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Show HEADS CHICAGO VICE QUIZ Dean Walter T. Sumner Appointed Chairr.ian of the Commission Appointed Ap-pointed by Mayor Busse. ; Chicago. Very Rev. Walter Taylor Sumner, who has been named temporary tem-porary chairman of the commission to investigate vice appointed by Mayor Busse, is dean ot SS. Peter and Paul Episcopal cathedral and is distin-guishpd distin-guishpd in religious circles. Dean Sumner was born in Manchester, N. II., in 1873, and after graduating from the local high school entered Dartmouth, Dart-mouth, which In 1898 made him bachelor of science. He then came tc Chicago and for a time was city salesman for a big electric concern, but entered the Western Theological Seminary, and in 1904 was ordained to the priesthood. Previously he had been secretary to the coadjutor Epis L 'mm- i : - ' 1 - 0 1 ' Dean Walter T. Sumner. copal bishop of Chicago, and also was j priest iii charge of St. George's church. "I greatly appreciate the honor done me by Mayor Busse in appointing me j on the commission." said Dean Sumner, Sum-ner, "and I think that the personnel of the commission is excellent. It is composed of men anu won. en who have the conhderi"e of the public to an unusual extent. Whatever their decision, it will be received by the public as coming from a group of representative rep-resentative citizens who have the best interests of the city at heart. The public will be certain that the de cision is based on first-hand information informa-tion and knowledge." Dean Sumner said that in his opinion opin-ion thi name "vice-commission." which has ben applied 'o the body, was a misncmer. |