Show I BIBLE CLASS ROW IS AIRED Attendance Contest Brings Charges of Alleged I I Cheating I I II I LOS OS ANGELES Nov 13 13 I Whether attendance at Bible Bibia class class- classes s es es ci can be measure beat by ama ama- aena- aena amateur I amaI tour statisticians employing a II card or 01 by detectives detective armed armeda with counting machines was armedI still stilla I a a matter of ot conver conversation atlon hire here h re to- to to day today as a 11 a II result of ot the th five fie th e Sunday to-I to attendance contests Contest between th business mens men's Bible classes of at Long loOng Beach Calif and ond Kansas atI I It City Mo which developed yester yester- ye ter- ter day yesterday into a II dispute over alleged on both sides Accusations were mad made by J 7 W I representative of ot City class that he had chocked th attendance of ot the I Long theLong Beach cus class Sunday with a I of private detectives es clicking counting machines and had found I thC tho number of ot men present 1704 short of ot the announced at- at tend at of ot 31 DEPLORES YE TE Ills Itis nl statements brought the tho re- re tOlt re-loit re from C A Buffum mayor ot of Beach and president ot of o the tIlO tes ss that hat Kansas City load had cheat ed by not holding Its meeting Sunday In hi one place At Long Beach Mayor added the the attendance was estimated by pass pass- ing lug passing a II ticket to each man present on the o assumption that the num number i ber er of ot the tickets passed out cut would al the actual attendance nce We Ve tried to play fair he said ald Since tho count at Kansas City ghen as 2121 was far tar ahead ot of even the maximum Long Bench Beach total N W Dible president o of the east east- eastern eastern em ern class was quoted as disapproving proving of ot any prolongation of ot the dIspute over the exact attendance rather that the discus discus- don discus lion lon be dropped CHEATING CHAnGES T KANSAS CITY Mo 0 Nov 13 13 Officers Officer of the Kansas City mens men's BIble class said ald today they would not continue the controversy grow grow- ing growing out of ot the attendance contest Ith the bu business mens men's Bible class ot of Long Beach Calif which brought charges of ot cheating on both sIde sides N W Dible president of ot the lo- lo local lo local cal class which claims the world lou record for tor attendance at nt a Iou loui service regret that the charges had become pub publIc lie declaring that the good accomplished pushed by the race might be Im- Im Impaired Impaired Im Impaired paired The fIrst allegation of ot cheating came yesterday when J W Ling Ling- Ling a representative of the Kansas City class asserted at Los Angeles that L n Ln Long Beach Bench had pad pad- padded padded padded ded Its attendance figures for tor or last Sunday stud suld a check made under his direction by a a aRcore ore Feore ot of private detectives who used adding machines machine the theLong theLong Long Beach was only whereas the was WM an- an an noun od as The count at Kansas City was 5 61 according I to f tabulations of ot the local class officers WINNING n CITY 1 Then Thea Mayor Outturn of ot Long Brach who Is president of the cliss here tere charged that Kansas City had cheated In not observing the rule that the classes must meet In one place Mr II Dible TIble denied tb this Is allegation that It was necessary to hold an overflow o meeting here be- be because be because cause all a the crowd could not be accommodated In Com Convention hall hallIn hallIn hallIn In reality rE-allty It n s one class the tho sel services Ies were broadcast to those who jammed the streets street about the ball The contest which had ex- ex extend ex extended tended tend d over o tWo five weeks ended last la Sunday with Kansas City the vic vic- victor vic victor tor |