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ScnptuFss--snd here the question has
arisen:
Did Tstian have access to authentic ms
teEiaI outside the Gospels and new lost9
Or are these ''lost sayinssF merely IN
ventinns or gsEeled veEsiszs Of sayings
rscerded in the kn0wn Gospelsf
The difference of opinion en- this point
is being expressed with keen interest,", vith
scholarly restraint and, strangely enough,
without. partisan bitterness.
The attitude of the fundsmensslists ~
voiced by DR.. Jehn Roach SsFsten. pastor
Of Calvary Baptist Church, New YoFk
City, is this:
eve believe that Ged saw 70 Il. through
the guidance of the Haly Spirit, thsk
: everything went into The Bible thAt was
necessary to 60 into Il, aud that nothing
was lift out that should have bean Put
in. Protestant Christianity Hlusk tlks its
stand upon the Bible-5hs Bible or Moth
ing-the Bible without subtraction adj
ditiOn, or change"
Dr.. Horace Q. StaRt0ns Of Philadelphia,
nationally kn0En f1ndamentalist leader
among the Presbyterian. takes practically
the same view: 1.-THE Bible Is The Word
of GOd-the inspired Word of God--and
anything that is~net In the Bible Il not
the inspired Weird Of Cos"
The attitude Of the medeRnist Christian
scholars. as fairly ~ It can be stated in =
few words, IS IS follows:
DR.. Rendel Harris says: Christ walked
and talked and taught among many
people. He preached to multitudes. And
many of his hearers may have preserved
his sayings either in writing. or by oral
tradition, and they may thus have been
handed down to the time Of Tatian
through sources outside the main current
of the Gospels am convinced that this
manuscript dates from the second century.
and that, at that time, the verses quoted
were accepted by many Christians in Asia
Minor as authentic sayings of Jesus"
Dr. J. E. Frame, of the Union 'Theo-
logical Seminary, connected with Columbia
University, New York City, says:
"Tstian took many things from the
Gospels which we know. 1t is an open
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question whether he had access TO other
sources now lost. DR.. Rsndel Harris Is .
great Bible scholar. There may well be
lost sayings Of Jesus preserved outside
the Scriptures, and this may be. one of
them"
d.. J. II. Ropes, professor Of Bible ex-
egesis in Harvard University, con
ssFyptively refers to the supposed "lost
sayings" Of Jesus az possible stray sur
viyals from unwritten tradition, orally
preserved and running parallel with the
Gospels"
Beth the fundamentslists and the mod
eFnists are keenly interested in these re-
puted ''lost sayings" Of Jesus from 3
purely historical standpoint. The attitude
Of Dr.. Straton and other fundamentalists
IL not hostile to them. He regards the
Bible As a complete work from which moth
ing must be added, but Is open-minded as
TO the possibility that these ''lost sayings''
may have certain outside interest, and
perhaps even value, as constituting his
toEical eorTpboration Of facts which have
their chief record in the inspired Cos
pela.
Among the other supposed "loSt say
inss" Of Jesus. translated from various
syFiae, Arabic and other sources outside
the Bible, are these;
WAos0eveF Graves wealth Is like .
man WHO drinks sea swAger; the more
he drinks. the more be increases bis
thirst. and be ceases not to drink until
he psnishes."
Take not the world fer your lord,
lest IL take you for IT'S slave"
Neither at eveB-tide Nor In the
morning have aught In my gos-
session, pet no one on eafth is richer
than l."
~The lave Of this world and the merit
cannot agree in believers heart, even
as FIRE and water cannot agree In
Single vessel"
"Who is il thar bbifds upon the
waves of the seaP Such is tie world /;
take it not IS your resting PLACE.
Somesof these verses are from sources
whose origins are legendary or unknown.
