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The Washington times., 1922-04-02

ing previously antagonistic to majority
rule, and not, as has been assumed. to my
personality. have been instigated to a sys-
tematic course of opposition to my regime.
Far from the wishes of the majority
counting in this matter, the ministers of
the Boston Presbytery referred to now
seek to use this nursed and coddled fac
tion as a lever to oust from the field the
man who is the choice of the people, not
installation.
There is nothing against my character
or credentials. as is shown by a letter
from DR.. Young, chairman of the commit.
tee on vacancy and supply, which has
charge Of the matter.
"Dr. Young said at the meeting Of Pres.
bytery that he did not know what the,
majority was, but that that did not matter
anyway, and he told me that IL the con-
gregation extends me another call he does
not think that Presbytery would sustais
it, and vote to install me as pastor.
After an adverse criticism of consider
able length, in which he assumed an in
anu estimate OF the WOrk
and condition Of the church during the
past year, We were denied the right to
vindicate our position in the meeting. The
decent and orderly applause by which I
was supported, when | rose to speak, was
taken by the moderator-himself a mem
Der of the vacancy, and supply committee
whose report had Just been given by Mr..
Young-as the signal to silence me by 60
ing into private session. ] contend that
the applause was no justification for so
precipitate a withdrawal, since it was but
a plea for fair hearing for both sides.
"The church is considerably stronger
financially and numerically this year than
1t has been ever before, and it is the view
Of those who have been in association
with 1t for over a quarter I. century
that 1t was never animated T. q more
healthy and progressive spirit"
Friends of Mr.. Curtis are taking httle
dig at Mrs. Harvey and her board. They
say the minister thanked the Lord for hrs
fried potatoes in sarcasm, because, as
matter of fact, he was very, very tired OF
them-having had them every night for
weeks. AS for the salad-well, that, they
say, was treat, and his thanks were sin.
cere. The landlady, they say, missed the
real point Of those two facetious graces.
1T all reminds me of the tale in Gulli-
ver's Travels" declares Mr.. Curtis "You
remember the great war that was waged
over which end Of an egg should be cracked
first. And now look at the war that's
waged over joke! With Presbytery
shaken to its foundations!
Il came to Boston from England four
teen months ago, as l have said. Because
| was a fore.S~er and of another demon
ination the elders rnt me on years pro-
baton.
Then they set about to find a lever with
which to oust me. Mrs. Porter and Mrs.
Harvey supplied the demand. Whereupon
the elders removed me-"
Friends Of Mr.. Curtis-and they are
many-are urging him to bring suit against
Mrs. Porter and Mrs. Harvey. The ma.
jority of his church members are with
him. as well as many Brookline citizens
of other denominations. But the elders
declare that they will no longer tolerate
him and his Jokes. So the minister is
jobless.
Everybody has taken sides one way or
the other and had plenty to say except
Buster.
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Lord for any par
ticular dish in
stead of for the
whole meal. Can't
q minister thank
G cd tor any
thing t b a t s
good. Quaker hus-
bands. I've heard,
say grace before
kis sing t h e ir
wives.
For what | am
about to receive. 0
l. ord, I { h a n k
Thee they say.
T h en- h ey get
their kiss.
"As a matter of
fact, l don't even
remember the epi-
sodes of the salad
