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destruction of the British in the war
of 1912, it had the benefit of the
ERA of good feeling" which char
acterized the close Of the Madison
regime and the best part Of that of
Monroe.
Long dubbed the Church Of State"
it has always reserved a pew for the
President of the United States.
Through its history of hundred and
fifteen years it has been the scene of
more brilliant weddings and impress
sive funerals and held more distin-
guished personages that any other
church within the city limits Here
Madison. Monroe and john Quincy
Adams. Respondent in velvet breeches
jeweled buckles, silk hose. point lace
and powdered wigs. set the church
going pace for society. After Mon
roe accepted the use of the pew at st.
Johns he found it more convenient
to attend there. though he still kept
the pew in Christ Church. 1t is claim
ed that he presented the old bell to
st. Johns.
Later on. Jackson, in his high hat
and military cloak, and the elegant
Van Buren, followed the crowd across
the drill ground-graveyard that then
comprised the area of Lafayette
square. AS the years brought changes
In politics and also styles. the pro-
cession of dignitaries headed by the
nations chiefs continued. and Harri-
son. Fillmore. Tyler. Buchanan and
Arthur all found beneath it's roof the
solace and courage they sought.
st. Johns has always had the la
dies of the White House-Mrs. Har-
rison. Mrs. Taft, Mrs. Roosevelt and
Mrs. Wilson, all appeared to find there
their ideal church home. though their
husbands were identified with other
churches. The church has always
been the choice of the long line of
English ambassadors. as well as that
Of the. celebrities of the Army and
the Navy.
A few blocks away the New York
Avenue Presbyterian Church boasts
an even greater age and almost as
long line of presidential attendants.
The. growth of this church began one
hundred and nineteen years ago.
First. next to Willard Hotel on F
street, and then on the present site.
the Presbyterians of these groups de-
cided to unite and build the present
structure, for a time called PEARSON
Bakers" Located in the very heart
Of the city. its walls have witnessed
a constantly changing panorama of
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old Joseph Stuntz reminisced on the
glories Of Napoleon. while he whitfield
the little wooden soldiers with which
the Great Emancipator solved many
of his army's strategic maneuvers.
There. with little Tad in tow. the
President was lost in the indulgent
father. and Papa Day" bought for the
child all of the toys he would have
given the other boy had he lived.
Sundays found President Lincoln in
his pew while his beloved friend DR..
Phineas Gurley expounded the doc
trines of Calvin. 1t was DR.. Gurley
who attended Lincoln's death bed.
eastroom of the White House. and
whoSAccompanied the body to its last
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devotions and the pew in which he
sat facing the congregation instead
of the rector. Still draws with the
power of the magnet the throngs Of
tourists to pay their tribute to his
fame.
Next to the church in Alexandria
in age must come the Christ Prot
estant Episcopal Church Of G street
southeast. near the navy yard. where
the aristocrats of the vicinity used
to worship.
Before the close of the revolution
and before the plans of the capital
city were ever conceived a tobacco
barn on what later was termed New
Jersey avenue near D street. was a
gathering place for adherents to the
this modest meeting place resounded
to their songs. Thomas Jefferson
and the busy Washington frequently
tied their horses to nearby trees and
attended a service there while pass
ing through this part of the country;
established a school as well as
church. This double usage continued
until the Washington Parish was or
ganized, in 1875, and the church on
the present site elected and used
first in 1909. Like the little tobacco
elite Of the residents of the young
city. It's proximity to the navy
yard gave it the name of the MA
rine Corps Church." and this was
strengthened by the fact that every
Sunday the marines were marched
from their barracks to attend serv-
ices there. Marine boys comprised
the choir, and when the edifice was
nearing completion and the carpen-
tiers found great diniculty in placing
the bell in the belfry. Gen. Archibald
Henderson went to the rescue with a
bunch of marines and personally SUI
pervised its proper installation.
PRESIDENTS Madison and Jefferson
frequently attended the church.
along with the courtly Hamilton. and
the elegant Lafayette. President
Monroe accepted the use of the Pres
ident's pew in 1917.
Two other Episcopal churches were
the offshoot of this sturdy pioneer
The day following the dedication Of
the navy yard church st. Johns. in
Georgetown. also was dedicated
More accessible from the White
House. by reason of the more thick
doorway Swallowed Adams. Madison
and Jefferson when the Sunday mood
was strong upon them. Francis Scott
Key served as vestryman.
