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ADOPTS REPORT
ON VIRGIN BIRTH
New York Presbytery Re-
spends to Criticism on liz
cenSing of Two Ministers.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. January 12-Wnh
only five dissenting voices The New
York Preshytery last night adorted
a report of a committee of II ackuowl-
edging the authority Of the General
Assembly regarding licensing of min
listers and questions Of doctrine such
the virgin birth.
The committee was appointed last
June to respond. in behalf of the pres
hytery, to criticism by the General As
sembly Of it's actions. particularly the
licensing of two ministers who denied
The virgin birth.
Among those who voted against the
acceptance of its report was Dr. Wal
ter u. Buchanan of Broadway Church
fundamentals leader DR. Henry
sloane Coffin. modernist leader. was a
member of the committee. on which
both sides were represented.
Position Taken by Committee.
While admitting the authority of
the assembly ON questions of ordina
tion and belief the committee held
that. since the two ministers Rev.
Henry +. Van Dusen and Rev. G. -.
Lehman were ordained prior to a dis
cussion by the assembly of the qnes-
ton of the virgin birth. no action can
be taken against them except for ut
terances made subsequent to their
ordination.
Avoiding a discussion Of the doc
trine of virgin birth. the committee
reported that these grave differences
belong wholly outside the province of
the committees Responsibilities"
The prospect of arriving al praCti-
cal agreement between antipodaI
views and interpretations throughout
the church is apparently remote" the
committee admitted.
Uphold Rights of Minority
Adoption of an amendment per
hitting submission of minority as well
as majority reports TO the assembly
was recommended.
The committee consisted of six min
listers and five laymen.
The Presbytery also accepted n re-
port of its social service committee
demanding enforcement of a ruling nf
the Presbytery that no minister shoulI
conduct the marriage ceremony for
any divorced persons except the in
nocent party to a divorce granted on
grounds of misconduct.
The ministers and churches must
see that the highest ideals in the
sanctity of marriage relations are
maintained" the report stated.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-12
BANS MILITARY TRAINING.
Cleveland Education Board Disre-
CARDS Protests of Leading Citizens.

z CLEVELAND, Ohio. January u
protests of Dwight
J. Davis. SeCrstar,. ii War: Newton
D. Baker, former War Secretary, and
virtually all veteran orsaniza tons. the
board of educa ton yesterday voted TO
abolish military training in schools
here effective at the end of the present
school year in June.
E. NJ. Williams, president of the
board, cast the only dissentin" vote.
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Rx the Associated Press.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass, January 12-
Harvard seniors have one less worry.
Starting with the opening of the sec
ond half-year next month. they will not
have to attend classes and lectures
unless they so desire.
News of the innovation was an
nounced last night and is commented
upon favorably this morning by the
Crimson, student daily. which sees the
possibility of further extension of the
rule to Junior and sophomore ella sses.
ut is not too much to hope that the
operation of the new rule for seniors
will be successful enough to warrant
its further extension to the Junior and
sophomore classes says the paper
Its application to freshmen will prob
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chicago handles 10000 carloads of
fruit and vegetables year.
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safa way to cross, Joslyn dis
covered. was to walk abreast OF
someone else and keep step with
them until she was safely on the
opposite sidewalk.
People kept asking her what
was the matter with her and
then moving away with disgusted
looks when she stopped and tried
to explain that she was looking
for two friends. But she was
glad. for one thing, that Jim
Kelvin every time he passed
failed to recognize her.
If he had seen her he would
nave been another responsibility
ON her hands, and she did not feel
equal to taking care Of him any
more. But he was wonderfully
attractive and she ached with a
sense of deep loss every time he
walked by with his eyes fixed
straight ahead. All the same, she
was glad.
"When I get where I'm going"
she told herself. finally. "I'm go'
ing to 60 right straight to bed"
There was one bed she remem.
bered in particulars bed in a
hotel. where she had stayed all
night once for four dollars. There
had been a bathtub with gallons
of steamjng water and rough, dry
towels. "I haven't got four dol.
lars, though" she said, speaking
aloud. "Even If did have
couldn't find the hotel"
This thought came to her as
she was crossing one Of the cross.
ings that appeared to streak
across her path at regular inter.
walls. The pavements were now
slippery and she was surprised
to hear several people shouting at
her.