and potato graces.
Anything | said
was a joke-and
Mrs. Harvey knew
1t. When ! sprink-
led water on Bus
ter It was a joke
and Mrs. Porter
kuaw AZ
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BrOOKl1ne CDuTCH, mas
already gone on record against the action
OF the elders of the Presbytery.
1--WE are not in the Presbytery looking
for sympathy" said Mr. Clark, one Of Rev.
Mr.. Curtis's supporters. 'In behalf of my
church let me say that the Boston Presby-
terry will not have much more bother with
us. We're through with it,
The elders standing firmly by their de-
cision declare that the question Of Mr..
Curtis's removal has narrowed itself down
to one Of "law and order, or anarchy"
"The dignity, authority and honor of the
church are at stake" reads the new and
revised report Of the removal committee.
I'VE trust that the Presbytery will not al
low itself to be intimidated from doing its
duty by threats, however menacing; or by
epithets, however uncomplimentary."
"The fitness Of a minister depends upon
his prudence, gravity and Cody converse
tion. The wishes Of the majority Of the
congregation should be set aside. And,
though 1t be against the protest Of both
pastor and people, the governing body
should dissolve the pastoral relation
Then follows the repeated recital Of the
blessings Of salad and potatoes, and the
baptism of the dog Buster, the famous full
fedged Presbyterian cur"
Clarence A. Young, of the Roxbury Pres
byterian Church, chairman of the vacancy
-, VIZ n.
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Presbyterian is only mongrel who pre-
serves strict neutrality. His mistress
talks for him.
81 remember the day very WE'LL" Mrs.
Porter declares, that Mr.. Curtis bap-
tized Buster. The poor dog-he didn't
know what to do; but Mr.. Curtis con-
sdered 1t great joke.
whats the pups name, Mrs. Porter?'
he asked me. .'...
"'Buster,' told him.
"'He's fine dog Mr.. Curtis remarked,
and grasping a glass Of water and dipping
his fingers in 1t he sprinkled the dog and
said:
"'Buster Porter, / baptize thee full
fedged Presbyterian
81 was too Mortified to speak. Even Bus
ter was dumfounded. For Buster Is very
nice little dog, but he's no church member.
The idea of making him Presbyterian!
fullfedged one, at that!
Now it's one thing to be Presbyterian
yourself, but it's another thing to have
your dog baptized into your faith. Sacri-
iigeous, | call it. So told the elders Of
the church about 1t, and they requested me
to put II all down in writing and to swear
to 1t before a justice of the peace. Ridicu
lous conduct, they said 1t was, for a min
ister-going round baptizing dogs"
So much for Mrs Porter and Buster.
Mrs. Ge rude Harvey tells of the salads
and the potatoes.
"Mr Curtis boarded with me for four %
FIVE weeks" Ms. Harvey explained, "and
he never but twice said a blessing. One
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1t was Buster Porter,
the baptized dog, who
started II all. And now
the Presbytery is In a
turmoil. It's a case Of
elders versus members.
The flock wants their
hum orous minister.
The elders won't let
him stay.
! The First Church Of
exclusive Brookline, OF
which Mr.. Curtis is
ex-pastor, has threat
ened to secede from
the Presbyterian de-
nomination. And since
the First Church is the
most powerful Of all
Presbyterian churches
in New England the
affair assumes import
ant proportions - all
because of Buster, a
Salad and those Fried
Potatoes.
Mrs. Melbourne POr-
ter, of Wellesley, Mass,
complained in Busters
name. Buster, though
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CC) 1922. by American Weekly. Inc.
The Washington times., 1922-04-02