Soon after, about 1916, came the
birth Of another church, likewise
Episcopal and called St Johns, at
10Th and H streets. Beautifully and
centrally located, even in that day
Of swamp and forest. this church
quickly came to be the proudest Of
all of the Washington Episcopal
churches. and its leader both in
numbers and in the attendance Of
the nations chiefs. Built when the
struggling little capital was labori-
ously recovering from the CHASTITY
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Presidents Smoked Pipes,
Cigars and Also Cigarettes

hut he would blow a couple Of rings
or so and make his visitor feel at
home.
Ex-President Taft is said to have
tried everything smokable in the to-
bacco line. Many have been the
instances when Mr.. Taft. at one Of
the hundreds of dinner parties he
has attended, sat az the right Of the
POSTMASTER and smoked a cigarette
without blush. while the gentleman
on his left went about the usual
we have with US tonight"
Now. il all the aforementioned is
not enough to keep the lady from
Chicago quiet. the following should
be:
President Woodrow Wilson has
been known to smoke a cigarette on
at least two occasions. though the
evidence is mostly hearsay. The first.
according to the story. was at a din
ner in New York when he was
guest Of the Southern Society, Just
prior to his first Inauguration. The
second is said to have taken place in
Paris. when the President. Clemen-
ceau and Lloyd George were seen to
emerge from a conference and stand
for moment in a darkened hall. The
Tiger" drew a packet OF cigarettes
from his overcoat pocket and offered
whom accepted. An officer in at
tendance struck a spark from his
little lighter and the three lit up"
So much for getting the Chicago
lady out Of MIR. Harding's way. The
next task for his sympathizers may
not be so simple, for there are some
strict constructionists Of the law in
Washington who think that if Sena-
tor Shoots latest bill gets through
it will make Warren G.. Harding
commit misdemeanor every time he
lights a cigarette in the White House.
This bill prohibits smoking in any
building in Washington that IL owned
by the government and used by any
executive branch of the government.
The Capitol seems TO be excepted,
because Senator Smoot probably
realized he could never stop Uncle
Joe" from smoking.
But the White House is owned by
the government and used by an ex-
ecutive branch. and there are some
who fear there is no way for the
Presfdent-elect to squirm out Of 1t
II the bill 10 passed. Senator Smoot,
by the way. does not smoke.
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resting place in Illinois. Stories are
current to the effect that Lincoln at
tended many an evening service un-
seen by the congregation. He would
walk down to the church. enter the
little room next to the assembly room
by way of the alley door. and there
In the dark with the door open just
a crack, would silently remain through
the service. The only way his pres
ence there was ever known was by
the trail of boots.
President John Quincy Adams was a
regular attendant and trustee. at
tending in oil kinds of weather. At
one time he made a donation Of $1,000
to meet the church needs. Repeatedly
afterward, he gave substantial proof
Of his interest.
President jackson enjoyed the serv-
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TX yHEN Senator Harding hangs
M up his hat in the White
" " House and takes possession
l. xxyill ha he


M up his hat in the White
" House and takes possession
on March he will be the
first Of our twenty-eight Presidents
of the Baptist faith. 49,
Naturally. public interest is cen
tered on his choice of a church home
and predictions and prophecies. are
flying thick and fast in church circles
as to which of the group of Baptist
churches will be lucky enough to
number the White House family in
its congregation. =
From the point of historical asso-
citation and location. it would seem
as though the FIRST Baptist Church,
of when Rev. Henry AIiyns i upper
is pas,or, would have strong Gain.
Beginning its career as church con-
gregation 119 years ago, 1t Is con-
temporary with the most aged OF the
other denominations. Its f1rst ednce
was stately one on 10Th street be-
tween E and + streets, hong known
as "Parson Browns" which .Nas later
sold and converted into Foras The
alter.
church animation of the incoming
presidential family brings to mind
the fact that so few of the nearly 800
churches of Washington can claim
the distinction of presidential wor-
shipper. Only nine out of all OF this
number have had this good fortune,
all of which goes to show how much
alike the religious convictions Of these
OF our great men have been.