Too Late!
When 1t was too late to get out
of the way she saw. one of the
predatory automobiles swinging
around crafty and trying to
strike her with a broadside blow.
For a moment there was a jar
ring, sickening impact that shook
her from the shoes up and then
there was nothing but blackness.
The room where Joslyn awoke
was filled with an odor in
describably unpleasant; it was, as
near as she could declde, SnleII
reminiscent of disinfectant that
her father had once used TO
spray fruit trees. But that had
been long ago and far away In
a place infinitely sweet.
For a while she lay on her
back gazing up at a glistentng
white ceiling. This was rest,
and at the same time 1t was not
rest, for Joslyn's body seemed
to be in a place at some dis
tance from her mind. The waves
of consciousness increased in
force and as they grew stronger
they drew body and mind to-
gether in a strong current.
increasingly, Joslyn became
conscious of her body; the feel
ing that it was many sizes larger
than it had been and when she
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cent coins dropped in the slots
produced coffee and hand sand.
wich.
These she carried to a white
glazed table and partook spar
ingIy of the food, her appetite
being tickle. The coffee, however,
was hot, and it provided tenn
porary access of energy.
Once more the desire for sleep
crept upon her, and, regardless Of
the place, she folded her arms on
the table and sank her head down
upon them. A matter Of minutes
intervened before a stalwart
watchman, clad in gray uni
form, shook her by the shoulder.
This amt no lodging house."
he said succinctly. BEAT it"'
The trouble was, she told her.
self as she went outdoors, that
there was no place to begin to
do anything; no point at which
she could take up a logical and
coherent line of thought. With
aimless steps she began again
the long walk back up Broadway
to the district that lies above
Columbus Circle. Rain had
started to fall and she had COW
cred 20 blocks before she realized
with surprise that the cold damp
ness was penetrating through her
outer garments.
Once a policeman noted her
disheveled appearance and eyed
her with a. half.formed thought
of making an arrest. He gave
over the idea, however, and went
on his way. Few people noticed
her, for it is a paradox that no
where else in America can one
be so completely alone as on the
nations most crowded thorough
fare.
The time was rapidly approach.
ing. Joslyn told herself, when she
would have to have some rest
and she hurried on with the in.
tention of finding a bench in
Central Park. If it were possible
to get even a short time of un'
disturbed repose she was sure
she could begin to put together
the pieces of ideas, that were
whirling through her mind at an
astonishing rate of speed.
For one thing-more important
than anything else-she wanted
to get straight on the matter of
Jim Kelvin. In the back part
of her mind was a vague impress
sion that he was dead, which
seemed to be impossible since she
was sure that she had passed him
at least three times in the last
block.
For another thing, she wonder.
ed IL it might not be possible
to remember where she could
find two friends whose faces were
perfectly clear in her mind but
whose names she could not, how.
ever hard she tried, recall. One
was a girl, blonde, small and
pretty: the other tall, sandy
man who had once, in some in
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Of a mans arm. that flowers
smothered the land and berries
turned 1t scarlet and black. He
had dreaded these DAYS days Of
wl1es he called Athe great dis
cOVery' time when crowded
civilization would at last under
stand how the fruits OF the earth
leaped up to the call Of 90 hours
OF sun each day. even though that
earth itself was eternalIy frozen
if one went down under its sur
face four feet with q pick and
shovel.
Tonight the gloom came earlier
because Of the clouds in the west.
1t was very stiII. Even the
breeze had ceased to come from
up the river. And as Carrigan
listened, exllting in the thought
that the GOODNESS OF the wet sand
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l.. LITERATURE. In which
two things does verse differ
from prose?
2. HISTORY. Who was Car
dinal Richelieu?
3. GEOGRAPHY. How does
the continent OF Asia compare
in size with the area OF the
United States?
4. BUSINESS. What percent.
age of >the worlds shipping is
owned by Great Britain?
5. MANKIND. Which flower
is the national emblem Sof Eng
land?
6. HUMAN NATURE. What
does "alter ego' mean?
Z. GENERAL SCIENCE. Which
two substances are chiefly mixed
with paints in order to make
them fireproof?
s. LAW. What is an indenture?
