
Killing is more priced than writing. Con-
seenently DIR. Shinose Is more famous for
the explosive powder named after him than
for that counterfeit defying ink of his on
japanese bank-notes He Is a good speci-
men OF the seif-made japanese, inheriting
nothing but poverty and health, born In the
poorest circumstances. borrowing books,
studying and starving. taking the highest
honors at the Imperial University, and now
a. less than nifty, ranking among the great
chemists and inventors OF the world.
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New Roman Catholic Church
at Chesapeake Beach, Md

home of Mrs. John NJ McGill, 300 * street
northwest. when Mr. Townsend will prob
ably have an architects drawings for the
church on view, and it Is hoped that the
treasurer will have further funds in hand.
1t is the desire to proceed with the work
of construction as soon as possible An In
vitation has been extended to all those IN
terested In q church at Chesapeake Beach
to attend the meeting.
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business organization of the church. held
January IS, the president. Mr.. A. L. Sturte-
want recommended a number of measures
for the advancement of the work, which
were heartily approved, among them the
employment as parish visitor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-28

Ryan. the former pastor. ins 1902, Father
MARI has iabored zealously for the welfare
Of his flock. ana has just concluded build
ing improvements that have made this one
of the most modern and complete of the
local Roman Catholic churches. The inn
provements included the building of an inn
posing tower, surmounted by large gold
cross, and a general refurnishing of the
structure.
All of these improvements necessarily i'm
posed great amount of labor on the
pastor, and his physical condition began
to give his friends some concern, Father
Mari was prevailed upon to seek yaca-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-28
Paradoxical.

From the Rams Horn
The only way to stay on is to go on.
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Coos SigIlet.
by
South.

Put ring on his hand, Luke xv:22.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-26
SAD CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS.
Esther Mitchell, the Holy Roller Girl, i
Very Unhappy.

SEATTLE, Dec 2S.-The Christmas
holidays of Esther Mitchell, the Holy
Roller girl, We're not happy ones. One
of the most pathetic figures in the
women's ward was that of the Slim
youthful. melancholy fraticide Sitting
in the far corner of her cell. she gazed
blankly at the little groups of inmates.
She was gloomy. detected and morOse.
and declared she wanted to be away
from the noise
Occasionally a tear would slowly
trickle down her face when the
stories of cheer coming from the lips
of other inmates of the Jail would break
upon her and recall the happy Christ
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-26
Observer Newman Says It's
the Worst He Ever Saw
TWO CLEAR DAYS IN TWO MONTHS
MEN SUFFER FROM
cLoUDINEss AS FLOWERS TO
MATURE NEED THE SUN.

Fog, fog, fog, and no prospect fol
any change is the unpleasant outlook
on which Observer Newman and the
barometer agree.
The observer thought there might be
little rain thrown in by way of var
iation, so he stated this morning.
ut is the worst spell Of fog 1 ever
saw" said Mr. Newman. ut beats all
records. We have not had but two
clear days in two months. The moon
tried to shine for few moments last
night but soon got soaked out"
The long continued cloudy weather is
doing more damage to the greenhouse
men than anyone else. They cannot
get enough of the blessed sunshine
to make the flowers mature. Said a
leading florist this morning:
1T is sunshine not heat that we
want. There are parts of Montana
where the thermometer is way down
but that cold clear weather is far bet
ter than what we are getting here
The buds cannot ripen when we have
absolutely no sunshine"
The florist did not seem to be i'm
pressed with the advantages Of electri-
city used at night as a substitute for
the rays of old Sol in the daytime. He
did not think it natural to try to
compel the plants to grow during the
whole "a hours
"They need time for rest as we'll as
animals" was the way he dismissed
the artificial light question.
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Lake Labish, and are at present en-
ployed in he dairy department of the
farm.
The young fasteners are splendid
specimens Of young womanhood and
have donned the garb of their mascu-
line fellow-workers They wear heavy
cowhide boots and overalls and the dis
guises made all the more striking by
their wearing the hair shorn. Part of
their work is the milking of 80 COWS
together with the addition Of operating
a large cream separator.
To the general public the action OF
the girls has been more than a puzzl-
ing problem. The young ladies MAIN
tain that they enjoy the strenuous out
door life much more than that of the
indoor. They are efficient workers, too
and Mr.. Blueur cannot be persuaded to
replace them with men.
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children were well born" in the nat
ural sense of the words-that the
mothers have good air, good water
good housing, ease and certain
amount of leisure, and all the condi
tons that gave comfort and health
and then that the child should be well
nourished and dealt with from the
earliest moment. The government had
it's hands pretty full, but this was not
question of politics.
In addition to his announcement Mr..
Burns said that the home secretary
was to give consideration to the insur-
ance of children. He added that he
was considering the Huddersfiel ex-
pertinent, and that he would be false
to the position he occupied in the gov
eminent if he did not tell both work
ing men and working women that if
they wanted healthy children the less
they spent-the wives on drink and
the husbands on gambling-the better
and more they would help the local av-
thOrities.
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STATES THEY OCCUR FREQUENTLY
CAPITALISTS FEAR EASTERN IN.
VISITORS WOULD HOLD ALooF
IF TRUTH WERE KNOWN.