The intense interest caused by those found
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martyrs death, and in
fact did die in exile, but
not before be had estsb-
lished his sect so strongly
in Asia Minor that two
hundred years after his
death the Bishop of Gyr
prus, it is recorded, found
several hundred churches
in Syria and Armenia
that were still using
Tatian's gospel" instead
of the authorized YER
sion.
The only other old
manuscript which has
created quite Is great i'm
terest as that Of Tatian
is the syriac papyFus pur-
porting to be a record of
tn e teachings Of the
twelve Apostles, which
was discovered in the
library of the Church of
the Holy Sepulchre in
Jerusalem and photo
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in the manuscripts IF Tatisn ID due to the
fact that he was . vivid and actual per-
sonality, whose plaes In history b thor
oughly established. He was an Assyrian
by birth, an ardent chFissisn who lived
in Rome at the tins Of the Emperor
Caracalla, but whe was so radical and
violent in his views that he founded 4
Christian sect of his ewn, and got into
trouble with the bishops.
The Roman governing CLASSES hated him
because he denounced their theathen
practices" and exhorted them to became
Christians. The Christian bishops disap-
proved Of him because he complied this
gospel" Of his own and tried TO teach Il
as the only true one, Between
the tive forces he nearly died a =
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cUE UseS4FtAS 2aU=
cur has said: he who Ia near
me is near the FIRE. aad he ~
who is far from me Is far
fEom tie light"
.kTFHIS verse, appearing ne
where in the Bible, but
purporting to be one of
the authentic tlOst sayings of
Jesus, has been found by DR..
Rsndel Harris in papyrus man
.useyipt dating from 200 A. D. Frey
and is rapidly becoming the GEN. Are.n
tire of . worldwide discussion n.
among Biblical scholars.
:, The manuscript in ancient
Armenian was located by DR. Harris,
who is one of Engiand's leading aufh0ri-
ties on the origin of Christianity, IN the
old convent of st. sLaEare, near Venice.
The existence Of such a document was
known to psychologists, but Dr.. Harris has
made discoveries which lead him to believe
that It is q part of the lost esIreatise Of
Tatian," who lived in the time OF the
Roman emperor Caracalla, and who was
the compiler Of one of the first known
collections Of the Gospels.
1t contains a second reputed 'lost say
ing of Jesus, which is translated IS
follows:
:. "And this again which Our Lord has
said: THE Kingdom of Heaven Is like
q merchant seeking, costly pearls; and
he found one costly and precious
pearl; and went and sold all his pos
sessions and bought it at a price.
Erudite theologians of to-day, whether
of the fundamentals or modernist
school, agree that Tatian was real
person, and that he wrote, less than two
hundred years after the Crucifxion,
s'EIarmony of the Gospels" which was
used by certain Christian sects in Asia
Minor, for several generations, as their
authorized text They are equally agreed
that the document which DR.. Harris dis
cusses is an authentic part of the writings
of .Tatisn.
But as to whether Tatian's writings
contain any actual ''lost sayings" of Jesus
not included in the authorized version of
the New Testament = whether these
alleged extra3Scriptura sayings are of any
real historical or religious worth-is a
matter on which there is decided diff
ference of opinion.
Tatian certainly had access to copies
Of the four Gospels of Matthew, Mark,
Luke and John. This is proved by the
fact that his own Harmony of the
Gospels" contains many passages and
verses that are parallel, or almost
parallel, to those of the accepted
Scriptures.
But there also occur in his writings
verses, like the one first quoted above,
which have no parallel in the accepted
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SyTsae Manuscrink FuFpoFting to Be
RaeeFd ri the Twelve Apostlas'
fssshings and GentsiHing Loss
s Ehmreh 81 the Holy sspulehres
Jerusalem.
granhea by Rev. @. p. Hale; dean Of the
gathsaFH Of Davenport, Iowa, and which
also contains some Of the presumable
s1ost RsyingsH Of Jesus.
Although Tetian was regarded by many
people Of his time as hereto and .