9. CIVICS. How long is the
term of member Of the House
of Representatives?
10. ART. Who was Raphaels
greatest teacher?
IL. MUSIC. Who was the first
composer who saw and brought
out the true eloquence OF the
English horns?
IL. HEALTH. What is the
cause of hay.fever?
Answers To Yesterdays Questions
LITERATURE. The trouba-
dours were wandering, adventur-
Gus poets singing Of love and
war, who flourished in Southern
France during the eleventh and
twelfth centuries.
2. HISTORY. William the Sil-
ent u533-S4 was the outstanding
leader of the revolt of the Neither.
lands against Spain.
3. GEOGRAPHY. France, Spain,
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A GAINST the unpleasantness Of
~ whether Joslyn withdrew back
into the hallway where it was,
ut least, dry. The area in which
she was standing was fIoored
with white tiles and she remem-
bered that on her own floor the
covering was carpet.
Very slowly she dragged her
self upward again. stopping a
dozen times to rest. The carpet
was not very comfortable but, in
q shaded corner, she curled up
and was. almost at once, in the
depths of black slumber.
Throughout the night Joslyn
slept with a numb chill in her
marrow; but exhaustion triumphed
over discomfort: and when early
morning came she was utterly un-
conscious until the Kissing Of a
steam radiator awakened her. For
q time she lay awake, shivering
but reluctant TO make the effort
OF getting to her feet.
In an adjoining apartment she
HedTQ SoHdcOh0 SCLlAlS O0b Va '<N0
with the inevitable stir Of getting
dressed. A sense Of caution, more
animalistic than social, warned
her that it would not do to be de-
teeted, and she gathered her ach-
ing body from the floor. Her
dress the night before had been
damp, and it was now a mass
Of wrinkles, fact that escaped
her notice entirely.
Very Hungry
Later on, when she was down
the street, the longing for food
came to her, and she examined
her purse. A total Of Is cents
proved available, and she tramred
weariIy down to the Forties, where
there was, she recalled, an auto
matte restaurant. Her three 81
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definite past, been exceedingly
kind to her.
J If she could find these people,
she was sure, they would find
her a. bed that was warm and
dry where she could sleep until
every last ache in her tortured
body would be soothed into moth
ingness.
In the middle of one street
crossing a young man with a
face obscurely like someone sh3
had once known looked at her
sharply and with, Joslyn thought,
an expression Of pity. When he
was close to her she grasped
him by the sleeve, to detain him
while she asked him question.
At that instant an automobile
sheered by them sharply and
they were both forced to move
rapidly to avoid being struck.
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bark. carrigan knew that It
was a coyote whose breed had
wandered hundreds of miles north
Of the prairie country.
The gloom gathered in, and yet
it was not darkness as the dark
ness Of night is known thou
sand miles south. It was the
dusky twilight of day where the
sun rises at 3 o'clock in the morn
ing and still throws its rudy
light in the western sky at ,
o'clock at night. where the pop.
lar buds unfold themselves into
leaf before ones very eyes; where
strawberries are green in the
morning and red in the after.
noon: where. little later, one
could read newspaper print until
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CHAPTER ".
~ his assailant had been a
i man, Carrigan would have
have found an answer. For he
was not robbed, and therefore
robbery was not a motive. A case
Of mistaken identity" he would
have told himself. AN error in
visual judgment. :
But the fact that in his analysis
he was dealing with a woman
made his answer only partly satis-
flying. He could not disassocfate
himself from her eyes-their
beauty, their horror the way
they had looked at him. 1t WAS
as If a sudden revulsion had come
over her; as if. looking down upon
her bleeding handiWork, the wom-
ans soul in her had revoited,
and with that reyu1sion had come
repentance-repentance and pity.
That,, thought Carrigan,
s.wollld be just like a woman
and especially q woman with eyes
like hers.
This left him but two concIu-
sions to choose from. Either there
woman had shown both horror and
desire to amend when she dis
covered it, or too tender hearted
agent Of Black Roger Audemard
had waylaid him In the heart Of
the white strip Of sand.
WobbIy Legs
The sun was another hour low
er III the sky when Carrigan as
sured himself in a series Of cau-
tious experiments that he was not
IN 4 condition TO stand upon his
feet. In his pack were a NUM-
Der of things he Wanted-Ilis
blanket. for instance, steel mir
ror, and the Thermometer in his
medical kit.
