THE FULTON COUNTY NEWS, McCONNELLSBURG, PA.
U. 3: NAVAL FORCE
DONG
GREAT IRK
OUR DESTROYER9 IN EUROPEAN
WATERS COVER MANY MILES
IN THEIR PATROUNG.
WILL CONSIDER INVENTIONS
War Department Creates New Section
for Investigation of All Devices
Use of Sugar by Manufacturers Cur-
' tailed by Food Administration.
(From rnmmlttf n PuMIc Information)
Wiiblil tiKton. Some Indication of the
ceaseless watch kept on tlie high sens,
In tlie in t li of American troopships, liy
United States naval forces opcrutlng
In European waters, may be Rained
from statistics Just compiled nt the
navnl headquarters In London. These
statistics show that a single force
of American destroyers operating from
one hose had steamed almost l.WHUMK)
I j miles up to April 1. The maximum
1 distance covered by a single destroyer
was more than 580,000 miles from May
1. 1017, to April 1, 1018. Thin de
stroyer was one of the first to arrive
abroad after wnr was declared.
It hns been announced that Vice Ad
miral William 8. Sims, commanding
United States naval forces abroad, of
fered to send nn auxiliary force com
posed of naval milts to the French
front at the beginning of the German
offensive. The chief of staff of the
French navy and General Foch did not
Consider that the circumstances de
manded the presence of such a force
at the front.
The French have had a naval divi
sion operating In the forces of the Lor
raine sector for some time, and the
naval units have made their part of the
line as shipshape ns possible, with
everything from big naval guns down
to sleeping hammocks and ships' cats.
The American soldiers billeted In
England for temporary trninlng or en
route for France are more and more
compelling the admiration and co-operation
of the English people. The
National Sporting club of London has
started a series of weekly entertain
ments for enlisted men of the United
States army and navy.
To secure prompt and thorongh In
vestigation of Inventions submitted to
the war department an "Inventions sec
tion" has been created. All Inven
tions of a mechanical, electrical, or
chemical nature submitted for Inspec
tion, test, or sale lire now considered
by this section.
Any person desiring to have nn In
vention considered should do so by
letter, giving In order the following In
formation: Name and object of the
Invention, any claim for superiority or
novelty, any results obtained by actual
, experiment, whether the Invention Is
pntented, whether remuneration Is ex
pected, whether the Invention has been
before any other agency, whether the
writer Is owner or agent, the number
of Inclosures with the letter. A
written description and sketches or
drawings of sulHclent detail to afford
a full, understanding of the cases
should also be submitted. Should the
Invention be an explosive or other
chemical combination tlie Ingredients
and processes of mixture should be
stnted.
The Inventions section will not benr
the expense of preparation of draw
ings und descriptions, nor advance
funds for personal or traveling ex
penses by Inventors.
Any matter submitted will be treat
ed as confidential. The Inventor will
be notified of each step taken during
the Investigation of his Invention. All
communications should be addressed :
Inventions Section, General Staff,
Army War College, Washington, D. C.
All newspnpers have again been
nrged by the navy department, through
the committee on public Information,
to discontinue the publication of news
Items and advertisements which may
In any degree Indicate the location or
inovemit of vessels. ,
This notice has not been Issued be
cause of new circumstances endan
gering ocean shipping none hns
arisen hut because It Is felt that vol
untary censorship has not yet achieved
the fullest measure of essential se
crecy In the protection of merchant
shipping. The notice nsks that all
references to names of ships, dates of
sailing and arrival, Information of
mutes, schedules, cargoes, location
and movement of ships be deleted
from news and advertising copy.
There are now 20 uniforms for wom
en In war work In tlie United States.
They are for munition workers, tele
phone and radio operators, yeomen,
employees of the shipping board and
the food administration, lied Cross
workers. Y. M. C. A. workers, wom
an's motor corps, girl scouts, mid stu
dents of the National Service school
of the woumnli naval service.
Information retarding the hospitals
of the United States, In process of
compilation since 1!)1(1, Is now collated
and Indexed In the medlcul section of
the council of national defense. A
central bureau of Information concern
ing the hospital faculties of the coun
try, under war conditions, is thus pro
vided. The bureau has not only the details
of over 1,000 active hospitals, but Is
also gathering full data concerning
nearly 8,000 other Institutions, which
lncludp sanatoria, Infirmaries, homes,
tisylums and dispensaries.
