f HE FULTON COUNTY NEWS. McCONNELLSBURQ, PA.
TURKS PREPARED
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TUC nilPCIHlIC I FRENCH GAIN LOST GROUND
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(By F. O. RKLI.rrtB, Acting Dlrnrtnr
Sunday School Course, Muody Bible
tltute, Chicago.)
French Claim To Hold Advances Made
in Belgium Still Gaining In
Champagne.
LatestNewsHappenlngsGather
ed From Here and There.
Defense of Constantinople Turn
ed Over to Germans.
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man Flanking Movement
BORDER MAY BE CROSSED
Unofficial Advices Say Capital Of Au
Ulan Crown Land Has Fallen.
Austrian Attacks In Carpath
ians Reported Slackened.
London. Except In the cent nil
Beskld Paw of the Carpathians, where
the fierce Austrian attacks have mod
erated somewhat, the Russians are
now on the offensive along the whole
1 .U ..1. ln.1i litlO
lengui ui men r a li i-im-ij ivuft
rrom tne liallic ea to tne iiuummuuu
border.
Apparently they have definitely tlls-
pos( d of the German and Austrian at-
tempts to outflank their two extreme
wings and having turned are making
slow but steady progress westward
Czernowitz Reported Taken.
After retiring to the Dnelster river,
the Russians again bae crossed into
Itukowina and are uiintliciiilly reported ,
to be back In Czernowitz, which mili
tary men say is extremely probable, as
th. v Birpn,1ir h!.,l mniured Sadauora.
a few miles t the northeast of the part where the Germans still hold their
ca; ital. Farther to the west they are ground.
again in possession of Stanslaus and "In the forest of Le Prctre. a t.er
have crossed tve Lukwa river, a for-1 man attack was repulsed easily. In
ward step which. In the opinion of the region of Baclonvilters and in the
military experts, probably will compel t region of Celles, our attacks made
the Auttrians to evacuate Bukowlna.
In the Beskid, Tukholha and L'zok
Passes, the Austro-German are In pos
session of strong positions whence
they are continually attacking the Rus
sians, while in the western passes,
especially the Dukla, the Russians are
o.i the Hungarian Elopes, where the
fig'.:ting has degenerated into trench
warfare. The Russians are sending
large reinforcements to thia southern
line. I
Russian Advance In North.
In NoiUera Poland the Russians are
advancing slowly westward from the
Nlemen river ami the Germans are
fighting a rear-guar I action. Only at
one i oii'.t is the German attack being
seriou.-ly pressed apainst the fortrtss French continued attacks north of Le
of Ossowttz. Here the Germans can Mesnil. All their attacks were re
use their railway from Luck and there pulsed and our positions were main
Is a good road across the marines, but talned.
witn tneir armies falling back cn "Attacks on our positions at Vau-
either side they cannot remain long, quois, east of the Argonue. and in the
British military experts say. Forest of Consenvoye, east of the
To the south, according to a Berlin Meuse, failed. All attempts to dispute
dispatch, the Germans have evacuated our possessions of ground captured in
Myszynlec, which is right on the East the last few days in the district of
Prussian border, northwest of Lomza. Badonvlllers failed. Several night at-
while further west, near Mlawa. they tr.rks also were unsuccessful and over
are believed actually to have crossed i.poo dead Frenchmen are lying before
the border after a defeat at Przemylsz. our entanglements."
The Russians also have attacked the
Germans east of Plock and near Skier-,
nit-wice, southwest of Warsaw. I
Russians Claim Victories.
Petrograd. The following olTicia
ommunication from the General Staff
of ti e Kiissian Army was issued:
"Along' the entire Nietuan-Vlstula
from obstinate fighting continues. In
certain sections our troops have made
progress, particularly In the region of
Mocarze. where we captured six ma-
chine guns and four otficers and sev-
eral hundred soldiers,. We also cap-
tured a number of German troops when
we occupied the fortifications at
Konojkl.