(. - - + "a
christ CHURCH. in Alexandra,
~ like Mount Vernon. Is shrine for
the visitor in search OF memories OF
the great Father of His Country. Dedi-
Gated in 1865 and completed in 1878;
built of bricks brought from England.
Rev. Lord Fairfax was it's first rector.
Constructed of substantial material
with the peeuIIar skill OF the artisans
of that period. tais aged Schuicl
stands sol. u and stanch. aud ready 1or
another centurys service asa mouse
of God A Visit to the quaint strUc-
ture, with its air OF mellowed age. its
plain pews and simple pulpit, where
early rectors read services and pray
ers over the heads of the Virginia
patriots of Wash.ngton's day. Is az
inspiring to patriotic pride as a trip
to Mount Vernon. -.
Around the church the discolored.
undiscovered, storm-beaten grave
stones bear mute testimony to the
loving memory of the living toward
fthe dead and the ceaselessr care
!. through the succeeding seasons OF
900 years, to which their preserva-
. ton il due.
There the immortal Washington.
from carefree boy to proud states
man. laid aside all Of the cares OF
twar, home and state. for those OF the
vestryman. And since the time OF
his death to the present day TINS
church' which witnessed his religious
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national life as the activities and visi-
BILE evidences of the great civil war
seethed and swirled about its door
ways.
A close neighbor to Franklin and
Lafayette squares, both small tented
cities of soldiers, this church must
have seemed veritable oasis of
peace.
TOWN the street upon which the
church stands Lincoln wendell his
favorite walk to Stunts toy shop,
square beyond, where war and politics
were put aside in the quiet atmos-'
phere Of the quaint little shop. where
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ONE folks are always ready to
take a little joy out of lie In
the way of reforms. and among
them there's lady out In chi
cago, 50 the press accounts state
who has lodged a protest with the
world in general against the m
ausuration of President-elect HARD
ing Her reason for such objection
"a based on the fact that Mr.. Hard
ing, like many other substantial cst'-
zens of this free country. enjoys
, smoke now and then. and prefers
. the cigarette to the pipe or cigar.
Now this lady reformer may object
Ito Mr. Harding's cigarette smoking
$50 long as she keeps within the facts,
hut her declaration that the Presi-
Sent-elect will be the first occupant
of the White House who ever smoked
cigarettes should be resented by
every devotee Of Americas favorite
smoke. For facts say otherwise.
Mr.. Arthur. for instance. smoked
cigarettes He was connoisseur in
tobacco, as in many Of the good
things of this life, and he enjoyed
nothing more after good meal than
a fragrant cigarette of substantial
body. rolled Of Turkish or Egyptian
tobacco.
Grover Cleveland and Benjamin
Harrison were smokers. though S:,ey
preferred the cigar and pipe to the
cigarette. Records of the lives OF
both men. both of them sportsmen.
tell us that always the pipe made up
q regular part of their equipment
for hunting or fishing excursions.
President Mckinley smoked a cigar
lette on moro than one ocCAsi on. those
lwho knew him say. and he smoked
With relish and enjoyment.
, Anybody who ever visited Col.
Roosevelt in his Offices at the White
House will remember the cigarette
box he kept alongside the box of
cigars. put out for the choice Of the
callor. whether he was formal or in
! formal, and il the visitor happened
to BE- in a hurry and chose the cigar
ette the President often would Join
him. Perhaps the colonel would not
smoke tina dgarette to the bitter end,
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ings appear to rival those who cling
to the tenets of the Church of Eng
land. and other churches of this de-
nomination also proudly point to chief
executives on their rosters. OF these
churches the most aged is the First
Presbyterian. on John Marshall place.
Of which Rev. j. Britton Clark is now
the pastor. filing the pulpit for SO
many years made famous by the be-
loved DR.. Sunderland and later by
De Witt Talmadge's brilliant oratory.
In 1894 the first pastor was installed,
when the. services were held. in the
carpenter shop of the White House.
Later this privilege was extended by
the Supreme Court when 1t occupied
quarters in the basement Of the old
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ices there in respect to his wife's
memory until the pastor, DR.. Camp
bell, took a decided stand in the
Peggy O'Neal affair. AS this was
contrary to the views held by Presi-
dent Jackson. the church. like the
cabinet, suffered an upheaval and the
head OF the White House group went
to st. Johns thereafter.
