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Show PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHEO IN VERY KEEN RIVALRY Those In WashlnQion Anxious to En- roll" President and Mrs Wilson and Vice President and Mrs. Marshall Washington, March 8. Keen rivalry rival-ry has sprung up among the Presbyterian Presby-terian churches of Washington over tbo effort to enroll tho membership of President nnd Mrs. Wilson durlnir their four years stay In Washington. So keen has tho competition become that tho president has declined up to this time to mnk0 any nnnouncement of his nfllllatlons. The same holds true In tho cas0 of Vlco Pr'esldont and .Mrs. Marshall, who also aro Piesbyterlans. The sovornl congregations engaged In tho attempt to enroll tho heads of the nation nro tho New York Av-emio Av-emio church, tho Church of tho Covenant Cove-nant nnd tho First Presbyterian church. Th0 first named, because of Its ncccsslbilltv in h Wl.li- tt and the hotel in whlch(tbe, vlco pres-blent pres-blent has settled, l8 bolloved to have a better chanco of winning l the raco than havo tho others. Furthermore Further-more a. number of presidents have worshiped In lh0 cdlflco nnd for years it hns beon popularly Known ns the "church or tho presidents." it was understood today that tho prcsl-dent's prcsl-dent's family will attend services In tho New York nvonuo cdlflco tomorrow tomor-row although no Instructions had been given to the White House pm-Ployees pm-Ployees concerning arrangements. |