"In the Carp.it' lans, at Zakllcryn,
southeast of Cracow, we captured
some fortified positions of the enemy
"In East Galicia on March 4 the
Russian troops entered Stanlsiau, hav
ing successfully crossed the Lukwa."
i Concerning l.nports.
riCCT AnVAWrCC1 Washington. Agreement by the
LAil3 rLttl HUVAKbLO members of the Textile Alliance to con-
. 'ditlons under which the British Gov-
Battle With Turkish Warships De- ernment is willing to permit exports
fending Approach To Constant!. j of blackface and merino wool from
nople In Prospect. 1 Great Britain and her colonies to the
r United States was announced by the
Tnrfnn The Russian Black Sea British Embassy. The British Govern-
fleet is steaming toward the Bos-
phorus, fays a dispatch from Rome.
Should the Russian fleet attack the
Bosp' orus it presumably would have
to deal with the Turkish fleet, which
Is supposed to be In that region, and
the most powerful member of which
Is the cruiser Sultan Selim, formerly
the German cmiser Goeben. '
The Bosphorus is about 18 miles
long and from one half to one and a'
half miles wide. It Is defended with 1
modern fortifications, which guard the
approach to Constantinople at the
western end.
there was announced here, the troops
Turks Report Three Ships Damaged, are made up of the Sixth Canadian
Berlin, by wlrel'ss to Sayville. Field Artillery, composed of units from
Dispatches rf aching Berlin from Con- Quebec, E-astern Ontario and the Marl-
tantinople continue to controvert the time provinces; the Twenty-third
repdts being given out hi London con- (Westmount Battalion. Thirty-second
eernir.ff the damage doie to the Dar- (Winnipeg Battalion and the Thir
danelles forts as a result of the per- teenth (Victoria) Battalion.
slstent bombardment of the past few
days of the allied fleets. Two Turk-1 BRITONS DIVERT COTTON SHIP.
Ish newspapers. El Tanin and Tafiri
Ekfiar, have published reports of eye- Steamer Pacific. With Cargo For Rot
witnesses of these operations who de-1 terdam, Taken To Deal,
clare among other things that threa i Boston. The steamer Pacific, carry
British warships, badly damaeed, have nK cctton from Galveston for Rotter
been lylnn ln the port of Salonlki dam, has been held up by a British
for a week. One of these is the warship and taken to Deal, according
Saphlr, whose smokestacks have been to a message received by the Emery
hot away and whose machinery has steamship Company, owner of the
been destroyed, t ' vessel.
PLENTY OF FLOUR AND BREAD.
Otrmany Can Accumulate Reserve,
Says Minister.
Berlin (by wireless to Sayville,
N. J.). The Overseas .News Ager.cy
gave out the following statement: "i t
the Prussian Diet the Ml lister cf
Agriculture declared that on the pres
nt basis of allotment of flour and
bread Germany would not only be. sui
flclently .provided but probably wuuid
be able to accumulate a reserve for ail
ventualitles."
raris. Tho fallowing Kreuch official
statement was issued here:
"In Belgium, In the region, of the
Dunes, we have organized solidly the
advanced trench taken by us. The
Germans attempted to push forward
their trenches into contact with ours,
but 12 times our lire dispersed them.
"To the north of Arras, our centre
attacks !n the region of Notre Dame de
Lorctte were crowned with complete
success.
"In Champagne, In the region of
Perthes, we made marked progress.
On Thursday evening a company ol
the German (iuards became surrounded
in our lines and was captured. On
Friday we gained ground on the whole
front, carried a trench to the north
west of Perthes and occupied, to the
north of Perthes, a salient where we
took prisoners.
"We captured 600 meters (about 6T.0
yards) of trenches with a depth of 200
meters beyond the group which lies
northeast of Mesnll, and made progress
in the adjoining woods. Finally we
gained possession of several trenches
In the ravines northwest of Beause
jour. According to prisoners' bc-
counts, the Demy's
tremely high. The
troops was excellent.
losses were ex
morale, of our
In the Argonne region at Vaii'iuois,
we made important progress In the
western portion uflhe village. I. e oniy
Headway
having brought us into Im
mediate contact with the enemy's wire
entanglements. We repulsed a counter-attack.