Rev. and Mrs.
Edwin Curtis,
the Expelled
Pastor of the
First Presby-
terian Church,
Brookline.
New-York tribune., 1922-11-22
Tiger May Shorten
His american Tour

In the course of chat ycster-
day with John w. Garrett, former
American Minister to Holland, M.
Clemeneeau said his tour of the
United States might have to be
shortened.
Mr.. Garrett had invited the
French statesman to visit his
home in Baltimore, after q sched-
uied review of the Annapolis mid
shipmer. In reply, nj. Clefnen-
ceau said that a possible shorten
ing Of hir itinerary might prevent
acceptance OF the invitation.
This was the first intinaation
given by the former French Pre-
naier of any change in the pro-
gram mapped out for him by his
American friends.
New-York tribune., 1922-11-22
errnany Armng for Another Attempt to Invade France

In three years there has been taken
frofn Germany 80 per cent Of their
debts toward us under the pressure
OF England. Now, yen Americans arc
fair~rninded YosI have got great
daat Of business, private and public.
at home. You are quite excusable II
you make mistakes, but you shouid
take the trouble. to inquire before
you pass severe Judgment upon US,
Against whom? OF course, we don's
think that we will fight England or
America. SO against whom They
say we want TO dominaae In Europe.
But, we are the very ones that lib
Grated Europe. How could we want
to dominate after we have liberated
Europe7 Ask the liberated states if
Europe is afraid of militarism. He
would have another song to say. I
don't know what his country thinks,
but shouldn't be surprised If he
thought OF our future, and IL they
were taking precautions fo- shat fu-
ture. Military and economic clauses
get very often mixed up. / an not
New-York tribune., 1922-11-22

very far from what England iteslf
has paid you. THAT question, ! take
it, to be Of second rank. i do not
suppose that you sre going. one Of
these days. TO say 20 us, "You pay
tomorrow or the day after" We
will pay you.
Now must say that England was
the first. And America did nothing
but fight. Now, let US see-~90 per
cent Of the laymen, 90 per cent Of
cotton, 80 per cent Of steel, and 90
on, all our products out OF
eighteen milIions and half SOL
diers tnobilized, we lost five and q
half million cut of eighteen million.
So, you see, the case is not SO plain
as some people thought, We are the
ones who suffered most. We are the
ones who lost more rnen. But We
showed our power Of action, and we
showed the vitality of the people.
That cannot be recorded for long
time. We last all we had.
The Germans devastated our lands.
Nevertheless, what has happened?
New-York tribune., 1922-11-22

-~~s
very sure that you haven.
touch of economic lnperiapiss got Z
,ndeed showed a touch of I'm sa. Yae
Imperialism when you lss, s.eenonIs
the var Was over directly VS.. " after
the best resources in the 10y 10y have
end England. Nevertbelssssalo Jsslo i5tsu
thought it might be good g'sss, y yos
yourself on your frontier, - tnssb
But ] notice that you. ra.,.
frontiers, when wa have H. tblg goox
the world on the German s'' sss s@orst ID
got an additional euerans,, Siae, got
pressing the Anglo-Japaness az, ~ sup.
and England got g1aransu sl9liaaee 9l'
ting che German aeet sink y lts.
Flow. That feet was NOT ~ ~ sea9s
property solely. But she vas sss',sssasns's 3.
1t, and she let it 60 10 tba ~, q kess
where it is~~and / ask that gStsoti-e ~
not have been the proper th,ne ,it's y ,aas7
land--that j. was the prouaysS :, !. q 8.
common soldiers And then yo,. y oaf
those guarantee. I believe ~ :. sss
entitled to guarantees to nrsgsst sfs
fcsnttnued On page sy., ~
New-York tribune., 1922-11-22
Defends France Against
Charge of MiIitarism

Now, the war had Come. Monsieur
Lloyd George, Of course, di y not say
that we We're the ones TO provoke it,
but he made me very clearly under
land that wg had a eouch of militar-
@sm. Wei We! Mjlitaristicl Before
the war, when the German Emperor
had been claiming hia right to dom
nation IN so, clear terms that the
world could make no mistake about it.!
don't pretend that we may be in
the state of mind that Mr.. Lloyd
George was at the time, and that
tnlngs were going awry, and quite
different from what you expected.
AT that time nobody told us we were
militarists; nobody at that time told
us we were imperialists. The more
soldiers you had the better; the bet
ter they had been instructed the more
coed you could do with them.
The worst OF it is that the war
began by the invasion of Belgium.
Please do not forget that 1t is q
great pity that the province OF Al
sace-Lorraine was dismembered Now,
! don't come to America to abuse the
Germans or anybody. / am charged
with militarism, but believe | have
81 right TO bring the facts before you,
anu ~ IL 1&ct thaC Belgium was
violated by one of those who had
guaranteed its safety.
That is not very encouraging for
the future, and those who ask me to
make arrangements with Germany I
answer to them. What ia that sigma
ture worth? What is that paper
WORTH" There may be some bank.
ers among you here, Suppose man
fails to pay his check. Would you be
willing to trust him for another :?
1t is not likely.
There were some worse things, and
have to mention them SO that you
Will understand the case. Now, I
don't mean to pursue any hatred tor
ever against then Not at sll.
New-York tribune., 1922-11-22