Van, Bureau. Harrison. Polk. Pierce,
BuchanaR and Andrew Johnson all at
tended the church from time to time,
a 9 did Vice Presidents Colfax, Wheel
er. Hendricks, Stevenson and Senators
Frye and. German and many members
of various cabinets. DR.. Wallace
twenty-fifth year Of pastorate.
Presidents with Presbyterian lean
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who had lost stock where the wolf
made his headquarters in their sec
ton. They said the wolf may have
had quarters anywhere within dis
trict of forty miles wide and sixty
five miles long. Williams went into
the hills west of Pringle. and found
that the wolf was staying around
some old dens in Pelgar mountains:
Williams scented up the soles of
his shoes and started stringing out
his traps. The wolf got on his trail
that night and showed signs of great
excitement at what he thought to be
the presence of possible mate. He
followed the scent entirely around the
line and then, returning to Pelgar
mountains, cleared out two old dens
and made a new one which ran back
into the hill about fifty feet.
''On April Williams had his first
glimpse of the wolf. but was unable
to get shot at him. The coyotes
were acting as bodyguards. travelling
from 100 to 200 yards on the tanks
of their master. They would warn
him of danger by taking flight. For
while Williams did not shoot the
coyotes. hoping that he would get
a chance at the wolf without having
to give him warning by the shots
that would be necessary to dispatch
his bodyguard. Finally. realizing
that there was no chance of getting
at the wolf unless the coyotes were
killed. Williams shot them.
The wolf played hide and seek with
him. After making a kill he would
go on some distance, back trail for
a few rods to point where he could
keep under cover and watch the
hunter on his trail. At other times
the wolf took to fallen timber and
so could not be tracked.
Twice during May the wolf step
ped on the jaws of traps and on the
night of July 3 he rolled into or lay
down on one and had lot Of his
hair pulled out. This gave him such
scare that he left the country for
while.
early in September the wolf step
ped on a trap and was caught slight
ly by one foot. Apparently the trap
had tipped SO that it caught only
one side Of the foot and the wolf
was able to pull loose. This hap
pened again in the early days of Oc-.
"Williams finally got the wolf oc-
tober II. Here is his own account
Oft:
"'He stepped into a trap in the
morning and it got good grip on
him. He ran with it about $50 yards,
when the hook caught on a tree,
but that did not seem to stop him
at all. He broke the swivel of the
trap, and ran on with it on his front
foot. I trailed him three miles and
got a shot at him and got him. He
Is smaller! than the average male
wolf, weighed ninety-eight pounds
and measured six feet from tip to
tip. eleven inches from toe to mock.
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DRESIDENT-ELECT HARDING Is

DKES1UEN 1-ELEVI T1HNDIIV0 Is
First Chief Executive of Baptist
Faith-Speculation as to Which Church
He Will Attend-Long List Of Presi-
dents Who Attended St. John s-Christ
Church, in Alexandria, One Of the
Shrines of Sightseers, Was First Presi-
Dental Church Lincoln Heard
Sermons Without Being Seen by Con-
gregations.
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and had tail fourteen inches long.
He is an old wolf. with fur that
is almost white"
In this simple fashion does the
man who outwitted the cleverest Of
animal criminals tell his story.
The Washington herald., 1921-10-02
Country's Oil Stocks.

Latest statistics indicate that the close of August
total secksf crude and refined oils in the United States
reached hei peak, and that in subsequent months de-
will be shown total Of about 54oooooo barrels
of crude and refined oils added4o storage during TIE
first months of the July marked the smallest
monthly increase this year. only I7ooo barrels compared
with maximum gain in May of 4737,ooo barrels.
The belief that stocks viii decline is strength
ened by the fact that supplies of refined oil in July regis
tered the first decline this year. and this is thought be
the beginning of the usual seasonal decline which usually
extends well into winter.
Stocks of domestic crude oil still increasing but
at much slower Stocks of Mexican crude oil fell
sharply in August judging by reports Of heavy shipments
from Mexico during September stocks win probably show
substantial gain this month Conditions in Mexico ho
ever indicate that any increase in Mexican oil stocks here
will be- temporary.