'
"In Alsace, at Hartmanns Weiler
kops, we captured a trench, a small
fort and two machine guns."
Brit sh Suff:r Heavy Loss.
Berlin, via London. The War Office
gave out the following statement :
"South of Ypres we inflicted con-
siilerable losses on the British wit.i
artillery fire. In tho positions in the
I orette h l'.s which we took away from
the French a counter-attack was te
pulseJ. "In the' Champagne district the
WILL PROBE DUMDUM CHARGE.
State Department Offered New Evl.
dence By Cerman Embassy.
Washington. Investigation of al-
j,,e(1(j manufacture of dumdum iullets
ln t,ie United States for the use of the
AujP9 has be,.n undertaken by the
gt.,te Department as the result of the
submission 0f new evidence by the
Q,.nan Embassy. Secretary Bryan an-
nollnre(i that an inquiry had been or-
j,,,.,, when the embassy sent a pro-
,e!;t wlln exhiblts to the department
Fon,e wor);g ae0 jjr. jiryan said if it
rol,d be established that such ammur.i-
lion was being sent out of the United
slate3 the President would use his lu-
nuence to stop It.
BRITAIN TO LET WOOL COME.
Textile Alliance Accepts Conditions
ment. It was stated at the embassy, has
agreed to accept the guarantee of the
otficers of the Textile Alliance that the
Imported wools and yarns will be used
In American manufacture only, and
not for re-exportation.
4,000 MORE CANADIANS LANDED,
Dominion Troops Went To Join Forces
England,
Montreal. Four thousand Canadian
troops have reached the British Isles
on the steamers Megantic, Southland
and Missanabie, whose safe arrival
BIG ORD-R FROM RU33 A.
Head Of Baldwin Locomotive Works
Arrives With Contracts.
New York. With $500,000 worth of
on'ers f:o:n t ' e iiu.sslan Goyrt-nment,
I 'i. Vatc'ai.i. vice-prefplnt of the
'hiwln Ircp olive Company, arrived
li t i Perrr :il oVthe Scandinavian
Hr rn ' ' i j'i', ' States. Two weeks
a?o M . . i:i's company made the
rf ru '. rf 400 locomotives for
Hue? la . ahl?. Capl. R. Coetsche-
I had ji e 22 boxes of gold
tCtiyi Hi la.
CONGRESS ENDS
Two Supply Bills and Cther Cig
Measures Fail.
A RUSH AT THE CLOSE
No Extra Sescion At Least Till Oc
tober Pi esident At Capitol To
Sign Last Legislative
Fruits.
Washington. After two years of al
most continuous session the Sixty
third Congiess, which revised the tariff
and the currency system of the nation,
supplemented the trust laws, created
an Income lax and demonstrated the
first popular election of United States
Senators, ended at noon March 4.
Whcu gavels lell in the House and
Senate signalizing adjournment, thej
marked the close of half of Presideia
Wil.-on's administration, the first under
domination cf the Democratic party
since 1M'5. Strenuous scenes enlivened
the fading hours, devoted chiefly to
completing the appropriations, for sub
sistence of the Government.
Important measures, the Postoffice
and Indian Supp'y bills, failed ln the
final legislative crush after desperate
i (Torts had been made to Have them.
In the emergency occasioned by their
failure Joint resolutions were passed
and signed by the President continu
ing in force appropriations for the
present year.
While tired Senators and Represen
tatives were devoting their energies
to final essentials. President Wilson
spent more than an hour in his room
at the Capital, surrounded by members
of his Cabinet, signing the last fruits
of legislation.
In the closing hours, President Wil
son signed the Seaman's bill, the neu
trality resolution empowering him to
prevent ships leaving American ports
w ith supplies for belligerent warships,
promoted Colonel Goethals to be a
major-general for his services as build
er cf the Panama Canal (and gave
promotions to other officers associated
with the work.
Many Important Bills Failed.