A group of 100 women telephone op
erators, to serve with the expedition
ary forces, hnvi already been sent
t.i France, and l.",0 are now In train
ing schools to meet future demand. '
Wives of officers and men who are
eligible for duty In France are not ac-'
cepted. '
The treasury department has ex
tended to Great I'.rltain an addiilonal
credit of ST.'.o'io.lK'O. making the total
American loans to that country
f2.7!.".(X)0.nn'l. and the total to ull co
be.loreuta s.',S(i'i,Sr.(;,000. ,
Manufacturers using sugar, except to
make essential food product:;, have
been on strict rations, the United
States food administration announces,
In order to assure sufficient supplies
for home canners and the commercial
manufacturers of preserves, Jams, and
other foodstuffs regarded as essential.
The restrictions went Into effect May
15, and limit the consumption by man
ufacturers of the less essentials, par
ticularly confectionery and soft drinks,
to 80 per cent of last year's require
ments. Manufacturers of nonedlble products
will be forced to go entirely without
sugar.
Included In the class with confec
tionery and soft drinks are condiment',
sodu water, chocolate, candles, lav
age sirups, fruit sirups, flavoring ex
tracts, chewing gum, sweet pickles,
wines, cereals and Invert sugar. Those
who entered the business or Increased
their capacity after April 1, 11)18, how
ever, will be cut off entirely.
Manufacturers of essential foodstuffs
will be permitted to buy sufficient
sugar to meet their full requirements.
In this class come preservers and
packers of vegetables, catsup and chill
cause, fruits and milk, manufactur
ers of Jam, Jelly, and preserves, to
bacco nnd explosives, apple butter and
glycerin, Ice cream (not Including sher
bets and water' Ices), druggists (for
medicines), and producers of honey.
Ice cream Is put In the preferred
class.
American prisoners of war In Ger
many are entitled to receive and send
letters, money orders, and valuables,
and parcel post packages weighing not
more than 11 pounds, when Intended
for International mail, free from all
postal duties.
Mall should be nddressed to the pris
oner of war, giving his rank, the nnme
of the prison camp where he Is held,
If It Is known, followed by "Prisoner
of War Mall via New York." All such
mall should also bear the name nnd
address of the sender.
Parcel post packages for prisoners
of war in enemy countries mny not
be sent by organizations or societies,
and only one package a month may
be sent. If more are received the one
apparently from the prisoner's next of
kin will be forwarded nnd the others
held In New York pending communi
cation with the senders, with whose
consent such excess packages may be
sent to other prisoners of wnr who
had received no packages during the
month. Lacking this consent, the pack
ages will he returned to the senders.
Only the following articles mny be
Included In the packages: Relts not
made of leather; hair, hand, tooth,
shaving, and shoe brushes; buttons;
hard candy; cigars and clgarejtes;
combs; crackers nnd biscuits; gloves
not made of leather; handkerchiefs;
pocket knives, needles nnd thread;
pencils nnd pens; penholders; pins;
pipes; safety razors and blades; shnv
Ing snnp, powder, or cream; shirts
and scarfs; shoe laces; smoking or
chewing tobneco; toilet soap; socks;
sweaters; tooth powder, paste or
liquid ''mouth wash; towels; under
wear; personal photographs; periodi
cals published prior to the beginning
of the war.
Letters nnd pnekages will be sub
ject to careful censorship.
Military instruction under officers
nnd noncommissioned officers of the
army will be provided in every Insti
tution of college grade which enrolls
for the Instruction 100 or more
able-bodied students over the age of
eighteen, beginning In September,
1918. The necessary military equip
ment will, so far as possible, be pro
vided by the government. There will
be created a military training unit In
each Institution. Enlistment will be
purely voluntary,
The enlistment will constitute the
student n member of the nrmy of the
United States, liable to active duty nt
the call of the president. It will, how
ever, be the policy of the government
not to call the members of the train
ing units to active duty until they have
reached the age of twenty-one, unless
urgent military necessity compels nn
enrller call. Students under eighteen,
anil therefore not legnlly eligible for
enlistment, will be encnurnged to en
roll in the training units.
The London Economist for February
places the total gross debt of Great
T.rltaln at 5,078,600,000 pounds (J27,
BiiO.OOO.OOO). The French minister of finance In
presenting the budget for 1018 esti
mated the public debt of France on
Iiecember 31, 1018, at 115,l(,i0,O"8,000
francs ($22,227,000,000).
The public debt of Italy at the end
of 1017 is estimated nt about 35,000,
000,000 lire ($070,000,000).
