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FLORIDA BANK FAILS TO OPEN
New York. Jan. 30 (AP)-A wireless message naming Chicago or St. Louis as the scene of a special meeting of the House of Bishops of the Protestant Episcopal Church to select successor for the Rt. Rev. Charles Palmerston Anderson. Presiding Bishop of the church, who died toda. in Chicago, was received today from the R. Rev William A. Leonard. senior bishop. Word of Bishop Anderson's death had been dispatched to Bishop Leon and, who sailed yesterday from New York on the liner Stantendam for cruise of the West Indies.
Renamed AN Assessor In the message, Bishop Hugh L. Burleson, assessor to Bishop Ander son. was named assessor to the senior bishop. pending the election of new presiding bishop. He was instructed to arrange for the special meeting veals, he immediately decided to which have brought distinguished for Under the church constitution. the resign. eigners to lecture at the university meeting of the House of Bishops must "The replies of the military officers here. be called by the senior bishop within were patriotic to the monarchy, affectwo months from the time of the pretionate and considerate, Primo said siding bishop's death. The successor tonight. "However I will not reveal St. Augustine Institution Sus- elected at the meeting will serve until those replies, because they might be the next General Convention of the pends To Protect Depositors misinterpreted. am certain of one church. which will be held in Denver thing, I have kept the army unified. St. Augustine, Fla., Jan. 30 (AP)in September, 1931. The Commercial Bank of St AugusIt will stand by Berenguer, just as tine, which had been in operation here Bishops To Consult will. for twenty years, failed to open its Bishop Burleson and Lewis B. To Retire Into Silence doors for business today Franklin, vice-president of the na"Soon will dedicate one day to A notice posted on the door and tional conncil of the church. will leave saying good-by to the royal family signed by President C. Gilbert stated New York for Chicago tomorrow to and to the head of the new Govern that the bank 'has suspended business attend the funeral services of Bishop ment and military authorities, then for the protection of all its depositors Anderson. will go away. If some day my paalike. and has placed itself in the Following the services there will be triotic duties should be incompatible hands of the State Banking Depart consultation of the bishops in with my military duties I will ask ment." tendance to fix definitely the time to be placed on the army retired list. and place of the special meeting. Meanwhile, the least said of me the better. enter into regime of absolute silence until political circumstances demand that I speak." Manuel Arguelles, the new Finance Minister, held the same post in for mer Cabinet and is familiar with the important problems with which he will have to deal. He is a lawyer and member of the Conservative party, as are all the civilian members of the new Cabinet.
Declines To Be Interviewed Premier Berenguer declined to be interviewed. He said that he was unable to outline details of his policies, which must be worked out gradually Primo de Rivera intends in few days to go to his home town. Jerez de la Frontera, and devote himself to a simple life. "No, will not write history of the dictatorship." he said tonight, "I leave that to a better writer than I am."
King Upset By Action The former dictator disclosed that the immediate reason for his resignation was the surprise and displeasure of the King at his impulsive manifesto last Sunday morning. This statement had asked ranking army and navy officers whether they still supported him and promised to resign if they did not. Later that day Primo went to the palace and discussed with the King what he had already done. He found his Majesty upset at not having been consulted, whereupon, Primo now re-
Marzo Regarded As Strong General Marzo, who takes the Interior Ministry, is regarded as a strong executive by the army. It is his first political office. He saw service in the Philippines, Cuba and Morocco, was formerly director of the National Academy and has been Governor-Gen eral of the Balearic Islands. The appointment of the Duke of Alba as Minister of Instruction was expected to appeal particularly to the university students, whose dissatisfaction with the dictatorship led them to plague De Rivera at every opportunity. The Duke has long interested himself in educational development and was a founder of lecture courses his church. died today, just eleven weeks after his elevation to the Primacy. His funeral will be held in St. James' Cathedral Saturday morning. Death for the second time in three months had made vacant the highest office in the Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States. Bishop John Gardner Murray, of Maryland. was the first. After twenty-five years as Bishop of Chicago, Bishop Anderson put on the robe of Presiding Bishop and accepted the added labor of his double office November 13 in the full knowledge that frail heart might yield to strains at any moment.
Stricken Nine Days Ago In the weeks that followed his elec tion he gave time and energy without stint, traveling between his Chicago home and the church headquarters in New York. Nine days ago he was pros trated by heart attack It was not until death came that the public knew of his long struggleagainst physicians said, he had been sufferer from angina pectoris, sustaining life only with the aid of powerful drug Bishop Anderson was 64 years old He was born in Ontario September 9. 1865. At 22 he entered missionary service as deacon and at 23 he or dained II priest by the Bishop of On tario. He came to Oak Park. III., in 1891 as rector of Grace Church and made Chicago and its suburbs his Bishop Anderson is survived by widow and four all of whom were at his bedside when he died.