Earthquakes in San Francisco have
been frequent occurrences since the
calamity of April 10, says the Salt
Lake Herald, but the newspapers and
press associations OF the Inflated city
have doggedly refused to publish these
facts lest eastern capitalists be de-
tered from investing their money in
the new San Francisco, according to
the story told the Herald last night by
Allen o. Myers, assistant manager of
"In the Bishops Carriage company.
"At 3:15 last Sunday morning" said
Mr!sMyers, 81 felt a rolling sensation.
My bed seemed to be rocking up and
down like boat in a storm. 1 jump
ed out of bed and tried to make my
way from the room, but the violence
of the shock threw me from my feet.
81 was stopping at the Dolores hotel
at Sixteenth and Market streets,
which had withstood the big earth
quake, but which was badly shaken at
the shock of last Sunday morning.
was told the shock lasted eight Sec
onds, though it felt like eight hours to
me. At 6 in the morning felt Sec
ond shock that lasted a couple of Sec
onds. 1t came as though something
had exploded beneath the ground.
when daylight dawned Market
street presented scene of desolation
that was only surpassed by the great
catastrophe itself. Newly built walls
had fallen to the ground and the ruins
of the fire and earthquake of last
spring were scattered about the street.
Bad Storm Followed.
"The following night a terrible
storm came up. 1t rained in torrents
and the streets were flooded. The Gu
pola of the Dolores hotel, which had
been loosened by the earthquake, was
blown through the bay window of my
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-26
SEES HIS FAMILY CREMATED.
Dreadful Sight May Unhinge Mind Of a
Michigan Farmer.

COLDWATER, Mich, Dec 2S.-With
his wife and three children burned to
death almost before his eyes, there is
danger that Charles Mowry will lose
his mind.
The tragedy which in few moments
deprived him of his entire family. oc-
Cured at an early hour at his farm in
Batavia township Mowry arose before
daylight, as usual. while the remainder
of the family still slept, built fires in
the stoves in the kitchen, and sitting
room and then went to the barn to do
the chores.
Fifteen minutes later, as he looked
out through the barn door he saw the
house was mass Of flames. He rushed
to the back door and then to the side
door, but at both the flames made it
impossible to enter. Going to the win
dow of the bedroom where Mrs. Now
ry and the three children slept he
smashed the glass preparatory to
climbing in. A single glance showed
him the uselessness of the effort, for
the room was a seething furnace.
Through the flames he could see the
bed with his wife and the three little
ones lying in the same positions in
which he had left them. They had ap-
parently been smOthered before the
flames attacked them.
Mowry has been crazed ever since,
and it is feared that his reason may
be permanently shattered
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room, and with terrific crash.
"The next day the storm continued
and the waters of the bay were dashed
to fury. Water flooded the streets
and the wind played havoc with the
walls of the buildings that were still
standing. =
1.-The Hall Of Justice. in course of
construction, was RACED, the walls of
the Palace hotel and many other land.
marks of the earthquake were thrown
to the ground and the streets we're
filled with debris. Monday night there
was not light in the city and no cars
were running, the power having been
destroyed by the storm.
"Our company left San Francisco
that night and we were taken to the
train in automobiles through water
that almost foated the machines. We
left San Jose over tracks that were
flooded with four feet of water.
81 asked why It was that nothing
was given out about these earth.
quakes and storms, which hear have
been common occurrences all summer,
and was told by friends in newspaper
work there that the people of San
Francisco are trying to keep these
matters as quiet as possible in order
that tourists may not be dissuaded
from coming to the city and that east
ern capitalists might not be discour.
aged from investing their money in
the rebuilding of the city"
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PRESIDENT HUNTING TURKEYS
joying Horseback Riding.

NORFOLK, Va, Dec. 28.-Ideal
weather prevails here for turkey hunt
ing and President Roosevelt, accom-
panied by his sons, General Rixey and
others went out this morning into the
pine knot forest, Albermarle county.
Mrs. Roosevelt, Ethel Roosevelt
Miss Langdon and others did not go
cunning, but were horseback riding.
The party is so large that num-
Der are being accommodated at the
home of Winners, near the president S
lodge.
All of the Roosevelts are present ex-
cept Mrs Nick LOngworth.
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SAVE 100000 BABIES YEARLY
This Might Possibly Be Done in Lon
don and Wales Alone by Means
of SteriIized Milk.

LONDON, Dec. 2S.-John Burns an
nOunced yesterday that he was draft
ing a bill to legalize municipal expend-
FAINT mortality.
A deputation from the national con-
ference on the subject was received
by the premier and him. The former
said they could hardly look the world
in the face after recognizing that 120,-
600 babies died last year in England
and Wales. That meant a deteriora-
ton of the race; even the fittest were
made unfit. We should see that the
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-26
YOUNG WOMAN AS FARM HAND
Trained Nurse and Bookkeeper Weary
of Indoor Life Hire Out to Work
in the Country for Awhile.

SALEM, Ore, Dec. 2s.-Two young
girls of athletic strength and rugged
constitution have been causing con-
siderable comment in the quiet pre-
cincts in the neighborhood of Brooks,
One is a trained nurse and the other
a bOokkeeper who are said to have
from Portland, where both were en-
ployed, to work on a farm. The girls
give their name as Aosellas and are
at work on the M. L. Jones place near
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mas days of her childhood. At times
she struggled hard to suppress her
emotions. but occasionally a tear would
be hastily brushed away.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-26
QUEER CAUSE OF EXPLOSION
Wet Dope Comes in Contact With Hot
Metal in Salt Lake SmeIter.-
One Is Killed.

SALT LAKE, Dec. 2S.-One dead
and three fatally injured, with two
seriously burned, was the result of an
explosion at Highland Bay smelter to-
day.
The explosion was caused by wet
dope coming in contact with hot met
al when the big converter was tapped.
The dead: Oscar Wallin. Fatally
injured: Thomas Fox, Oscar Trip,
Alma Mathews. Severely burned:
Burned: Scott Bringhurt, Fred Davis.