He was beginning to feel a bit
anxious about himself There
were sharp pains back Of his
eyes. His face was hot, and he
was developing an unhealthy appe-
fite for water. It was fever and
he knew what fever meant in this
sort Of thing, when one was alone.
He had given up hope of the
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4. BUSINESS. The total an
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S. MANKIND The largest
library in the wrold is the Bibli.
otheque Nationale in Paris.
6. HUMAN NATURE. To call
a person a Jobs Comforter" is
to imply that while he is pretend
ing to sympathize with your grief
he is limiting broadly that you
brought it on yourself.
z. GENERAL SCIENCE. The
flower is that portion of the plant
containing the organs of reproduc-
ton. Its primary object is, there
fore, the propagation Of the
species.
8. LAW. A del credere" agent
is one who agrees to guarantee
his principal against loss from
credits given by the agent to
third persons in the course Of the
business of the angency.
8. CIVICS. Article /, section
10, of the u. s. Constitution, for.
bids States from passing laws i'm.
pairing the obligations of con
tracts.
10. ART. "A finely drawn
figure, however, elaborately
draped must be as carefully con-
structed as a nude"
IL. MUSIC. The opera, Norma"
by incenzo Bellini Q802-1S35), the
eminent Italian composer. has
been been called "a lament over
his country's bondage"
II. HEALTH. Vitamin B is pres.
ent in eggs. milk, yeast, spinach,
whole wheat. liver, kidneys, sweet
breads and brains.
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Surely after acting under the
Kleigs. fighting under the arc
Hghts won't bother them muchs
Nature has given Tunney the
kind OF nose the plastic surgeon
tried to give Dempsey Dempsey
will no doubt try to spoil it!
Dempsey had been unfortunate
in that he had never been matched
with an opponent, but was always
forced to fight q tradition!
When he fought Carpenter, he
was fighting the Glory OF France
and the World War.
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; Woman's return. It was not rea-
sonable to expect her to come
back after her furious attempt to
kill him. She had bandaged him,
bolstered him up, placed water
beside him, and had then left him
to work out the rest OF his saliva
ton alone. But why the deuce
hadn't she brought up his pack?
On his hands and knees he be-
gan to work himself toward It
slowly. He found that the move.
nnent caused him pain, and that
with this pain, If he persisted in
movement, there was a synchro-
nous rise OF nausea. The two
seemed to work in a sort OF unity.
But his medicine case was Inn
portant now, and his blankes, and
his rifle If he hoped to signal
help that might chance to pass
on the river.
A foot at time, a yard at a
time, he made his way down into
the sand. His fingers dug into
the footprints OF the mysterious
gunWoman. He approved Of their
size. They were small and mar
row, scarcely longer than the
pam anu 11uSSES u A1AS manu-
and they were made by shoes
instead of moccasins.
It seemed an interminable time
to him before he reached his
pack. When he got there, a pen..
dulum seemed swinging back and
forth inside his head, beating
against his skull. He lay down
with his pack for a pillow, in
tending to rest for a, spell. But
the minutes added themseivessone
on top of another. The sun
slipped behind clouds banking in
the west It grew cooler, while
within him he was consumed by
a burning thirst. He could hear
the ripple OF running water.
the laughter OF 1t among pebbles
a few yards away.
Song Of the River
And the river itself became
even more desirable than his
medicine case, or his blankets,
or his rifle. The song of it, in
yiting and tempting him, blotted
thought Of the other things nut
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midnight by the glow Of the sun
and between the rising and the
setting Of that sun there would
be from is to 20 hours Of day.
1T was evening time in the won
derland Of the north. q wonder.
land hard and frozen and ridden
BY pain and death in winter. but
q paradise upon earth IN this
month Of June.
Advance Of Man
The beauty Of it filled Car
rigan,s soul. even as he lay on
his back in the damp sand. Far
south Of him steam and steel were
coming, and the world would soon
know that it was easy to grow
wheat at the Arctic Circle, that
cucumbers grew to half the size
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j q
was drawing the fever from him
he heard another sound. AT frs.
he thought 1t was the splashlng
Of 4 fish. But after that it came
again, and he knew that Il was
the steady and rhythmic dip Of
paddles.