Besides the Government -Ship Pur
chase bill. Important measures which
w ere forced over until another time In
cluded the Philippine enlarged Self
Governmpnt bill, rural credit leglsla
tlon. the bill to prohibit interstate com
merce in goods manufactured by child
labor, and the conservation bills. A
resolution which contemplated an In
vestigation into Senatorial campaigns
in Pennsylvania, Illinois and other
States, and which had been recom
mended by a Senate committee, also
failed.
Little General Legislation,
Very little general legislation Is car
ried in the appropriation bills. Much
was proposed, but most of the meas
ures were practically cleared of such
provisions by points of order. The
Postoffice b.'ll, which failed to pass,
contained mire new legislation than
any other.
SITE FOR TITANIC MEMORIAL.
Will Probably Be Erected In Potomac
Park, Washington.
Washington. The memorial to be
erected here ln memory of the women
who perished in the Titanic disaster
probably will be located in Potomac
Park. The Fine Arts Commission In
charge has Informed a Senate commit
tee that a suitable site can be had in
the park. The cost of the memorial Is
to be defrayed by public subscriptions,
which already total $40 000.
MOTHER AND THREE BURNED.
Snow Cripples Fire Alarm and Ob
structs Firemen.
Quebec. Mrs. Arthur Talbot and
her three children were burned to
death in their home here. lv,e recent
storm had so crlppied the fire alarm
system and blocked the streets with
snow that firemen were unable to
reach the house ln time to rescue the
family.
MEANS WORK FOR 5,000.
Hazel-Atlas Glass Factories To, Start
Full Time This Month.
, Washington,. Pa. According to an
nouncement just made here by O. G.
Oliver, general manager, the Hazel
Alias Glass Company within the next
two weeks will resume in full at its
plants, both here and at Clarksburg,
W. Va.P giving employment to nbout
5,000 men. It Is understood that the
closing down of all glass plants ln
Belgium baa made more work for
American glass manufacturers. '
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BOMB
OUTRAGE
F0ILE0JfP0UCE
Anarchists Had Planned to Kill
Many Wealthy Men.
REIGN OF TERROR F03 CITY
Assassination Of Andrew Carnegie,
John D. Rockefeller and Hi Son
and Cornelius Vanc'erbilt
Part Of Plot
New York. An era of bloodshed and
lawlessness which the police say,
anticipated the assassination of John
D. Rockefeller and his son, Andrew
Carnegie, Cornelius Vanderbilt and
other rich New Yorkers, and. the raid
ing of numerous banks, was stifled at
its birtli by the Detective Bureau,
when about 7 o'clock a lighted bomb
was extinguished in St. Patrick's Cath
edral at Fiftieth street and Fifth
avenue.
Seven hundred people were attend
ing at early mass at the time. Another
bomb, unlighted, was discovered im
mmcdiately afterward on the nort.i
side of the church, ready to blow to
pieces any one who unwittingly
touched it with his foot.
Arrests Dramatic.
There were Intensely dramatic
scenes when the detective, who had
been shadowing a gang of anarchists
for three weeks, arrested three men.
one of them a detective in the con
fldence of the bomb-makers, charged
with the plot to devastate the Cath
edral and kill Its occupants.
The nipping of this anarchist plot
was accomplished by detective work
along the old-time melodramatic lines.
Captain Tunney of the Detective Bu
reau directed the plot and a dozen de
tectives worked on it for months.
So carefully had the police worked
out their plans that the anarcnist was
even allowed to light the fuse of one
of the bombs which he carried Into the
cathedral despite the fact that the ex
plosives were powerful enough to have
badly damaged the edifice and possibly
killed many ln It. Scarcely hnd the
bomb carrier ignited the fuse when
one of half a hundred disguised de
tectives, who were stationed ln and
about the church, crusaed the sputter
ing thread under his heel and ln an
other moment the plotter was taken
Into custody Just as he was about to
light the fuse of the other des'.ructlve
instrument.
Organlxed For Outlawry.
It was part of the plot, the police
assert, for gangs of r.ien armed wit'
rifles and revolvers to appear simul
taneously in various parts of the city
to shoot and pillage the biggest banks
of New York city were to be blown
up and many wealthy men were to be
slain.
