Show 2 l C CONTESTANTS I C GRETNA n A GREEN GREENS S r PROBED Presbyterian terian Parsons Engaged J in Alleged Marrying MaraS Marathon Mara- Mara S S 5 python thon Under Scrutiny S t By By CARL VICTOR LITTLE United Press Staff Correspondent 5 VINONA NONA LAKE Ind May 21 21 M Maryland's p parson went wenton on trial hero heTO today v The Tho case cae of ot tho the Rev J. J L. L McElmoyle S moyle accused of or running a a. Gretna Green in his little parsonage at ElkS Elkton Elk- Elk S t ton n Md was argued before the Ju Judicial ju- ju commission the supreme court Presbyterian church S i Several vernl yrs years ago the Rev Rev S m ylo was wa charged with marrying elopers who dodged over yer the state line Une from Pennsylvania S J and d Delaware S In the case case which was reviewed S before James P. P Goodrich Indiana's nas former governor gt who presided over oyer the high tribunal today it was wasS charged that the minister married S S thousands of ot couples in the the little town One count a against him states that as many as 1000 couples were united in one year ear S RUNNING RACE The hearing today brought out the allegation that the Rev and the minister of ot another Elkton S church church were running a n race for forS S Gretna Green honors to see who could marry the most couples and that the tho form former r was In the lead when tho the presbytery of New Castle the I S i lowest court stopped the alleged It ItS S marrying marathon S Tho The case was dr dragged g d through l S church courts courts and Presbyterian authorities auvA au au- au- au vA suggested that the tho pastor r resign t Decision by the Judicial committee committeeS S V b be on whether or not the lower lowerY V Y Courts had power to make such a i The findings of ot the t will be made public to the senI gen sen- I rt assembly Wednesday BLUE SUNDAY S BLUE ns of the church for carrying on oil against Sabbath des j r violation of prohibition st f- f 1 Ve re re outlined at the general as asS as- as S oday t S L. L secretary tr- tr general t on Sabbath s ning his report this morn- morn riC tl Al d that there is a nation nation- S. S C i x ganda for a wide open SunS SunU Sun- Sun S U Ji movement was inaugurated V I fi November 22 22 last by I l. l 1 L amusement and sporting or- or c- c and he added that it has hasS S L I 1 r. r J generous help of ot the daily I 4 reSs ress S. S Abolition boUtton of Sunday baseball Sunday Sun Sun- day ay movies Sunday theatres and unnecessary unnecessary unnecessary un un- un- un unI I necessary Sunday business was advocated advocated advocated by the committee report presented present present- i ed by Dr Bowlby REMOVE CAUSE 1 Remove these counter count r attractions t and distractions of the day said the theS S report and It will prove far easier ealder to woo and win back the multitude of ot S young oung people who have lost their wa way to the Bible school and the church Close up the Sunday movies and the theS S S theatres shut the gates of the baseball baseball base base- ball bail parks lock the doors of ot many S open places of business make more attractive but none the less spiritual S the meetings of ot the church and this paramount problem of ot the churches t will iII be well on the way to a definite I and effectual solution f In addition to the report of ot the tho committee com corn of Sabbath observance the standing committee of ot temperance and moral welfare was presented to the as assembly assembly as- as this morning Prohibition en enforcement en- en f problems were dealt with In Inthe inthe the report |