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KING FOLLOWS BIER
OF CARDINAL AFOOT
RuIer of Belgium Chief
Mourner-IntermentS erv-
ice Tomorrow.
By the Associated Press

BRUSSELS. January 2S.-Belgium
said farewell TO Cardinal Mercier to.
oay. With the King as chief mourner,
loiioWlng the coffin on foot, the body
was borne through the streets oC the
capital amid the toAiug Of bells. the
booming of minute guns and the
strains of funeral marches PLAYED by
lnasSed army bands.
Hundreds of thousands lined the
route of the cortege to pay tribute
TO the prelate who, because Of his
stand against the German invaders,
was hailed as the incarnation of the
nations soul in war time.
with the King marched the heir ap-
parent, Prince Leopold, and Marshal
foch, generaliSSimO o. the allied ar
mics, and chief artisan of the victory
10 which the cardinal so nightly con-
trfbuted.
Veterans i'm Line.
delegations of wounded veterans
from all the allied armies followed in
long procession with representa-
ives Of many nations. members Of
the Belgian government and Parlia-
ment and the municipal authori les
OF Brussels. Malines and most of the
other important cities in the king
dom.
Ihere was Il brief halt at the Place
gu Congress while the mourners paid
tribute to the unknown soldier lying
there. Thence the procession moved
TO the Ste. Gudule Cathedral
The lampposts on the streets along
the line of march were draped with
black and most of the houses dis
played the Belgian flag at half mast.
The entire Brussels garrison, supple
mented by police and gendarmerie,
held back the vast crowd.
1t was a silent, mourning city
through which the cardinals body,
brought here from Malines to receive
the nations tribute. was borne. Street
car and vehicle traffic had been stop
ped since early morning and the
schools and business establishments
were closed to allow all to partici-
pate.
The American Ambassador. William
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Carn of Thanka.

sIfE' ktt -. We wish to express our sim
cere thanks and deepest anrreclation 10
relatives and friends for Their sympathy
ana heaqtlful flora! tributes at the death
STRECKFTSS
LOUIS STRECKFCSS AND DAI.GHTERs
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DeathS.

TF4r,fcpsSye 'fHf @sni'p 2a9 5nS3Es viii
,TTopIin Marshall. Funeral services at
R Rr;, late resdence 1905 Monroe St NV:
Rock Creek Cemetery.
MccAULEY. We'd esday January a7. 1926.
IT, M"cAEYt SHY sn HE o WILLIAM
Sc Saturday. January 80. at > pm IN = In
Vermont at Congressional Cemetery. 20
NARY +, MERCER nee A4 nj, " " be:
from above resident cur SATURDAY at 3 AN am,
whdre mas % st 9.eph- tatnPie Chu1ch
her soul at $3.50 o'clock. 2es
MORRIS. Thursday. January 2s. 1925. at
RIO am. at Gara c, H9spital. GEORGE
funeral hercafter -''No
ko ,b son suddenly. from an accident in
Ihe thiHppineh January % 1926 SALLY
r r, eldest DAUGHTER OF Lieut.. Col. J. p and
THOMAS JAMES. beloved husband Of Kate
X; Ryiand: ~ the 49th year of his axe.
Ter 1926 l. Il pa[x'FS F 81 MorYsl a. Tap
at pm. Interment at Fort Lincoin Gene.
,erg Relatives and friends invited e at
sNaPE. Tuesday. January 90. 1926. at her
AHSnf2n wife Sa ., Me- Hbsrt JASEr
Funeral at u0rdonsvIle. Va. January 28'
sIhHl. Suddenly Tuesday January %
HiD.g. at he sisters residence. Mrs Orme
Swehs; 40l Cummings lane. Chevy Chase
Nd. EDWARD STAHL. beloved son OF
mate and The late Fred Stahi Funeral
services at his late residence Friday,
Etbruary 20. at s 80 am. thence TO the
BcsSed Sacrament Church. Chevy Chase
IIFcle, where requiem mass viii be said
a. y an 1nterment at Prospect Hill
at lis am At Freedmrn's Hosn7tai'
LILLIAN beloved daughter of William
Thomas and sister of Sarah Thomas No
tice OF funeral later Remains resting al
the ". Ernest Jarvis funeral parlors 1922
Georgia ave.
1Ot Nc. Departed this life January o.
ISEd; at . 30 m. WILLIAM THOMAS
1OL Nc. beloved father Of Annie F..
Simms, Willie + Young, Arthur Young
James Young. Carrie Violet Clark and
" alter Young. He lraves 10 mourn their
loss a host OF grandchildren. great-grand-
children. relatives and friends. Funeral
services VIII he held Friday. January 90
HOLY RcdceHer Church = o'clock mas.
Interment -. Narys CITY. Md
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URGE ALIEN COMMISSION,
House Members Propose Special
Privileges for Mexican Laborers.