The wrecking of the Cathedral was
to be the signal for the opening of the
elaborate campaign of murder and
looting. The next move, according to
the police, was to place bombs ln the
homes of Andrew Carnegie, the Rocke
fetlers and Cornelius Vanderbilt. So
far had the plot progressed toward this
end that the manufacture of the
bombs, the police say, bad already
been started.
With these and other capitalists dis
posed of, the anarcuists planned, ac
cording to the police, to Invade the
financial district and lay their bombs
I in the city's biggest banks. General
looting was to follow.
POSTOFFICE SHOWS SURPLUS.
Burleson Turns Over $3,500,000 For
Last Fiscal Year.
i
Washington. The Treasury Depart
ment received a check from Poetmas-ter-General
Burleson for .$3,500,000.
representing the surplus ln the reve
nues of his department for the fiscal
year, which ended June 30, 1914. For
the fiscal year of 1913 the postal reve
nue surplus was $3,800,000, which also
was turned over to the Treasury. In
acknowledging the receipt of check
Secretary McAdoo said these payments
were the first representing actual sur
pluses made by the PostofBce Depart
ment since 1836.
WOULDN'T TAKE DARE; DEAD.
Seventeen-Year-Old Boy Drank a Quart
Of Whiskey.
Philadelphia. Drinking a quart of
whiskey on a dare William Pfeil, 17
yearB old, of this city, died in a patrol
wagon while being taken to a hospital.
According to the police, Pfeil an five
young men were walking on Broad
stret when one of the youths found a
quart bottle of whiskey on a door
step. John Loftus dared Pfeil to drink
the whiskey. Pfel drank the whole
i;uart while the crowd looked on.
SULTAN OPPOSES FLIGHT
Ships, Pounding At Dardanelles Forts,
Expected To Reach Sea Of
Marmora In Two
Weeks.
Ixndon. "According to the latest
advices received here," says a Reuter
dispatch from Sofia, "the Sultan and
the Government are still In Constanti
nople. The Government Is prepared
to cross to Asia Minor at any moment,
but the Sultan Is In favor' of remaining
in the capital.
."It Is understood that It has been
decided to Intrust the defense of Con
stantinople exclusively to the Germann
under command of General Llman von
Sanders, the Instructor of the Turkish
Army, while Bedri Bey, the Prefect of
Police, will be Invested with the gen
eral control of the city with the powers
equivalent to those of a viceroy.
Troops Sent To City.
"Measures of precaution already
have been adopted to prevent the cap
ture of the city. It Is reported that
all the troops nt Adrtanople and De
motica have been liurriedly dispatched
to the Gallpoli Peninsula."
Ilavliig damaged two of the forts on
the Kuropenn sit'e of ti.e Narrows pre
viously, the British battlerhlp Queen
Ellzabet.i and others of the allied war
ships Saturday started a bombardment
by Indirect fire on the forts on the
Asiatic side of the Narrows. As had
been expected, theso forts arc proving
hard nuts to crack. In addition, the
Turkish army, with modern German
guns, is concentrating on the Gallipoli
Peninsula to oppose nny landing, and
until It Is disposed of, naval experts
declare, the ships will not be safe in
the straits.
Bulgaria is said to have been aroused
by this attack on the Dardanelles, and
is looking to the future. It is stated
that King Ferdinand is considering the
formation of a coalition government to
direct the affairs of the country
through the crisis which Is expected.
GERMAN LOSS PUT AT 3,000,000.
Paris Makes This Estimate From
Casualties In Ten Regiments.
Tarls. An official note issued by
the French press bureau declares that
the German losses since the beginning
of hostilities ln killed, wounded, sick
ind prisoners reaches the enormous
total of .3,000,000 men. This calcula
tion Is based on the known casualties
in 10 German regiments.
"Analysis of the German losses dur
ing five months ln 10 regiments taken
from ariy corps on both the eastern
and western German fronts shows a
total of 36,281 officers and soldiers:
that Is, an average per regiment of 725
monthly," says the note.