.crnnk,n he Was Q scholar OF sound learn
ing. After compietiAg his studies IN \
Greece he went To live Ia Rome, where he
became the friend and pupil Of st. Justin,
Tess Thas fss sss b ss fG g, ESst
he wTeta Its fsnlous Apology" which
was bitter daBuneiatinn af the Weakness
end Wiekadneas 6t pasanIsni He CONE
ally about lfa 10 US a. D., and it was
used es the, fiTFue Weird Of Ged'' through
cut AssyEia during his lifetime and for
sfssE big !. ss s!..a !, -. ....,-
"a lngs which got him into the
deepest trouble with the ortho-
49, deK church was that he was
personally an ascetic and did
not believe either IN marriage
or In the having Of children.
IN compiling his
gospels he left
out oil refer
q eneeg to mar
Fiaaa in order
E0 make them
q sanArm to his
kaVH Htewss
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..ii.ssNsf ERELY. this Is whst
~ eur Hfe-giviRg Ssvi-
cur has said: he who Ia near
me is near the fire. aHd he
who Is far from me Is far
fFom tie light
Evening star., 1924-10-01
NATIONAL u. REPORTS
RECORD ENROLMENT
Fifty-Sixth Year to Open Tonight
With Short Program of
Exercises.

National University begins it's fiftv-
sixth year tonight with the largest
enrolment in the history of the
school Activities of the opening
night viii include short program
scheduled to begin at $50, and the
remainder of the evening will be
given over to the reclassification of
old students and assimilation of new
ones.
The opening exercises will be held
in the lower hall of the old school
building. SIS Thirteenth street. at
$50 Dean Carusi will make a short
address to the students. Other
speakers for the occasion will be.
Justice Frederick l.. Siddons. Mai
Peyton Gordon, Conrad Symc, Justice
Charles III. Robb. Justice Jennings
Bailey, DR.. Albert H. Putnev. HAYDEN
Johnson, Judge Glenn Willett and DR..
d. Percy Hickling, District alienist
and well known physician. who be-
gins his first year as instructor at
the university
The year is expected to be the host
since the university was chartered nv
Congress in 1869. Additions recently
made to the faculty. improvements
made in the buildings to facilitate
class arrangements. and the exceed
Ingly heavy enrolment will con-
tribute much to the unusual success
of the fifty-sixth term
The remarkably heavy enrolment is.
in large measure, credited to the re-
cent creation of the College of Finance
and Business Administration and also
to the many interesting courses offered
in both the new department and the
law school. A course which is expect
ed to be unusually popular is that
in medical Jurisprudence. which
is to be taught by DIR. D. Percy Hick
ling. Other interesting and profitable
courses to be offered during the Fall
term are: DR.. Edison L. Whitney's
course on Roman law: comparative
government, taught by Prof. Constan-
tine A. Chekrezi author of a number
OF books on Albania and the Near East:
Justice Frederick l.. Siddons' course on
evidence; the course by Prof Frederick
L.. Myers on party government. which
Is expected to be particularly interest
ing in view of the political situation at
the present time.
Evening star., 1924-10-01
WESTERN TO REOPEN
CLASSES TOMORROW
Officials Inspect High School,
Forced to Close by Rain and
Water.Filled Basement.

Western High School, which was
forced to close yesterday when rain
beat in through temporary partitions
corridors, will reopen tomorrow
morning, 1t was announced today by
Dr. Elmer S. Newton, principal All
Of the rooms into which water had
leaked have been dried out thorough
ly, DR.. Newton said, but water still
remains in the basement. Plans have
been made by the contractor erecting
the new addition to the school to
drain the basement this afternoon.
Municipal Architect Albert l..
Harris and Robert l.. Haycock, as
sistant superintendent of schools, in
spected Western today, and a report
on the situation probably will be filed
with the Board of Education at its
meeting this afternoon. 1t was re-
ported that steps would be taken to
hold the building contractor response
BILE for the forced two day closing of
the school. The contract for the con-
struction of the addition, it was
pointed out, required that the work
should be done without interruption
to class work activities.