Establishment Of commission TO
be composed Of the Secretaries Of the
Interior, Commerce. Labor and Agri-
culture. to authorize admission OF GER.
tain classes OF Mexican laborers. was
proposed at meeting yesterday at.
tended by a number of House mem.
bers and representatives of sugar beet
and cotton interests in Middle West.
ern. southern and Far Western States.
1t was decided to bring the proposal
before the House immigration com.
mlttee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-28

In tropical countries the sound of
thunder is so comon that weather men
often forget to register all the storms.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-28

"Are the Jews a Nation, Race or
Religion" Will be discussed by Rabbi
Louis J. Schwefel as the first of a
series OF Answer Lectures" to Ques-
lions that have been put to him by
members of the congregation, tomor-
row, pm, at the Sixth Street Syna-
s-Ogue
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Gypsies, who usually let the women
earn the living for the family. recently
worked six weeks at public improve
ments. then won claims for unemploy-
ment dole in England
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-28

The ST. JOseph's Club will meet TO-
morrow in the school hall, 3l3 Second
street northeast.
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Mrs. Anna T.. Morgan, legislative
DIR Allen 4. StockdaIe of Toledo
The executive. advisory and women's
Carroll Council, knights of Column.
bus, in X. of C. Hall, Tuesday, pm.
Rev. DIR. T.. Il. Phillips, rector of the

RtV. Dr. Il. d. IIHfIpS, TtVtUr VI TIC
Church Of the Epiphany, is giving a
special series Of lecture-sermons on
Classics in Literature" at the sun
dav evening services in the church,
1917 G. street. Next Sunday he will
take for his subject Charles Ram
kennedy's work. The Servant in the
House" Students at colleges and uni
versities in Washington are especially
invited.
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Alpha Delta Phi luncheon tomorrow,
1890 pm, at Franklin Square Hotel.
The Ladies' Auxiliary to Orient
Comma ndery, No. 5, X. r. will have a
card party tomorrow. s pm, at the
home of Mrs. Emma Steel. 800 Ninth
street southeast.
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CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.
The Stearns Bible Class will meet
tomorrow, ! pm, at Mount Vernon
Methodist Episcopal Church. DR..
X. Il. MoomaW will be in charge.
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Mrs Maggie Walker of the indie.

Mrs. Maggie Walker of the lnde-
pendent Order Of st Luke, Richmond,
will be the principal speaker at a
meeting to be held tomorrow evening
at Pythian Building, Twelfth and L
streets. Mrs. Walker Will be accom-
panied by her staff of officers. re-
ception will be rendered at the close
of the meeting.
Mrs. Anna +. Morgan. legislative
secretary of the National Council Pre-
vention Of War. will address the Sister
hood Of Adas Israel Congregation
Monday at 2:30 pm. at Sixth and l
streets.
DIR. Allen A. Stockdale of Toledo
will address the Congressional Club,
200I New Hampshire avenue. tomor-
row, pm. Subject: Shall the Cor
ners Of the Mouth Turn Up or Down?
The executive, advisory and wOmen's
committees of the District OF Columbia
Pedestrian Protective Association vii!
meet tomorrow, pm, at 1924 Eighth
street.
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FOIJND.

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Charles W. Darr, newly elected vice
president Of the Chamber of Com
merce, will address keane Council at
it's meeting, $50 o'clock. in the
knights of Columbus Home.
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Deaths.

ARCHER. Departed this life January -.
1926. at IL 30 am. at her residence $50
Florida ave- NV, IDA v. beloved wife
OF Aaron r. Archer. mother Of Martha
C.. daughter OF Clinton W. Battles, sister
Of Mrs, Emma Shepard. sister In-law OF
X. Il. Shepard. Funeral snrvIces Al 10 80
pm. Thu: sday evening at second Trinity
Baptist Church, l3th :, bet. y and
day. January 20. 1895 Friends and reIa
tiyes invited. Body reviewed at Lomax
burial parlor. l4th and S sis. NV. rs.
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FOREIGN.

