Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-28
HITS ELECTION BETS
Worst Form of Gambling, Says
Rev. DR.. S. H. Woodrow.
SCHRANK ALSO DISCUSSED
w. c. Pearce Not Surprised at At
tempted Assassination-Other
Timely Sermons.

Criucising the practice of betting on
presidential elections, Rev. DR.. Samuel
H. Woodrow, in sermon last night at
the First Congregational Church on
gambling and it's evils, declared that 1t
would be possible in a close election for
the gambling fraternity to determine the
outcome.
MEN who have thousands of dollars at
stake" DIR. WoOlrow said. will not hest
tate to take any steps to bring about the
election of the candidate on whom they
have placed their money, and it is quite
within the realm of the possible for an
election to be so close that it would be
determined through the influence and eff
forts put forth by men with large sums
of money placed on particular candi-
date Because of this possibility l be-
lieve that this form of gambling is the
worst kind in existence"
Schrank's Crime Natural.
w c. Pearce, associate general secre-
tary of the International Sunday School
Association, also took present-day topic
for his sermon yesterday afternoon at
the assembly of the Young Mems Chris
tan Association. He spoke Of Schrank,
who attempted to assassinate Col. Roose-
welt. saying:
1T was the most natural thing in the
world that this man Schrank should try
to shoot Col Roosevelt. Born in for
eign country, introduced into a saloon at
mosphere at the age of nine. and kept
there for twenty-six years, why shouldn
he? Isn't that the ideal breeding place
for vice and crime? What else could
man is crazy. My only marvel is that
10000 men like Schrank are sane. 1 do
not wonder that he did the deed, and
wonder only that such attempts are not
made every day.
Talks on Home Tragedies.
Rev. James Shera Montgomery spoke
on the tragedies of home life in a ser
mon last night at Metropolitan Memorial
Church. He urged greater consideration
for one another in the family relation.
and said, in part:
Mother, father, be patient with the
boy who wobbles somewhat in his efforts
to find his niche in life. Down deep In
his heart are humiliations regrets and
inexpressible longings which no one but
himself can understand. Be patient with
him; do not crit.cise too harshly: enter
Sympdthetlcally INTO ms struggles see
to ii that he is not wounded in the house
of his friends. If he is, you may cause
the earth to slip under his feet: if you
do, he is gone.
Defends Health Office.
Rev Dr. John Van Schaick, preaching
at the Church of Our Father yesterday,
entered upon a defense of the administra-
ton of the health office. under DR.. w. &.
Woodward, and criticised Congress for
reducing the salary of the health officer
bacteriologist from so to s. day, de-
cIaring that the latter sum is inadequate
to obtain or hold the services of a high
class man is head of the meteorological
department DIR. Van Schaick said. in
part:
'In its efforts TO save the lives of hun
dreds who die here every year from tu-
berculosis, in its efforts to protect your
home and mine. and all the little children
of the community, the health department
should be given force of municipal tu-
berculosis nurses and a larger force or
school doc. ors and school nurses
DR. w. w Baker, in d lecture yeSter-
day before the meeting of the Theosophi-
cal Society in the COrcoran building, en-