The debts of the central powers nre
estimated as follows: Germany, $25,
408,000,000; Austria. $13,314,000,000;
and Hungary, $5,704,000,00.
Our own public debt Is now nronnd
$8,000,000,000, but more than half of
this amount has been loaned to the al
lies. It Is estimated that of the total
net expenditures of the United States
for tlie fiscal year 1018, exclusive of
our advances to the allies, more than
one-half will be defrayed by taxation,
according to the treasury department.
Only members of units of the senior
division reserve oflieers' training
corps, now In attendance at various
educational institutions maintaining
sueh units, will be eligible to attend
the one month's course of training to
be held from Juno 3 to July 3 at
Iiattsliurg barracks, New York ; Fort
Sheridan, Illinois; and the I'resldlo at
San Francisco. There ure 120 col
leges maintaining these units, from
which 0,500 students will be selected.
Those who complete the course of
training will not be eligible for com
missions. The war trade bonrd lias limited the
Importation of crude rubber to 100,0(10
tons u year, and has Instructed Its bu
reau of Imports for the current quar
ter to limit the Issuance of licenses to
n total of 25,000 tons up to June 31,
1018. Some change may be ' made
after experiences are gained by this
three months' test.
From the date of (he establishment
of flying schools and ramps In this
country and at Camp Itorden, Toronto,
until April 24. IMS, ther? have been
102 deaths In flying accidtxta.
U. S. SETS NO LIMIT
El
Says President Wilson in Open
ing Red Cross Drive.
"WAR TO SAVE THE WORLD"
Nations Chief Declares This Country
Will Not Be Diverted By Insincere
Talk Of Peace By
Germani.
New York. Opening with a (speech
here the American Red Cross drive
for a second 1100,000,000 war fund,
President Wilson announced the pur
pose of the United States to set no
limit on Its effort to win the war.
"I have heard gentlemen recently
say," he said, "that we must get 5,
000,000 men ready. Why limit' it to
6,000,000?
"I have asked the Congress to name
DO limit, because Congress intends, I
am sure, as we all intend, that every
ihip that can carry men or supplies
ihall go laden upon every voyage with
(very man and every supply she can
larry."
The United States, the President
leclared, will not be diverted from
Its purpose of winning the war by
Insincere approaches on the subject
f peace.
"I can say with a clear conscience,"
do said, "that I have tested those In
tentions and have found them Jnsln
ere. I now recognize them for what
Ihey are an opportunity to have a
tree hand, particularly In the East,
to carry out purposes of conquest and
ixploitation. Every proposal with re
lard to accommodation in the West
Involves a reservation In regard to
Die East. I Intend to ftand by Kuh
lla as well as France."
The statement brought the house
lo its feet cheering.
German rulers, the President de
clared, are mistaken if they think the
United States will sacrifice anybody
for Its own sake.
"If they wish peace, let them come
forward . . . and lay their terms
jn the table. We have laid ours and
,1iey know what they are," he said.
The war, the President declared, Is
1 war to save the world. The con
llct, he said, will knit the world to
(ether. Dwelling on the duty of Americans
:o give, to the Red Cross, the Presi
lent declared no man could afford to
uake money out of the wnr.
Leads Great Parade.
The President marched on foot
jhrough Fifth avenue at the head of
5.00Q soldiers of mercy.
Then, standing In the reviewing
tand, he gravely saluted the colors at
:he women of the Red Cross filed past,
,n a seemingly endless line, bearing
:helr flags bravely and wearing their
uniforms as proudly as the nation's
lighting men.
The miles of white-gowned women
marchers made a mute but heart-ftir-.ing
appeal to the million New York
trs who watched them to contribute
jne-quarter of the $1,000,000,000 their
jrganlzfition asks from the nation to
:arry on Its work of relief and sue
:or. 100 MEN THOUGHT DEAD.
Explosion And Fire In Big Chemical
Plant Near Pittsburgh.
Pittsburgh. Trobably 100 men
were killed when an explosion of T.
N. T. demolished the plant of the
.Etna Chemical Company, at Oakdale,
jn the Panhandle division of the Penn
sylvania Railroad, 16 miles from this
:ity.
Five hundred workmen in the ex
plosives plant were startled by a re
nort not much louder than the crack
of a pistol. It came from the soda
house, but they knew Its deadly im
nort. and as one man they rushed for
(he nearest exit. Before they could
gain the open the very air seemed
to burst into flames, the earth heaved
and rocked and with a roar that was
heard for miles the long factory build
ings were hurled high Into the air,
carrying with them ponderous equip
ment and scores of men. A great
cloud of dust and smoke settled over
the scene, and through its deadly
fumes torn and mangled forms
dropped to the earth, many dead, but
qthers to meet their end in the flaming
debris.