% am. Greenwich time. today
4 "a IAN r..,A1 tt-ca H.
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1891, died in Newport, +. l., November
81, 1919: Rev. Jesse Lee and Dan
Webb, apostle of Methodism in New
John Summertield. died June 13, 1925.
aged %; Rev. Samuel l.. Dickson of
Baltimore Conference died November
13 1866; Carolos Pierce born al Stant-
stead 1881. died 1870; to the memory
of his sainted parents Edward and
Eliza Revere and his sister Mary T..
Revere of New York Rev. John
Strange, pioneer preacher in Indiana
died November ., 1852: William IL.
Raper, d. D.. of Cincinnati Confer
ence, died February Il, 1852; Charles
Elliott, ID. D.. died at Mount Pleasa n J.,
Iowa. January 6. 1869; Rev. Russell
Bigelow, Rev. John Collins and Rev.
Jacob Young of the Ohio Conference;
TO our fallen missionaries, Mrs.
Francis ]. Wiley. died at Foo Chow,
China. November 3. 1858, Mrs. Marilla
i. Pierce died in India November A..
1862; William Hamilton, ID. D., for So
years an honored member of the Balti-
more Annual Conference. died Febru-
airy 3, 1872: Mark Stephenson, NJ. D..
founder of the first German Methodist
Sunday school in New York, died
August 2S, 1865: Hon. John Mclean
Ii. D., one of the judges Of the
United States Supreme Court, died
April I, 1861"
The Rambler told you the story Of
the building and dedication of the sDire
of Metropolitan Church and he will
now remind you of the excitement
in Washington when the spire, loos-
ened by wind, sWayed and seemed
Evening star., 1926-05-23
Famous Warriors Were Prominent
In Metropolitan Church History
oducedWh earedSp Would Fall

spire of wood. In the latter portion
very heavy timbers were used which
run from 40 feet inside the masonry
work besides being otherwise secured
with iron bars and bolts"
From the ancient accounts one
learns that part of the woodwork or
the base of the spire broke within the
stone tower and the spire swayed in
its stone socket. One OF the things
worth recalling is that during the
storm and while the spire was sway
ing. Prof. Frederick Widows, the
chimer, stayed in his steeple chamber
and many times during the day
cfimed familiar tunes. 1t was com
puted that the steeple swayed 6 feet
from the perpendicular and the
wooden spire rose and fell in the
masonry tower, but the stone walls
held it. On the afternoon Of Febru-
ary the trustees of the church pub
lished this notice:
''In order to allay the excitement
growing out of the insecurity Of the
spire of Metropolitan NJ. E. Church, 1t
is deemed proper and right to inform
the public that work has been com
Mr.. Dewdney of the Treasury Depart
ment and Mr.. Charles. Walker, which
when completed will render the noble
structure perfectly secure for all com
ing time.
Suffice it to say that the trustees
have by q unanimous vote placed this
whole matter in the hands of the
above. named able gentlemen and that
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ton seems to have been crushed out
and the entire tower fell in on itself
So complete was the collapse that the
great mass of stone was piled around
the base of the tower and did not ex-
tend beyond the curb of the street
There We're no scattered stones In the
street and the great tower, 1853 feet
high. seems to have come crashing
down in nearly straight line. The
only portion of the tower remaining
standing is the lower part, some 25 or
80 feet high. The north half of the
tiled roof as far back as the lantern
was crushed in. A portion of the
stone gable in front is in ruins and
the large central window with its
curved stone arch. The walls east of
the tower remain intact. and with the
exception OF the fall of one-half of the
west roof the disaster Is confined to
the tower"
The colored watchman at the build
ing said that he heard cracking
sounds during the night. About 5
o'clock the west side of the tower base
bulged, and then the south face. The
tower crashed, shaking the ground
and filling the neighborhood' with
dust. 1t seems that the sound did
not wake many persons in the neigh
horhood and there was no excitement.
The committee named by the District
government to investigate the matter
consisted of Bernard r. Green, civil
engineer; Thomas B. Entwisle. build
ing inspector. and Clifford Richardson,
inspector of asphalt and cement. Re-
building the tower and broken walls
waS begun soon after the collapse.
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already has been made in the gasoline
industry. The District of Columbia is
among many States which keep watch
on gasoline pumps with view to
seeing that the motorist gets the full
gallons he orders at the service sta
ton. Under the direction of Superln-
tendent George NJ. Roberts of the
weights and measures division of the
District government, inspectors are
sent out in a fiivver equipped with
false tank. They pull up at a gas
pump, selected at random, order
gallons of gas" and then drive away
and measure the contents in the aux
iliary tank filled by the dealer. Every
now and then they find the tank is
anywhere from a quart or two to as
much as a gallon short If the
shortage is traceable to defective
pump, the inspectors usually are lenl-
ent, merely advising immediate repair
of the pump, but if they are convinced
The shortage Is a deliberate attempt to
defraud the consumer, court proceed
ings are instituted. This false-tank
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about to fall. TO do this he refreshes
his memory by turning to an old RAM
bic which he probably wrote in 1912.
ONE of the heavy storms of Wash
~ ington broke on July 4, 1874. and
when the weather became calm, 1t was
thought that the steeple Of Metropoli-
tan Church had been damaged. IL was
found To be 6 inches out of perpen-
dicular and it was reported that it
could not be set right. 1t would have
to be rebuilt. The lean of the Steeple
was not considered dangerous and it
was left il its out-of-plumb position.
There was q good deal of merry talk
in the city about the Capitals leaning
tower, or leaning steeple. A great
storm broke on Washington at mid
night. February >. 1876. Part of the
roof of Foundry NJ. f. Church was
blown off The st. Cloud Hotel. south
west corner of Ninth and F, lost its
roof. The Coast Survey building and
the Academy of the Sacred Heart were
damaged. Damage by wind was com
mon in the city and suburbs. The
wind continued heavy during February
and the Metropolitan spire swayed
and the belief was that it would fall.
A reporter for The Star was sent to
look at the swaying steeple and he
wrote what follows:
This steeple is known as the kelso
spire and it is one OF the tallest and
handsomest in the city. being of grace
full proportions and pleasing color.
The swaying to and fro of the spire
with the gusts of wind today very
much alarmed the residents in the
neighborhood of the church who fear
damage to life and property if it falls.
The police cut off travel during the
morning by stretching ropes across
Four-and-a Half street above and be-
low G. street"
About l O'Clock that day workmen
were sent up the inside of the steeple
and knocked out the Stats from the
belfry, that wind might have free
passage. The Star man took pains to
tell something of the steeple. more
than the news that it might fall. He
wrote: THE steeple is $50 feet high.
about 100 feet being tower of Seneca
stone masonry on top of which is the
Evening star., 1926-05-23
Wind Pressure Tests.