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America for France, as France eS-
tends the friendship TO America.
will try to make you understand
what mean. And it is for that pur-
pose that ] have come to America.
Let me explain 20 you the feelings
that ! find in nay heart. When,
after seeing two invasions in one
lifetime. two invasions of France,
devastation of every kind, is 1t
strange if do not want TO see an
other? You may call me militaris-
tic, you may call me iInperialistic,
but do not accept the reproach, and
return it by asking, did not Ger
many show herself TO be militaristic
and imperislistic Z" To France there
came after 1871 long period of fifty
years; no, forty y-six--something like
that---during which Germany threat
ensd us eight times. And the oniy
one word we got from her at the
time was sharpened swords, powder
just as in defiance of England she
sand "0ur future is on tNa ocean"
England did not like il, But the
governing power has suek response
bilities that / do not like TO blame
them too easily. But the governing
power, not only in England but in q
great many other nations that | can
name, saw the danger, but wanted to
avoid it,
New-York tribune., 1922-11-22
First to See Wsr With
Germany Was inevitable


At that time England sent MIR. Hal
dane, who was the Minister Of War,
to Germany to try to see if matters
could be arranged, and Haldane, who
was friend of Germany, was re-
ceived in such a way that he had
nothing to do but come back. Chance
had it that | saw him q little while
after.
And good fortune had 1T, too, that
met that same time MIR. Lloyd
George in Carlsbad. That was the
first time saw him. OF course,
was promenading everywhere with
my prediction, owe are going toward
great war, Germany wants war"
When he came to Paris he said,
"You are the first man / came TO
see, because | was wrong. You are
right. You first saw what was to
happen, but / did not" I did not
want to look for quarrel with Mr..
Lloyd George in that matter. Lloyd
George made mistake at the time,
but ] took him as Il representative
of the British mind at the time.
But supposed England had fore
seen and supposed England had pre-
pared. When the war came at least
she would have been ready, and the
French were not ready, hardly ready,
having no heavy artillery, and the
British we're not ready, and America
was not ready, either. So what were
our people to do? What were we to
do but fight and fall? When think
of the fight Of the Marnc can under
stand why the soldier would not 40
and why he fell back from the powder
and he went to the doors Of Paris and
there he stopped and finally repealed
the enemy
New-York tribune., 1922-11-22
HeckIer Silenced

He never finished. There was a
roar of, Put him out!." From the
first floor it appeared that one of the
heckler's neighbors struck him in the
race. Clemenceau went o ntalkinp.
seemingly quite uninterested. in the
disturbance up nea rthe roof. There
was an excited knot of men and women
around the heckler. Then two or
three blue uniforms were in the GROUP.
The heckier was seen to be gathering
up his hat and overcoat. Another man
beside him was doing the same. They
left hurriedly and Clemenceau had not
stopped second.
No sacrifice is demanded or exacted
from you except TO assert that you want
TO keep among the people of this world
the great place hat you have taken
twice III. Clemenceau's shirt front was
rising more swiftly with each breath
he had been talking an hour and thirty
two minutes, much longer than his doe
tors wanted him to talk.
III you take 1t then you will sea
q great emotion among the people--
liberty, liberation. II you don't the
prospect Is dark and dreary. sim
ply want to warn you 20 take cars
You've seen one of the greatest dramss
of The world without perhaps under
standing.
Take care"---
Georges Clemenceau had delivered
his message. All about him were dress
shirt fronts, but both OF his gray
gioved hands were being shaker, by
those Of General John j. Persh;ng.
FIFTEEN minutes later, at 1850, the
old man was wearing his flannel night
gown, trying TO catcA up the sleep
Rho F9H SO
frame.
Prior to going to the metropolitan
Opera House 90 tell America tbe
truth Ciemenceau passed the busiest
day of his stay in New York, one
might suppose he would have devoted
so important DAY TO resting at tha
home Of Mr.. ana Mrs. Charles Dana
Gibson where he is staying, but hs
did nothing es the sort.
New-York tribune., 1922-11-22