The water entered the school
through temporary partitions on the
central wing on the west side of the
building where the new annex is
under construction. The basement
corridors and the library were most
seriously affected by the water.
Evening star., 1924-10-01
EIGHT ARE DEAD
IN STORMS WAKE
Mines, Railroads and Indus
try Hampered by Floods
in Pennsylvania.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, October Flight
deaths and heavy property damage,
with serious interruptions to railroad
service and indust rial activities, were
reported last night from towns and
cities in eastern Pennsylvania. as a
result of flood conditions after As
hours of heavy rains.
The anthracite coal region appar-
entity suffered the greatest damage.
In Hazleton mines were flooded and
il will he several days before some
Of the collieries can resume opera
tions
Two men were killed and another
was seriously injured at Girard, near
bloomsbury. in landslide, which
carried a locomotive over 200-foot
enlbank nkmcnt.
Wilkc Barre also reported two
deaths. A man was killed at Wyo-
ming by live wire blown down and
a woman was drowned in a swollen
creek
Two deaths were reported in the
Scranton section and two in Mauch
Chunk. At Jermyn. near Scranton, a
concret" bridge over RuShbrOk Creek
gave way, sweeping Samuel Langman II
and Emery Avery, prominent mer-
chants. to their death.
Allentown WiIliamsport, Reading.
pottsville, Sunbury and Harrisburg
reported heavy property damage and
many men thrown out of employment Mt
because of the closing of industrial
plants.
Evening star., 1924-10-01
STONE TO WATCH
PHILADELPHIA CASE
No Evidence of Official Cor
ruption" Developed by Law
Enforcement Delegates.

No evidence Of any official "corrup-
ton was offered by a delegation
from the Law Enforcement League
of Philadelphia at special confer
'ence with Attorney General Stone to-
day, it was announced by the Attor-
ney General following the meeting.
Mr.. Stone said the delegates had ex-
pressed dissatisfaction with the M II
ner in which the law was bcini. en-
forced in Philadelphia, and com
planned of "A lack of zeal on the part
of representatives of the prohibition
unit and the Department of Justice.
He promised the delegation, Mr..
Stone said. that he would take per
sonal interest in the matter and
give prompt attention to any specific
matter they might bring to his at
tention.
A letter from Mrs. Mabel Walker
Willebrandt, Assistant Attorney Gen :
eral. to an official of the league the
Attorney General said. east no re-
Election on any named person"
The Attorney General announced
that it would he his policy to listen
to all complaints on law enforce
ment, but that he would let the
United States attorney at PhiIadel-
phia know that if he does his duty
he will have the backing of the De-
rartment of Justice. The delegation
from Philadelphia was composed of
William Il. Nicholson, jr., secretary
of the league; Edgar Cole, assistant
secretary: II. 4. Whitcraft. Mrs. II. +.
Fahnestock and Robert j. Sterrett
The controversy between Mayor
kendrick of Philadelphia and Brig.
Gen. Smedley ID. Butler. director of
public safety. was mentioned in the
conference, Mr.. Stone said, but the
government was not asked to take
any action.
Evening star., 1924-10-01
COAT AND HAT LEAD
TO FINDING OF BODY
Street Car Conductor Drowned in
Eastern Branch-Had
Been III.

The body OF Charles Thomas Evans.
- wears old. conductor on the CO.
lunbia lin" or the Washington Rail-
way and Electric Company, whose
coat and hat had been found on the
bank of The Eastern Branch near
Benning this morning. was found in
the water early this afternoon by
police of the harbor precinct The
body was near where the clothing
was discovered
Evans had been reported missing
from his home at 636 Fifteenth street
northeast since O'Clock last night.
when he reported off duty. Telling
ms associates he was not feeling well.