NEW rules governing the safe
guarding of buildings against gales
have been prepared by the Bureau or
Standards as result of wind-tunne!
tests. in which models were exposed
to air streams moving al a velocity
as high as 76 miles an hour, the
equivalent of 100 miles an hour ON
Weather Bureau recorders. Popular
Mechanics says.
The tests disclosed that the arb
trary figure of 80 pounds pressure PEI
square foot. adopted many years ago.
and to resist which all big buildings
have since beer built. was almost one
third greater than the actual pressure
encountered in a 7G-mile gale.
The old figure was based on intri
cate calculations, but in recent years
scientists had determined that the
methods used involved several errors.
The actual wind-tunnel tests showed
that % pounds pressure to the square
foot was encountered in 16-mile-an-
hour winds and that the 3opound
pressure was not reached until the
gale attained a speed of SSi7 miles an
hour. equal to l1S miles an hour as
the Weather Bureau reCkonS velocity.
Such extreme wind velocitieS are
rarely encountered. only few mo-
mentary gusts recorded in New York
and ST. Paul. Mimi. ever having at
tanned such speeds,
Square. low buildings offer the min
imum resistance. since the currents
are DETECTED equally around the sides
and can rise and flow over the top.
Conditions are reversed in a tall and
no l,r,il inv ElNA oiK
cannot rise easily to flow over the top.
but instead are detected upward and
exert lifting tendency which would
carry off an insecurely anchored roof.
the reason why 50 many buildings are
unroofed in gales.
The rear face of the building is
subjected to a terrific outward pull as
the air flowing past draws into its
high-velocity stream the still air be
hind the structure. leaving g. partial
vacuum there. In CyclOnic disturb
ances buildings frequently appear to
explode. as the rear wall bursts out
ward from the air pressure within
and the semi-vacuum without
The models used in the wind-tunnel
tests were simple boxes of various
shapes, corresponding in proportions
TO certain types of buildings. Each
wall was drilled with 20 small holes.
and ~ more were bored through the
top. Rubber tubes catching the air
forced through these holes on each OF
the five exposed faces led to record
Ing instruments outside and gave an
accurate measure of the air pressure
on sides and roof. The models were
mounted on revolving bases. so that
they could be turned gradually 10 give
13 different exposures, Stimulating the
results of shifting wind.
Evening star., 1926-05-23