U. S. FLYERS GET TWO HUNS.
German Airmen Shot Down North
west Of Toul.
American Army in France. Amer
ican aviators northwest of Toul shot
down two German airplanes In a
series of engagements hli;h In the air.
Captain David IMerson, of Honesdale,
Pn.. shot down another enemy biplane
Friday.
FOOD FOR SWISS SAFE.
Three targe Vessels Reach French
Port, Says Berne Paper.
Geneva. Three large vessels load
ed with cereals destined for Switzer
land nnd escorted by an American
warship have arrived safely at a
French Atlantic port, according to the
Tagebiatt of Hern".
BRITISH DOWN 37 HUN PLANES.
Marked Increase In Aerial Operations
On Western Front..
London. Thirty-seven German air
planes, 25 of wiilch were destroyed,
tvere accounted for by British airmen
Wednesday. Tlie oflicial statement on
lorinl operations, reports a marked In
crease in th? activities of both aerial
forces on Ihe W":-tern front. The Itrit
IhIi continue to bombard railway sta
ions and biikts Lt-luud the German
lines.
ON M
ho no
Badges
!I4 .170.019.650
f
THIRD LOAN TOTAL
About 17,000,000 People Bought
Bonds.
THREE LOANS COMPARED
Richmond Eighth In Percentage Mc
Adoo Declare It America's
Most Successful Loan
Offer.
Washington. The total of the Third
Liberty Loan Is f 4, 170,019,600, an over
subscription of 39 per cent., above
the three-billion minimum sought. The
number of subscribers was about 17,
000,000. Every Federal Reserve dis
trict oversubscribed, the Minneapolis
district going to 172 per cent., the
highest, and the New York district to
124 per cent., the lowest.
In announcing these figures, the
Treasury explained that the total may
be changed slightly by later reports
from Federal Reserve banks, which
have been at work for a week tabu
lating the great number of subscrip
tions which came In during the last
days of the campaign.
"This Is the most successful loan
the United States has offered, both In
number of subscribers and in the
amount realized," said Secretary Mc
Adoo in a statement. "Every subscrip
tion was made with the full knowl
edge that allotment in full was to be
expected, unlike the first loan, when
allotments were limited to $2,000,000,
000, and the second loan, when allot
ments were limited to one-half the
oversubscriptions. I congratulate the
country on this wonderful result,
which Is irrefutable evidence of the
strength, patriotism and determina
tion of the American people.
"This great result was achieved not
withstanding the fact that the country
has been called upon to pay since the
second Liberty Loan and to and In
cluding the month of June, Income and
excess profits taxes to the amount of
approximately $3,000,000,000, which
will make a total amount turned Into
the Treasury of the United States
from such taxes and the third Liberty
Loan of about $7,000,000,000."
Total subscriptions to the second
loan were $4,616,000,000 and the
amount accepted was $3,808,000,000.
Pledges to the first loan ran above
$3,000,000,000, but the loan was limited
to $2,000,000,000. Subscribers to the
second loan numbered about $9X00,000
and to the first loan about $4,500,000.
The feat of the Atlanta district,
standing forth in the final percentage
list, was the topic of favorable com
ment about the Treasury. Through
out nearly all of the four weeks' cam
paign the district stood at the bottom,
owing to the tardiness of banks to
report subscriptions and of subscribers
to place their pledges on record by
payment of the first 5 per cent. Install
ment. The New York district, the largest
contributor, with $1,114,930,700, more
than a fourth of the total, held the bot
tom position on the percentage table
because big business Interests with
headquarters in New York, and bank
ing institutions, failed to subscribe
heavily to the loan, owing to Immi
nence of Federal tax paying time.
CANADA TO REGISTER ALL.
Americans There June 22 Must G
On Draft List
Toronto. Americans and other
foreigners more than 16 years old,
residing or traveling in Canada ;on
and after June 22, must register with
the Canadian authorities, the Cana
dian registration board announced.
Draft or other reelstration cards will
not absolve Americans from the pro
visions of the new order, it was said.
COST OF SAVING HEAVY.
Food Administration's Expense
Twelve Million A Year.
Washington. Federal Food Admin
istration costs have risen from $2,500,
000 n year to $12,000,000 a year, ac
cording to estimates submitted to
CongresB by the Food Administration.