He had been ailing some time
The conductors body was pulled
from tue branch with graphing
hook. with which the police had been
dragging the waterway since the find
ing OF the coat and hat
Evans leaves a wife and three chill
dren. The body was taken to the Dis
trict morEue, where an inquest will
be held.
Evening star., 1924-10-01
ORDNANCE EXPERTS
CONFER TOMORROW
U. S. Officials and Civilian Aides
Will Study Industrial No
bilizatlon.

\ business conference and luncheon
will be held tomorrow by CHIEFS OF
the War and Ordnance Departments
and chiefs of the ordnance procure
ment districts to discuss plans for
industrial mobilization as proposed
by the Ordnance Department.
The heads of the procurement dis
tricts have been chosen for their po-
sitions among the most prominent
business men of the great Industrial
ccnters.
Assistant Secretary OF War Dwight
f. Davis and Benedict Crowell. AS
sistant Secretary of War under Pres
ident Wilson. have been invited.
Others expected to attend are: Col.
James L. Walsh of the Bankers
Trust Company. New York: Col.
Charles II. Tenney of Boston; Col.
II. A. ODell. secretary and treasurer
of the Belmont Land Company, De-
troit: Col c. l.. Harrison. president
of the Cincinnati Terminal Ware
house Company; Howard Bruce. pres
ident of the Bartlett Hayward Com
pany, Baltimore; Col. Ledyard Cogs-
W ell jr.. president Of the New York
Stat. National Bank, Albany: Col
Benjamin Franklin. vice president of
the Strathmore Paper Company, Nit
tineague. Mass; Ralph NJ. bravo, vice
president OF the Dravo Contracting
Company, Pittsburgh: J. G. Jones,
vice president and general manager
of the n. ). Is. w. Cochrane Corpora
ton, Philadelphia; Edmund A. Rus
sell, director of the Otis Elevator
Company, Chicago: NJ. f. Singleton.
president of the Missouri State Life
Insurance Company: Col. J. S. Sewell,
president of the Alabama Marble
Company, Birmingham.
Evening star., 1924-10-01
LIQUOR SMUGGLERS GET
10000 CASES INTO U. S.
CONTINUED from First Page.)

come to him for information, his rec
ords would be open to him.
& Phaff, who claims residence in New
York. yesterday emerged smiling from
q nine hour encounter with French
maritime justice.
Phaff was given his first official
Examination before Fournier.
{ Phaff pleaded not guilty and de-
slared he could prove an alibi. He
also invoked the argument that IT
was not necessary for him to COM
init piracy because he had unlimited
credit with a big Canadian bank.
(which enabled him to get contraband
whisky without Capt. Kidd methods.
He said the Canadian bank supplied
him with letters of credit for $4,000
10 buy whisky in England for SNUG
cling into the United States.
4 man now in Jail in Montreal
awaiting trial on a charge of rum
running or piracy-Phaff wasn't
nuite clear which-was the prime
mover in k1 arrest, he said. He
Tcclared that the man in Jail 'pirated
my boat, the Lutzen, with 10000
cases of WHISKY aboard" He told
the commandant that this is just a
little matter between rum-runners
and 1 don't see why French justice
should bother about it,"
AS to being the instigator of al
aeged piracy, even though he were
mot actually present, Phaff told the
court:
You will know all about the in
stigators before this case is finished.
am not going to be made the
goat"
The interpreter had some difficulty
IN translatinS goat to Commandant
Eournier.
Evening star., 1924-10-01
THRoNG WELCOMES DAVIS.
ky S'ar Correspondent

ky S'af Correspondent.
FREDERICK. Md. October An
unofficial half holiday has been de
clared in Frederick, Md, and all tn"
town people are turning out TO greet
John W Davis. Democratic nominee
for Pres dent, Who had been schsd-
uled to speak in front OF the court
house a 1:3O pm. The town was
gaily decorated
Prominent Democratic leaders from
all over the Stat. began arriving in
Frederick lat" yesterday. Mr.. Davis.