Figured on the basis which the United States
Geological Survey calculates crude oil stocks in the United
States stocks of domestic oil increased 46o6ooo barrels
since January l. Mexican crude stocks declined 2oI8ooo
barrels while stocks of refined oil Figured from Bureau
of Mines report) show gain to the end Of July Of
2I7e0ooo barrels.
The Washington herald., 1921-10-02

about October TO- The reductions will range from
cents per 100 pounds. approximately 12h per cent
reduction also announced by the Shipping Board
of cut IN grain rates. the outcome of series of
conferences held during the last few Weeks by representa-
tves of companies engaged in service For
time Scandinavian and British vessels have been
taking bulk grain considerably below the adopted
by conference lines
Shipping men contend that the last cut will not per-
nit profitable operation, but may have the effect of
ing tramp competition and furnish necessary bulk cargo
The rate to the United Kingdom ports for heavy
grain in bulk is u per pounds As quarter,
compared with previous of cents per pounds,
IS quarter. Post armistice high the United
Kingdom quarter in January 1920. Before the
war wheat was carried for Is Sd quarter.
The Washington herald., 1921-10-02
AUGUSroIL IMPORTS.

August crude petroleum imports declined IS per
cent from July to 3,3s2228 barrels This is the low
est import tonnage since March, Ioro and follows
postwar buying movement of unprecedented size down
to July, 1921.
July imports again large exports
while for seven months the excess was over third
Imports for the whole year 1870 os,oooooo bar
rels. Imports total 7Soooooo barrels for eight
months of 1921. At even the August rate of impor-
taton for the next four months they would equal the
movement of 1920.
Current exports of all kinds have not declined
more than per cent in tonnage. An greater
decline expected from the deadlock between oil
producers and Mexico. At SOFA the price was
somewhat less than the July average Of -$oI33.
The Washington herald., 1921-10-02

7 INTERESTING changes in quality and ownership Of
the world tonnage we'll as the types Of tonnage in
revealed in the edition of Lioyds Register
Of Shipping for Io7I-2z according to F. S, Gregg.
chief of transportation division Bureau of Foreign and
Domestic, -Commeroe The worlds steamers, excluding
those on the Great Lakes increased from 4ooOoo gross
tons June 80 1914 100000 June 90 last During
this period the steam tonnage of the United States multi
piled six times while that of the United Kingdom gained
by only per cent. The United States has nearly
three fourths much seagong tonnage the United
Kingdom and 23 per cent of the total where in 1914
had only one-tenh much and less than cent OF
the total Japan Stands third the list compared
with sixth in 1914 and France has risen from fifth to
fourth place. Germany dropping from second to eighth
The following table shows the worlds steam tonnage
Of the principal countries during 1914 and 1890 and the
percentage of increase decrease of each:
The Washington herald., 1921-10-02
'Great Lakes tonnage included.
-. ,. u. S. Steel Operations.

So. r. u. S. Steel Operations.
Operations of United States Steel subsidiaries are now
average of s. per capacity compared with
around per the middle OF July Starting up of the
Newcastle works of Carnegie Steel will further increase
the operating and is likely that the corporation will
60 into October with operations at per cent and
may reach the 20 per cent mark early in the month
Activity is most pronounced at the tin plate mills,
operating at 6s per cent sheet mills 70 per cent and wire
products at between so and IS per cent
Eastern Cotton Production.
East of the Mississippi River there are 100000
planted cotton of the total of 265Ioooo in the
United States Last year this Eastern belt planted
duced 6a73ooo bales against 10000 for the Western
belt With variations the condition of of the
Eastern States fairly reflects that of the others.
There is difference of almost 100000 bales between
the crop of last year and this, the shortage being about
equally divided between the belts Reduction of
age for about half of this deficiency the
planted is 274 per less than in 1870 Lack of
fertilizer weather and the boil weevi for the bal
of the loss.
Cut in Grain Rates.
Reductions in grain rates that may shippers
100000 annually authorized last week by the In
terstate Commerce Commission. Under the commissions
special order railroads operating in Eastern trunk line
and New England territories authorized to file tariffs
with the commission ten days notice establishing
duced rates grain and grain products applicable do
mestic tariff FROM and between points in the territory
outlined
The States included in the territories are Virginia,
Maryland Delaware New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York
and the New England States. 49,.
The reduced rates probably will be made operative