Evening star., 1917-03-19
TRIBUTES ARE PAID
TO BISHOP RUSSELL
Speakers at Testimonial
Meeting Wish Him Success
in His Wider Field.
RECEIVES PURSE OF $1,000


Tributes of appreciation were paid
by washingtonians yesterday afternoon
at Polls Theater to Bishop William T.
Russell, who for many years was rector
of st. Patrick's Church. The newly
elected bishop leaves Washington today
for Charleston, S. c.. the seat of the
diocese to which he has been elected
In addition to expressions of warm
friendship and good wishes for the
future. Bishop Russell was presented
with a purse of $1,000 through Martin
A. Knapp, who presided over the meet
ing.
Men high in the official life of the
nation, dignitarieS OF the churcn ana
other Washingtonians OF prolninsilce
made up the audience. The speakers
were Senator Ransdell of LOUISIANA
Senior Don Ignacio Calderon. minister
from Bolivia; DR.. Hannis Taylor. rev.
DIR. John Van Schaick, jr., and B1shop
Shahan.
Program of Music.
Bishop Russelrs friends had arrang-
ed a program of music including selec-
tions by the Nordica Mandolin and
Guitar Club and by an octet of which
the following are members; Edna
HilIyard, Emma Lowell. Ella Mimaun,
Caroline Manning. Charles E. Meyers,
NJ Peter. James Nolan and A. A. Moore.
The music was under the direction of
Walter T. Holt for the mandolin cruz
and Miss Jennie Glennan for the octet.
fishers for the meeting were mem
bers of Company A, st. Johns Coliege
Cadets.
to bishop Russells work at st. Pat
rick's, and predicted he would be a
leader in the church. Bishop Russell
was much moved by the eulogles. ana
there were tears in his eyes when ne
arose to make reply.
Letters of regret for absence from
the meeting were read from Gen John
Wilson, Bishop Earl Cranston, Speaker
Clark, Representative Joseph u. can
non, Secretary Lansing. Cardinal CID
hons and Henry White, former ambas-
sador to France: also from Senators
Walsh, Lodge and SALISBURY
Members of Citizens Committee.
The citizens committee in charge of
the meeting was composed of Byron S.
Adams. Milton E. Allies. r. P. Andrews,
T. T. Ansberry. Senator H. F. Ashurst,
John Barrett. Charles ]. Bell, Ira E.
Bennett, Admiral w. S. Benson. Joseph
A. BerbericA, C. K. Bergman. Surgeon
General Rupert Blue. George F. Bow
erman. ]. O. A Braden, E. c. Branden-
burg, Thomas W. Brahany. L. e.
Breuninger. NJ. E. Buckley, Charles );
Buerger, John Burke, S. Bernard
Buscher, ]. Fendall Cain, Senior Don
Ignacio Calderon. D. ]. Callahan. Rep
resentative Joseph G Cannon. Rev:
William J. Carroll, H. F. Cary, Danlei
v. Chisholm. Speaker Clark, Repre-
Cogan, E. F. Colladay. Charles J: Co
Knnwies I1r Cooper, William S. Corby.
Jere A. Costello. Chaplain Henry n.
Couden, Harry C. Coulter, William v.
Cox. Ambassador D. pa Gama' ma .;ao Solle,o
William r. Day, William II. De Lacy,
w H Dennis, ]. E. Donovan. Rev. A.
]. Donlon, S. j.. Richard L. Donnelly,
Rev. George A; Doqgherty' Judge
NJ. NJ. Doyle, Carl Droop. Eaward
sentative Garland Dupre. Robert w
button, William W. Dyer. John Joy
Edison. Representative Albert Estopi-
nal. George p. Eustis. William C.
Eustis. William t, John 1ayn Eynon> John John
gerald, Rudolph Forster. William
isaac Cans, Julius Garflnkle. Charlie:
c. Glover, Charles c. Glover, jr.; Surgeon
General w. c. Gorgas, Adolph Graef
Y. Griffin, Michael J. Griffith. Adolphu'
GUIDE, william F. Guide. George E. Ham
ilton. John Hays Hammond. w M
Hannay, William J. Hannigan. Bishol
Alfred Harding. Robert N. Harper; LIE,
Henry. ]. Philip Hermann. Mai: Free
S. Hodgson, c. Clinton James, William
| /. Jenkins. Hennen Jennings, Repre-
sentative Ben Johnson. o. H. p. John
son. r. Harrison Johnson, Sigmunt
Kann. Simon kann. ID. j. Kaufman
A S Kenny. Rev DR.. William J. Kerby
Clarence p King, Capt. W. T. H. King
/ DIR. Richard Kingsman, Judge Martil
| A. Knapp, Peter Knotowski, Secretar.
of the Interior Franklin K. Lane, Rich
ard l.. Lamb. julius Lansburgh, Johl
| S Larcombe, John b. Larner, A. E. L
Leckie, Ralph W. Lee, A. Lisner
Charles McCaffery. Joseph P. McCrink
Rev. Thomas E. McGuigan, Gen. Franl
Henry B. F. Mcfarland. Mgr. James
Mackin. Franklin MacVeagh. William
Maddox. William l.. Mawson. James L
Maynard. Harry G. Meem, Capt. J. Wal
ter Mitchell. p T. Moran. w. H. Moses
Joseph b. Mudd. Judge A. r. Null
Ambassador r. S. Naon, P. j. Nee, Dl
Charles +. Neill. Rev. DR.. j. Hennin
Nelms. Theodore w. Noyes, Daniel "
O'Donoghue. George w. Offutt. job
| Callan O'Loughlin, Richard V. Oulahar
Frederick D. Owen, Brig. Gen. John
O'Connell. James F. Oyster. Myron N
Parker, Harry F. Patterson, w. S. Pen
field, Howard NJ. Peter, William Phil
| lips. assistant secretary of state; job
Poole, d. S. Porter, Henry c. Porte,
Samuel J. Prescott./ Maj. r. w. Pull
man, Representative J. Willard Rags
dale. Joseph E. Ralph. Senator Josep
E. Ransdell, Gustave E. Rausch, Ambas
sador Juan Riano, William F. Robert
f. C. Rogers, Leo A. Rover. Cuno F
Rudolph, John FL. Rupert. b. F. Sau
Senator William Salisbury, Gen. Hug
L. Scott, James Brown Scott, Rt. Re
Thomas ]. Shahan, Rev. DIR. Abral
Simon, A. Leftwich Sinclair, John Lew
Smith, Thomas w. Smith, w. P. Spul
geon, E. ]. Stellwagen, Joseph Stras
burger, Joseph D. Sullivan, DIR. Hann
Taylor. Robert H. Terrell. Corcora
Thorn. Justice Josiah A. Van Orsde
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