ra pi1iv. Without air. he said, ice
cream eating would be fraught with
headaches.
investigators have found that the
average quart of ice cream, as a mat
ter of fact, is just about half ar. 1T
allowed to melt, in other words, the
residue would half fill the box. An
effort has been made in Wisconsin to
regulate this air content of ice cream.
It has been decided that manufac-
turers should not whip their cream
into a mass more than double Its
original volume as a liquid. The De
partment of Agriculture, on the other
hand. has recomme nded that ice cream
be sold on ninimumweight-pe
package plan.
Various angles of the ice cream dis
pensing question will be explained at
the conference, and special commit
tee appointed at last years conference
will make a report covering the whole
matter.
CUPT. ROBERTS of the Washington
~ weights and measures division be-
lieveD that the National Capital is
protected by an ideal law. Under
this law he is empowered to In
spect all weighing and smeasur-
ing devices used in the sale of
commodities in the District of Column
bia and condemn those found not to
meet standard requirements. All
goods sold by weight must nave
Charges reckoned on net weight
hasis Coal must be sold by the long
ton" A loaf of bread" is defined to
mean one avoirdupois pound of the
staff of life. Standard dry measures
for use in markets and stores are pre-
scribed. When a customer asks for
bushel basket of apples he must get
inst that, not basketful resembling
a bushel. And when he wants some
kale or spinach he must buy 1t by
weight, not mass.
Because of this persistent super
vision by weights and measures in
spectors. the old-time dealer with
fraudulently-inclin ideas is rapidly
becoming extinct. No longer can he
unpack his vegetables and replace
them so loosely that he has several
boxes more than he got from the
wholesaler or farmer Weighing these
commodities has made such habits
passe.
The weight inspector goes about ms
duties unostentatiously, usually with
out the knowledge of the benef1claries.
Every time he halts a coal truck and
compels the driver to go to the near
est platform scale and reweigh his
load. he Is taking drastic step de-
signed to make the consumers dollar
20 a little farther than 1t was calcu-
lated to go. Sometimes this protective
interest works the other way, and the
manufacturer or wholesaler has the
inspector to thank for considerable
saving effected through correction OF
an error in the customers favor.
Which ever way it works, the gov
ernment is doing its best, in co-opera-
ton with State authorities, to see that
the American business man sells, and
the American consumer buys, exactly
what frank and honest transaction
between the two should demand. ~.
Even IL the innocent barnyard hen
should suffer boycott in furtherance
Of the cause. -l .--~-
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and the Rambler finds in The Star
October 90. 1883. story beginning.
"The work of rebuilding the tower
OF the Church of the Covenant IS
being pushed rapidly forward J.
was believed that the building would
be ready for dedication about the
first of January. 1889"
THE Metropolitan NJ. +. Church oh
l. served it's fifty-hfth anniversary
Sunday, March ., 1924 The Star sat
urday, March ] said: "F'iftyflve years
ago, February IS. 1869. the Metropol
itan Memorial NJ. i. Church was ded-
icated and this event will be cele-
brated tomorrow. Bishop Frank NJ
Bristol q former pastor Of the church.
will preach at II a. m. At 1:30 pm
there will he joint meeting of the
congregation. SUNDAY school and Ep
worth League. Bishop Bristol will
speak and W. Clarence Duvall will
read brief paper on the history OF
the church. During the past eight
years, under the pastorate of the Rev.
Henry Dawson Mitchell. the church
has assumed an aggressive policy
with the hope of reaching the com
munity and 20 provide dignifled
worship for the crowds of visitors
STAYING in the downtown hotels.
Thomas Is. Mitchell is the super
visor of the Sunday school and
Eugene Scheely is president Of the
Epworth League Miss Mary {.
Brewer is the Organist.'
Mr.. Duvall related the church his
tory and recited his memories Of the
church fathers and mothers. The
site of the church was held in trust
for the congregation for 16 years
before the building Of the church by
benjamin II. Duvall Of Wesley Chapel.
He was an uncle of W. Clarence Du
vail Benjamin H Duvall, who he
came a trustee of the church and
president OF the board. and was
known to all us as a lawyer. was
brother of W. Clarence DuvaD. Mr.
Duvall CIV. Clarence), now president
of the board of trustees. told in his
paper of 1924 interesting facts OF the
trustees of the first board and OF
other Methodists prominent in the
building and support Of Metropolitan.
l would quote from that paper, bur
this story is long enough.