BURBANK GROWS SUPER WHEAT.
New Variety Contains 14 Per Cent.
Gluten.
Santa Rosa, Cal. A super wheat,
containing fourteen per cent., gluten,
lias been evolved by Lut'ier Rurbank,
the California hnrticulturiyt, after ex
periments extending over 11 ye.. It
was announced here. The wheat may
be grown from Hudson Hay to Pata
gonia. The new wheat Is said to be
of the winter variety, hardy and pro
ducing a white flour.
of Honor
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GO HER IN 1918
1,500,000 of These Will Be
Equipped Fighters.
DAILY REPORT EXPECTED
Others To Be Used In Organization
General Pershing Issues First Of
What Is Expected Will Be
Daily Bulletins.
Paris The United States has prom
ised to have 1,500,000 fighting men In
France by the end of 1918, says
L'Homme Libre, Premier Clemen
ceau's newspaper. These troops, it
adds, must have their own organiza
tion and services, which will mean at
least 2,000,000, including specialists,
workers, men in the quartermaster's
department and others.
Washington Hopeful.
Washington. With more than 500,
000 men now in France, army officials
are more than ever hopeful that a
powerful American force will' be co
operating with the Allies there by the
end of the year. Unhappy experience
with over-sanguine estimates of what
can be accomplished makes them slow
to put their hopes Into definite predic
tions, however, and It was not possible
to obtain specific confirmation of the
report from Paris that 1,500,000 fight
ing troops before January 1 had been
promised.
The statement in Premier Clemen
ceau's newspaper that such a promise
had been made was not believed by
army officers generally to mean that
the American Government should def
initely pledge Itself to deliver a specific
number of men within a time limit
Many factors are Involved in making
such a calculation months in advance.
Secreary Baker would make no com
ment on the statement. Many weeks
ago he told the Senate Milltaqy Com
mittee, however,sthat the Government
Ihen hnd hopes of getting 1,500,000 to
the front during the year. Since then
his estimate that 500,000 men would
reach France early in the year has
been fulfilled and since then, also the
German drive has changed the whole
course of events and brought about a
speeding up of American participation,
which has already shown results.
The French article Indicates that un
der the program a total of 2,000,000
American troops would reach France
during the year, 1,600,000 of which
would be fighting units. Whether that
result can be obtained depends on the
shipping situation. The men and the
essenlinl equipment for them can be
ready.
Under the authority sought by Presi
dent Wilson to organize as large an
army as' It Is found possible to train,
equip and transport, it Is known that
officials expect at least 3,000,000 men
to be under arms during the next 12
months. Many believe that even a
larger force can be handled, as it now
appears quite probable that a total of
4.000,000 during the year will be nearer
tlie mark.
Publication of the first American
"official communique" prepared nt ex
peditionary headquarters In France,
inaugurated what is expected to be a
daily report to the. American people
on .what their soldiers abroad are do
ing. ,
RAILROAD SHY $109,000,000.
Operation For First Three Months Of
This Year.
Washington. Railroads in the first
three months this year earned only
$171,705,000, as compared with $179,-
431,000 In the same period Inst year,
making a loss to the government un
der the system of common operation
of about $109,000,000. This report
today by the Interstate Commerce
Commission covers all but five of the
196 railroads in the country.
The net Income in March was $63,
033,000, or $7,000,000 less than In
March, 1917. ThlH difference, much
less thnn In' the preceding months,
Indicates that conditions are becom
ing better for government operation
and returns from later months may
go far toward making up the loss.
ANOTHER U. S. FLYER KILLED.
Machine Bursts Into Flames While
1,000 Feet In The Air.
Wichita Falls, Texas. His machine
bursting into flames while 1,000 feet
In the air, while flying as one of a
formation of five, Jerome T. Van
Auken, cadet, 22 years of age, met
death at Call Field, when the plane
crashed to earth on the flying field.
Van Auken was an advanced student
in the solo cluss..
IE
PERSHING
MAY LEAD AN ARMY
Likely to Command British anp
French Troops.
NEW POLICY OF ALLIES
Any Division In Which American
Troops Predominate Will Be
Turned Over To "Black
Jack."
Washington. General Pershing
probably soon will be commanding
Frenoh and British troops as the proc
ess of brigading American units with
their allies on the western front goes
forward,
As If exemplifying the unity of con
mand und action into which the Unit
ed States and its co-belligerents have
entered, It became known here thai
whenever American troops predom
lnate In the brigaded divisions as tho
process goes on, these divisions, un
der present plans, will be turned over
lo General Pershing's command.