Al thrill shot through him, and
he raised himself to his elbow.
Dusk covered the river. and he.
could not see. But he heard low
voices as the paddles dipped.
And after d little he knew that
one Of these was the voice Of y
woman.
His heart gave q big jump.
s'She IS coming back. :. he wliss
pered.
What Was the mystery behind
the shooting Of Carrigans
CTo Be Continued Tomorrow)
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of his mind. And he continued
his journey, the swing of the
pendulum in his head becoming
harder, but the sound of the
river growing nearer. At last he
came to the wet sand, and fell
on his face, and drank.
After this he had no great de-
sire to GO back. He rolled him
self over, so that his face was
turned UP to the sky. Under
him the wet sand was soft, and
it was comfortingly cool. The
fire in his head died out. He
could hear new sounds in the
edge Of the forest-e V e i n g
sounds. Only weak little twit-
ters came from the wood warb-
lers, driven to silence by thicken.
ing gloom in the densely can.
opied balsams and cedars, and
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editors win be under the impress
sion that the sesquicentennial
held at Philadelphia was really
. 4 celebration OF the number Of
years elapsing between DemD
sey's eBattle OF the Century at
Boyles Thirty Acres and this
one.
There may be also at that far
future time an impression that
the champion. cracked the Lib.
erty Bell while training!
They do say that seats are sell
ing in Camden, N. j.. for the
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big fistic fight. Well, st seems
to me, that it's wise fight fan
who spends most Of his dough
for d good pair of binoculars
and takes q rim side seat! He
is sure to see something then!
Both Dempsey and Tunney
have sheiked in the movies and It
remains to be seen what effect
this reel training will have on
them! It has, no doubt, been
pounded into them to move slowly
for 4 better effect in the films and
to keep the best features forward!
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frightened by the first low boots
of the owl.
There was a crash not far dis
tant, probably a porcupine Wad.
ding through brush on his way
for a drink: or perhaps it was 4
thirsty deer, or q bear coming
out in the hope Of finding a dead
fish. Carrigan loved that sort
OF sound, even when pendulum
was beating back and forth in
his head. It was like medicine
to him, and he lay with wide
open eyes, ]. his ears picking up
one after another the voices that
marked the change from day 70
night. He heard the cry of a
loon, its softer, chucking note Of
honeymoon days.
From across the river came q
cry that was half howl, half
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The last vestige of kindness
vanished from the young mans
face.
do I know blonde grip he
demanded heatedly. "Why, you
poor fish. you almost got me run
over asking a guy nut question
like that. G'wan home and sober
up"
Hopeless Task
The task Of making him under
stand was hopeless and he pulled
away from her clutching hand.
AS long as she was walking on
the sidewalk, the difficulties Of
locomotion was not too great; but
the crossings, as she went on,
became increasingly difficult.
Automobiles seemed to be spring
ing up out of the ground and try
ing to run her down. The only
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the champion ana his manager:
fights between the promoter and.
boxing commission; fights i1e-
tween the mayor and the pro-
nnoter. In fact, it has been such
q series OF clashes that the.
fight itself VIII come as a sort
Of santi-climax!
The fight has been tossed from
town to town, but it looks now
as If 1t has settled down to Phila-
delphia!
No doubt in a few hundred
years energetic young sporting
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When he fought Gibbons at
shelby he was fighting the fire
side and family. Mrs. Gibbons
ana the children were there.
TO be for Dempsey instead Of
Gibbons was to be against Do
mestic BIissl Now he is matched
with the Army and Navy! The
Marines are the soldiers Of the
sea. and Tunney IS one Of the
best of them!
But so far Dempsey has always
won!
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By Fay King

NlEIE fight fans are having
i more than their usual feast
of newspaper stories which work
UP their enthusiasm for a cham.
pionship fight!
Never before has a title match
involved so many unscheduled
preliminary fights as the coming
match between Jack Dempsey
and Gene Tunney!
There have been fights between
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tried experimentally to move a
leg she was instantly encased
throughout her whole length in
q Jacket OF pain with long cruel
barbs that ran through the flesh
and probed at her vitafs.
CTo Be Continued TOmorrow.l
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