Evening star., 1916-05-07
Exercises to Celebrate Hun
dredth Anniversary Of the
American Bible Society.
PROGRAM INCLUDES TALK
BY PRESIDENT WILSON
Two Meetings to Be Held Today,
One at East Front Of the
Capitol.

To emphasize the great work for the
upbulding of the world life which mas
been accomplished by the American bioie
Society during the past 100 years, lead
ers of the nations life in various lines,
Including President Wilson, are this
afternoon to participate in two meetings
in observance of the centennial OF the or
ganization.
The first meeting is to be held on the
east front of the Capitol at o'clock.
when the speakers will be Vice President
Marshall. Speaker Champ Clark and
Senator Wesley l.. Jones of Washington
while President Wilson will be the chief
speaker at the second meeting to be held
in Memorial Continental Hall at o'clock
Half an hour before the opening OF the
first meeting Celfos Band Is to begin
concert, which will continue until the
gathering is called to order. Various
Sunday schools of the city are expected
TO march to the Capitol with banners to
attend the gathering.
Continental Hall Meeting.
The meeting in Continental Hall is to
be attended by cabinet members. sena-
tors, representatives, diplomats and
pastors of churches. Admission is by
invitation Senator Cummins of Iowa
and Bishop William F. Mcdowell Of the
Methodist Episcopal Church are to be
sneakers. in addition to the President.
The committee of arrangements, Of
which Frederick D. owen Is chairman,
announced last evening that the doors
will be opened to holders of tickets at
3:45 pm, and the general PUBIC ad-
r,aif tod .af n
The main floor has been reserved for
visiting delegates and their friends,
who have received colored tickets.
Those who have received white tickets
will be seated ii the gallery.
Special Sermons in Churches.
At the morning services in many Of
the Protestant churches of the city to- |
day the pastors plan to deliver special
sermons in commemoration of the Bible |
society anniversary. At the Bethlehem
Chapel of the Holy Nativity. Cathedral
of SS Peter and Paul, Rev. Arthur |
Taylor, special delegate of the British |
and Foreign Bible Society. is to deliver !,
a sermon at the IL o'clock service.
Announcement also has been made |
that the annual meeting of the WASH |
ington Bible Society Will be held in |
Foundry Methodist Episcopal Church |
this evening at o'clock. The principal |
address on that occasion will be by |
Rev. A. Wesley Well, and Judge Anson |
S. Taylor, secretary of the society. 10 to |
give outline of it's organization and |
work.
Many to Witness Pageant.
A large audience attended the clos
ing presentation of the pageant The
Bible Among the Nations" given in
Convention Hall last evening under the
direction of Mrs. Marie Moore Forrest.
The Washington general committee
which arranged for the centennial Of
the society is made up of Mrs. Wood |
row Wilson. chairman; Gen. John w. |
Foster, vice chairman; DR.. Merrill e.
Marshall. Mrs. Robert Lansing. Mrs.
Charles E. Hughes. Rt. Rev. Alfred |
Harding. Bishop Earle Cranston. Rev. |
John Nelson Mills, Rev. Charles Wood, |
Huddle, Rev S. H. Greene. r. B. Wat |
rour. J. Holdsworth Gordon. Mrs. H. e. |
Monroe. Senator William s. Kenyon, |
Representative James T. Lloyd. John B. /
Larner. Edwin c. Brandenberg and Mrs |
Henrietta Irving Bolton.
Active Committees.
In the active committee list are Rev |
George A Miller chairman. Mrs. William |
e. H. Stockton. Mrs. Hugh L. Scott, |
Mrs. Randolph Keith Forrest. Miss
Florence 81. Brown. Y. w. C. A.; Mrs. !
Merrill E. Gates, Gilbert H. Grosvenor,
William knowles Cooper. George X
McLanahan. Oracle King Richards. Mrs. |
John w. Thompson. Judge Anson s.
Taylor. Mrs. Washington Topham.
Commander c. T. Jewell, L. s. N; Maj.
r. W. Pullman. Theodore H. Hostetler
Lawrence r. Lee. Mrs. Wallace Rad
c!ife. Mrs. G. r. Stetson. Miss Pierce. |
Walter r. Tuckerman, ]. c. Hemp
hill. w. W. MILAN, II. :. Omohundro. II.
b F. Macfarland. ]. Wilder Tonlinson.
Mrs. W. 5. Moore. Miss Boyce and Rev.
w l.. De Vries.
Chairman committee on meeting D.
A. r. Hall. Frederick D. owen: chair |
man committee on press. ]. c. Hemp
hill; chairman committee on meetings
Convention Hall. H. 8. Omohundro;
open-air meeting committee. Miss
Florence N. Brown and William
Knowles Cooper; chairman committee
on honorary committee. Miss Florence
NJ Brown; committee on distribution
of tickets for Convention Hall meet
ings. Theodore H. Hostetler. president
executive committee. Sunday School
Association.