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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-10-24
TALLAPOOSA COUNTY
DEFEATS WEST POINT

west Point. Ca, October 23.-(Spe-
cial.)-The Tallapoosa County High
school of Dadeville completely
swamped the West Point High scnool
hare by the score of As to 0. Tne
Tallapoosa Tigers got the jump on
the west Point team from the start
receiyinr the ball and making the
first touchdown in three minutes OIL
play.
The Tallapoosa team ran well with
the ball and the interference was
good. West Points forward passing
system was completely broken up,
the Tiger backs breaking up IL at
tempts.
All of the Tiger backs ran the bail
we'll, going through the line at will
for good gains. Nolen made three
touchdowns, Hicks, Hardwick, Nc
Kensie and Stone making one each.
stone made the longest run of the
game when he circles right end for
81 yards and a touchdown. The Tai
lapoosa county team outclassed the
West Point aggregation in every de-
partment of the game.
The West Point backs were never
able to penetrate the strong line of
the Tigers. making only two first
downs during the entire game.
Haynes was the star for West point,
but was unable to show up we'll be-
cause the opposing line rushed every
play and blocked all but one punt.
The Tallapoosa High plays Sidney
Lanier on November and expects to
give them a good hard fight.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-10-24
Leading Scorers
For 1922 Season

New York, October 23.-Harry Will
son, veteran Pennsylvania State
halfback, leads individual scorers in
college football ranks for the early
season games with s points, one
more than Jimmy Robertson, Carne-
gle Tech quarterback. Both scored
twice in Saturdays games and
brought their total of touchdowns to
nine apiece. Wilson gained an extra
point in an earlier game by scoring
a point on try after touchdown.
Drummer of Lafayette is third with
So points and Palm of Pennsylvania
State is fourth with As. George
Pfannan of Cornell, Walter Koppisch
of Columbia and Gebhardt of La
Fayette are tied for fifth place with
36 points each.
Alabama Polytechnic of Auburn,
though defeated by the Army week
ago, leads in team scoring with 215
points for five games. Cornell heads
the eastern brigade with 203 points
in four contests; Centre with 16S and
Notre Dame with lac are high in the
middle west, while California tops
the Pacific coast list with 191 points.
Others which have passed the CEN
turn mark include Yale Columbia
Pennsylvania State, Syracuse, Car
negie Tech, Georgia, Bucknell. Army
and Franklin and Marshall.
undefeated elevens in the east in
clude Cornell, Harvard, Navy, Army.
Pennsylvania State, University Of
Pennsylvania, Lafayette, Princeton.
Georgetown, Dickinson, Washington
and Jefferson. Brown, Tufts, West
virginia and Massachusetts Aggies.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-10-24
shown it will probably be less
effective when used again.
Should Limit Time