Applying this percentage of losses to
the entire German Army, Including the
landwehr, landstrum, new formations
and marines, the deduction Is made
that the total German losses during
the seven months of the war must ex
ceed 3,000,000.
GREECE NEAR BREAK FOR WAR.
She Is Apparently At the Parting Of
the Ways.
London. Greece apparently Is at
the parting of ti e ways, with her
King exerting his influence to main
tain the neutrality of his country In
opposition to Eleutherios Venizolos
the retiring premier and the man to
whom Greece owes her revival.
M. Venlzelos announced the reslgna
''on of himself and his cabinet, as
King Constantine did not approve the
policy of the government.
In the Chamber of Deputies M.
Venlzelos clearly Indicated that the tlif
ferences between him and tne monarc'
were over the question of peace and
war. He said he had advised the
King to select as a new premier M
Zalmls, governor of the National Bank
who, he said, "will follow a policy of
neutrality, which I hope will not en
danger our newly acquired territory."
BUILDING MORE SUBMARINES.
Germany Reported To Have 15 Of New
Type Under Way.
Copenhagen, Denmark. Germany Is
reported here on what appears to be
good authority to be building at Kiel
15 small submarines of a new type
which will be used for reconnoltering
the homo const ln the Baltic Sea.
PETROLEUM RUNNING SHORT.
Germany Reported To Have Curtailed
Purchasing Privilege.
Copenhagen. Reports received here
from Schleswig are to the effect that
the supply of petroleum ln Germany
has become so small t' at persons who
formerly were permitted to purchase
one botue a week now have been de
prived of that privilege. The stock ln
Schleswig has been virtually ex
hausted.
INSANE MAN KILLS DVE.
Monro Phillip Shoot Everyone In
Sight At Brunswick, Ga.
Brunswick, Ga. Five men wore
killed, six other seriously wounded
and about a score more slightly wound
ed here by Monroe Phillips, a local
real estate and Umber dealer, who ran
amuck on the principal street wlt'.i aa
automatic shotgun. Phillips himself
was shot dead by E. C. Butts, a law
yer, while be still was trying to Ore
on citizens who appeared on the street.
TOLP IN SHORT PARAGRAPHS
6olon Hurl By Fall In Capitol Motor
cyclist Hits Pole; Killed Lehigh
Canal To Open March 15
Mother of 6 End Life. -'
Clarenco Snyder, the Reading Rail
way brakeman, of Philadelphia, was
absolved from blame by the Grand
Jury ln connection wl'h the death of
Charles Fisher, one of the two engi
neers of the passenger and freight
trains which collided at Royersford In
December. Snyder, v. ho opened the
awltch, claimed he acted under or
ders of Fisher.
With every prospect for a busy' sea
son before It, notices were posted an
nouncing that navigation on the Le
high and Delaware Divisions of the
canal operated by the Lehigh Coal and
Navigation Company would start on
March 15. During ti e last few weeks
extensive Improvements and ' repairs
have been made to the, locks and tl"
canal Itself.
At a meeting of the General Com
mittee ln charge of the coming Stough
evangelistic campaign to be held In
Reading, Jertmiah G. Mo'hn, leading
manufacturer, tendered his resignation
as chairman of the. Important Finance
Committee. Mr. Mohn was ono of the
big moneyed men of tho campaign. A.
M. Sampsel was elected to succeed
him.
Tatrlck Murphy, serving ten month
for burglary, walked out of tho Lack
awanna county prison and Is still at
liberty. Murphy was a trusty and
went outside the prison to scrub the
stops. The sunshine and crisp air
offered a temptation that was too
great for hlra to resist and he was
several blocks away before the prison
attaches took up the pursuit.
The Catasnuqua Town Council end
ed Its police probe by exonerating
Chief of rolico William H. Sheefcler.
who Is probably tho oldest police chief
ln the State, having filled the position
for more than thirty years. He was
accused of not arresting an Allentown
athlete who while officiating at a foot
tall game assaulted a player.