Gov. Albert G. Ritchie and prominent
state and national Democrats. arrived
about noon, and wer" met by a citi-
zenS' committee. headed by Mayor
Lloyd e. cutler, ho escorted them to
tho Francis Scott E"y Hotel, where
the party WAS entertained AT lunch
con by the United Democratic Wom-
en- Of Maryland. Mr. Davis will not
make any extensive remarks at the
hotel. the committee in charge an
nounced
Following the luncheon tho entire
party proceeded to the courthouse.
Wher" a platform OF seats and radio
arrangements havc been arranged
for the speech. The meeting was
called TO order ny James II. Gambrin.
jr., chairman Of the executive com
mittee, who VIII turn it over to Mrs.
Jessie Nicholson, president Of the
women's Clubs. After a few words by
David g. Winchrenncr. the third Mr.
Davis was introduced by Gov
RItchio. The speech was formerly
scheduled for . O'Clock. but was ad
Vanced in order to permit Mr. Davis
and his party to return to Baltimore
at 2:25 by special train. being sched-
uled for speech tonight at the
armory there
Evening star., 1924-10-01
CASE SENT TO GRAND JURY
James Newsome, Former Janitor
Held for Bribery Attempt.

James Newsome, colored. a former
janitor OF the Parkview public
school, charged with attempted brib-
cry, following preliminary hearing
before Judge Gus A. Schuldt in Po-
lice Court today was held for the ac-
tion of the grand jury. The bond
was fixed at $500, like amount hav-
ing been taken for his release when
arrested.
The evidence showed that New
some had been employed as a laborer
and later a janitor of the schools and
had been let out of the service. H. F.
McQueeney, superintendent of janf-
tors of the District of Columbia pub
lie schools. testified that September
IA the defendant came to him and
handed him a letter in which $50 was
inclosed, the letter saying las
token of appreciation for past favors
shown me-" Mr.. McQueeney, after
opening the letter and seeing its con-
tents handed the money back to New
some, telling him that was an at
tempt to bribe him. Newsome denied
that it was bribe-
Evening star., 1924-10-01
BOY KILLED DRIVER
T0PAY $1S2 DEBT
Negro, ID, Confesses Rob-
berry Was Motive-Spirited
Away From Quantico.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
QUANTICO, October Lawson
Jugsins, 14-year-old colored boy,
who last night confessed that he
shot and killed Lester J. l.. Stevens,
taxicab agency proprietor. on the
road near here Monday. was spirited
away from this town last night and
lodged in the Jail at Frederick sburg.
The move was taken as a precau
tionary measure. in view Of the fact
that feeling over the murder is run
ming high here.
JugginS confessed to Detectives J.
Kennedy and Justice of the Peace
c. g. Paris that he murdered Stevens
to get money to pay back s1S2 which
he had taken recently from a local
pharmacy where he had been en-
ployed. Juggins said he lost the
money and fearing he would be
arrested plotted the holdup.
Another is Implicated.
Willie Conway. Il years old. also
colored, was implicated by Juggins
in an earlier confession and also is
held at Fredericksburg. The au-
thorities, believe. however, that jug
gins final confession that he alone
killed the driver is the correct we're
sion of the shooting In his earlier
confession. JugGins said that he and
Conway planned the hold-up for Sun
day night, but the robbery was de-
layed until Monday.
Two Marines walking along the
reclamation road which leads from
Quantico TO the Washington pike
found the bullet riddIed BODY hang
ing from the car.
About S10o in the coat packet Of
the dead man was stolen by the muir
derer, who, however. overlooked s795
in hip pocket. Juggins was ar
rested yesterday when it was learned
that he had paid $50 on his debt to
the pharmacy. with a promise to clear
up the whole debt later. At first, he
vigorously denied any knowledge of
the crime, but broke down under con-
Stant grilling.
Funeral services for the murdered
taxi proprietor were held this morn
ing. lnterment was at Fredericks-
burg. He leaves a young widow.