shown it will probably be less
effective when used again.
Should Limit Time
But If the idea should find
populae favor and be widely used
by a number Of teams it seems
probable. according to reports,
that the rules committee will be
asked to take cognizance of it,
and perhaps be asked to place
time limit on the completion of
such shifts. AS the rules now
stand, Centre could have marched
back and forth until the whistle
blew. though it would have been
poor policy for a losing team.
The east has become fon6 of
Centre, its slashing teams and
its rebel yell and if an obCeryer
were judging from what he saw
and heard in the stadip i Satur-
day he would believe that half OF
Dixie land had turned out to see
its team in acton, And though
Harvard, Yale and Princeton have
mutually agreed to discontinue
intersectional contests, seems
probable that Centre will De
asked TO come east again.
Reports today were that
Cornell, Columbia, Dartmouth,
Brown and several other colleges
were anxious to meet the Pray
ing Colonies next year, either in
New York or Boston, probably
in New York, to dedicate to foot
ball the new Yankee stadium.
which will be completed next
spring.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-10-24
TECH-NOTRE DAME |
GAME AT ATLANTA |
WEEKS FEATURE
Alabama Crimson's Journey
to Austin to Meet Texas
Longhorns

-------
This weeks football schedule does
not bristIe with the hecticity as have
those of the two past Saturdays, but,
nevertheless, some good games are
on the card for the coming Weekend
Probably the game attracting the
most interest over Dixie is the Geor-
gia Tech-Notre Dame battle, which
will take place at Atlanta Saturday.
Knute Rockne, Notre Danes famous
grid coach, is bringing south his
brilliant eleven for one of the few
intersectional games that school has
ever played, and Dixie fans will
watch the attempts of the Golden
Tornado to tear through the Rockne
system of shifts and open play.
Crimsons Travel
University of Alabama's Crimson
eleven journeys to Austin, Tex, to
meet the University of Texas, in the
first of a pair of intersectional games
to be played by the Thin Red Line
this year. The Texas game may be
called an intersectiona1 game, for
teams this side of the Mississippi do
not usually include the Longhorns on
their schedules.
Auburn is meeting an old foe. the
Camp Benning soldier outfit, in a
game to be played on the Tiger cam
pus. The Infantry school team al
ways puts up good brand of foot
ball, and the Plainsmen will prob
ably not have a walk-away Saturday
Two old rivals will meet at Lex
ington, when the Wildcat of Ken
lucky attempts to repel the Tiger,
of Sewanee, In the annual invasion
of the Purple eleven.
With the Locals
Birmingham Southern meets Mill
saps of Jackson at Munger Field
Saturday, while the Howard college
Bulldogs play University of Florida
at GAINESVILLE.
Following is this weeks grid
schedule:
Wednesday
At Shreveport, La; Louisiana State
Normal Centenary.
Thursday
AT Columbia, S. c.: Clemson VS.. South
Carolina.
At Athens. Ga: Oglethorpe VS.. Georgia.
At Atlanta; Notre Dame VS.. Georgia
At Austin. Tex: Alabama VS.. Texas
AT Auburn; U. S. Infantry school VS..
At Baltimore: virginia VS.. Johns-Hop-
At Chapel Hill, N. c.: Maryland VS..
At Charlotte. N. c.: Elon vs. Erskine.
At Charlotte. N. c.; Davidson VS..
Trinity.
At Charleston. s. c.: Presbyterian col
lege VS.. Citadel
At Danville, Ky: Louisville VS.. Centre.
At Gainesville, Fla: Howard VS.. Florida.
At Greeneville. s. c.: Richmond VS..
Furman.
Guilford
vs. Wofford.
nessee.
At Lexington, KY: sewanee VS.. Ken
lucky.
At Lexington. Va: Lynchburg VS.. Wash
At Maryviile. Tenn; Transylvania VS..
Maryville.
At Mobile: Lydia VS.. Spring HILL
At Norfolk; North Carolina State vs.
AT Nashville: Mercer VS.. Vanderbilt.
At New Orleans: Mississippi A. & M.
At Richmond: William and Mary vs.
Hampden- Sidney.
At Roanoke, Va: King VS.. Roanoke.
At Shreveport. La: Arkansas VS.. Louisi-
At Waco. Tex: Mississippi college VS..
Baylor.
university.
Washington