Mrs. Ray Silberman, mother of six
children and wife of Harry Silberman.
a prominent local merchant, commit
ted suicide by Inhaling gas. She had
been 111 for two years and brooded
over the fact. Taking a rubber tube.
she attached one end to a gas Jet and
then, crawling Into bed, put the other
end lu her mouth,
Austin V. May. aged twenty-eight,
of Mann's Choice, was Instantly killed
on the pike, Dve miles west of Bed
ford, wheu his motorcycle crashed In
to a pole. Both his arms and Jaws
were broken and his head crushed.
Accompanying him were two other
who were uninjured. May Is survived
by a young wife.
As a result oX the street riots which
have characterized the strike at the
Reading Hardware Company's plant,
Oscar M. Croff, former member of the
Stnte constabulary and now an ollicer
of the Reading police department, was
held for court by- Magistrate Breen on
a charge of assault and battery pre
ferred by Stanilous Jnneszewskl.
The striking full-fashioned knitters
of the Noldo & Horst hosiery plant
ln Reading filed exceptions to Judge
Endlicn's decree granting an Injunc
tion against them because their meth
ods of "peaceful picketing," and other
actions about the riant resulted In
street riots and general disorder.
Rotarian Billy Sunday wrote to the
Allentown Rotary Club that It would
be Impossible for him to arcept an
Invitation to bo the guest of the or
ganlzatlon while he was ln Pblladel
phla. but promised to run over during
his Paterson engagement.
At a meeting of the Reading Rotary
Club, a movement was started for the
purchase of the Pendora Park prop
erty In East Reading, to be used Tor
park purposes and especially a a
playground for children. It will cost
about $20,000.
After having apparently recovered
from the effects of an operation made
necessary by blood poisoning which
followed a Ellght scratch on the knee
restiltlna from a fall, Frank Kunkel
man, of Kissinger's Church, suffered
a relapse and his condition Is critical.
Archibald Courtney, for more than
fifty vears an Iron worker at Catasau
qua, long suffering from the effects
of a fall, died while on the way home
from the M. E. Church, of which he
was sexton. He was eighty-two year?
old.
Representative James Bergy, of
Juniata County, was painfully Injured
by a fall on the marble step ln the
Capitol rotunda while leaving tne
House. He was taken to a hospital
and later went to his home.
The Board of Director of the Read
nir Tnherriilnnls Sanitarium, whlc"'
operates an institution on Neverslnk
Mountain held meeting and decided
not to consolidate with the Berk
County Tuberculosis society aner tne
latter had started plans to tnat euu.
Jonathan Hartzell, proprietor of the
planing mill at Bally, Berks County,
was replacing a joiner knife in a ma
chine when he accidentally Hemicd on
te pedal, turning on the power, with
the result that all the fingers of nt
left hand were cu'
LESSON FOR MARCH H
SAUL GAIN8 HIS KINGDOM.
1.K8HON TICXT-t HamuM, chapter II
.OOI.OKN TEXT Ho that Is Blow Ini
R.-r is batter than the nilitlity: aii-1
that rulrth bis spirit, thun lm that UU
a tity.-I'rov. IC:31
In order to repay Israel's Tlctory t
dor Jepthah, Nahash tho Au monitor
manded the right eye of thoe besieg
ln Jabesh ln Gllead, knowing that i
left; eye would be hid by their ahiei
and they would thus bo Incapable
warfare. For Israel to niako any c
enant with the Ammonites was c
trary to God's commands (Ex. 12;:.
Deut. 23:3).
I. The Cry of Jabesh, vv. 1-3. Ti
event probably occurred about a nior.
after the previous lesson. It waa
proud, haughty demnnd niado of tht
Israelites. Exhausted and hopeU
they had offered to become servantu
order to live. So today we frequoi
ly find men willing to comprom
w 1th the world and tho devil, who or
hold them In derision and contr.tr
(v. 2). Compromising Christians i
ulwpys blind leader of the blind (Ma
15:14; 0:22). Tho demand of Nali:
would also bring reproach upon Ian.
yet this same king afterwardj sho
kindness to David (II Samuel 10::
History records that Emperor U
II actually Bent an army of II,'
sightless men back to the king of I
garlu, who died of grief and horror
II. The Conquest of Ammon, vv.
11. Nahasli granted the request !
a seven days' respite. Here waa Sai
opportunity wrorws to be righted o
people to be saved. Saul had held
peace since being anointed by flami
employing his time in everyday t
and duties (v. 6), for the messcng
did not find Saul at home idlo.. 1
tidings of this insult wcro told to I
people who lifted up their voices ?
wept. (v. 4). The news of this thr.
ened calamity reached Saul's ears i
his conduct effectually put to sIK-
those "worthless fellows" who
splsed him and had brought no pr
ents at his anointing (10:2i). Inst'
of tears Saul is moved to deeds. L
Clncinnatus and Israel Putnam, he 1
the plow to take up the sword. ?
did not, in his own strength, u:i
take to relievo Jabesh, for "the Sp
of God canio upon him" (v. 6; see a
Judpes 3:10; 11:29; 13:23; Luka :
49; Acts 10:3K). This moved Saul
anger, not alone nt such an oviile
of cruelly, but more at the conter
Nahash had for God and his pco:
Saul associated himself with Sam
the man of God, and summoned the
tion of Israel to his side.
The Holy Snlrlt gave Saul clear
suranco of a call from God, end he
sponded with unquestioned t
(Rom. 8:31). The peoplo refipon;
with great rapidity, for the fear
God cutne upon them also. We h
the good news of a better dellvera:
from a more subtle foo to proch
in the present age. They all resor
to Dczck, west of the Jordan.
messengers returned bearing a b
sage having two meanings (r. 10)
that helped to keep Nahash Ignor:
of Saul's actions on the other side
the river. Dividing his army Into c
pcnles Saul attacked tho enemy
the morning watch," and coniph'i
overwhelmed them and put them
rout. As the Ammonites had refu:
to show any mercy, they lu turn
judged unworthy, of mercy (t. 11,
also James 2:13; Matt. 7:2).
III. The Crowning of Saul, vv. 12
Saul' victory so impressed the per
that they demanded to know of ?
uel who It was that had refused I
as king, desiring to put tbem to de:.
Saul showed his wisdom by not l
mitting such a course of action. M
today refuse God's divinely appoln
king who w ill yet be glad to acknr
edgo him (Luke 19:27; Phil. 2
In the next place Saul did not rl..
credit for the victory for, said
"The Lord hnth wrought dellvera:
In Israel" (v. 13 R. V.). All real
tories-come from God (Ps. 44:4 S
Cor. 15:10). This was the true k
ly spirit. Saul reaped the reward
bis humility, his forbearance, cr
age and activity ln the loyalty M
pride of the people. Samuel gls
Ahared ln the success of Saul and
the people to Gllgal for the crown
ceremony. This was the place wb
Urael had first encamped under
leadership of Joshua and where
twelve stoned from the river had b
set up as a testimony to God's
pesence and dclivctunco. ,
Saul had natural and physical c'
actcristlcs calculated to make blr.
great and UBOful king self-restrn
modesty, military Jnventlon.anJ
paclty for leaders i,p.
Ho was slirewd, patient and srE
ous
He thus stood on the threshold
his kingdom with the possibility
untold usefulness and blessing.
We are "kings and priests f
God " He has UBhered us Into 1
kingdom. Power, usefulness. It'
ence. helpfulness, victory ove- sin 1
before us. "Napoleon said that 1
nobility dated from Arcole and Ms"f
go. May ours dato from the victor;
of love over the evil within us am);
the world,' "This Is the victory i?
overcome! h the world, even
faith" (I 'ohn 5:4).
Serve Him Right.
The difference between a crank
.a gentleman Is that the latter al1
agrees with you, while the crank v
er agrees with anyone not even b
self. Schenectady Union-Star,
Dally Thought.
The mind that is cheerful i
present state will be- adverse to
euuviluuttB Ly lug iuiuiq, auu
meet the bitter occurrences
with a placid smile. Horace.
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