This plan would accomplish several
things which the military authorities
consulting upon it regard as very de
sirable. It would rapidly Increase the
size of the American fighting conv
mand on the battle line; it would con
tribute tremendously to the spirit of
unity and concerted effort, and at the
same time, Instead of holding large
numbers of American troops behind
the lines while training, would sur
round them with seasoned veterans
and under actual battle conditions
school them to be rebrigaded later
with fresh American troops coming to
France. In this way the efficiency of
the Hiitish and French forces Is ex
pected to be lncrensed and the work
of building up a grent, fully trained
and completely equipped fighting force
In France Is expected to be hastened.
In addition to this, as illustrative
of the unity of command under which
Foch directs all the allied armies, It
was stated officially here that
Foch commands the Italian troops
in Italy as fully as he does the Amer
ican, British and French troops in
France and Belgium. There has been
no question that Foch commanded
the Italian troops In France and It
had been supposed that, considering
the Italian front as part of the west
ern battle under a decision reached
at the Versailles conference, the gen
eralissimo's authority extended there.
For the first time, however, it was
stnted unreservedly that General
Foch's supreme command extended to
Italy.
It was stated also that Italy, besides
now sending troops to France In num
bers equal to those being sent from
the United States, now has on her
fighting line a larger nrmy, more per
fectly equipped than she had before
the great Austrian drive. This may
be explanatory of the appnrent eqau
nimity with which the Allied leaders
face recurrent reports of a new drive
on the Italian front.
The Information that the brigaded
Allied divisions in th west probably
will be placed under the command of
General Pershing when the numbers
of American troops contained in them
predominate, was taken to mean that
the same principle would operate
when the predominating numbers
were French or British.
STEP UP ON JUNE 5.
Draft Registration Of Youths Who
Have Reached 21 This Year.
Washington. June 5 has been fixed
as the date of registration of youths
who have attained 21 years since the
first army draft registration June 5
last year. The resolution authorizing
the new registration Is awaiting the
President's signature, but the Provost
Marshal General's office virtually has
completed preparations for carrying
it into effect. It is estimated that
about 800,000 men available for mili
tary service will be found among the
new registrants this year.
RESNATI KILLED BY FALL.
Aviator's Machine Side-Slipped And
Wing Tip Hit Ground.
New York. In a fall of only 50 feet,
Captain Antonio Resnatl, famous
Italian Army aviator, was killed be
neath the wreckage of a new Italian
made Capronl biplane at the Hazel
hurst aviation field, Mineola. Itesnatl's
machine, brought into this country n
few days ago nnd assembled by Italian
mechanics, "sideslipped" when the
pilot attempted to make a turn too
soon after leaving the ground. One
wing struck the field and the craft
overturned, falling upon the aviator
and crushing him to death.
SENDS FLOWER FROM FRONT.
Ambulance Corps Man Plucked It
While On Duty In Trench.
Hagerstown. Scrgt. W. C. Tlum
mer, with the Ambulance Corps In
France, while on duty at the battle
front picked a flower blooming in the
trench and later sent it to his mother
at Bridgeport, near Hagerstown. It
was three weeks coming over, but
got here Just in time for Mothers'
Day.
DR. CARREL PROMOTED.
Made Commander Of The Legion Of
Honor.
Tarls. Dr. Alexis Carrel, of the
Rockefeller Institute, has been pro
moted by the French Government to
the rank of commander of the Legion
of Honor. The new decoration was
bestowed upon him by M. Mourier,
Under Secretary of State for Medical
Service, in the presence of a dis
tinguished company.
IMPROVED UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL
stiMrstnoi
Lesson
(By REV. P. B. FITZWATER, D. n
Teacher of English Bible In thi
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago.)
(Copyright, 1018, Wcitern Ntwipaper Union.)
LESSON FOR MAY 26
JESUS SILENCES HIS
8ARIES.
ADVER.
LESSON TEXT Mark 12:1-44.
GOLDK.V TEXT-Hender to Coeniir th
things that nre Caesar's, and to God tht
things Ihnt are God's. Mark 12:17.
DEVOTIONAL HEADING Murk 12-17.
ADDITIONAL MATERIAL FOR
TKAf IIEItfi Matthew 21:23-20 ; 2!:l-.
I'lUMAHY TOI'IC-Jesus and the wla.
ow's Rlft.-Mnrk 12:41-44.
JUNIOK TOPIC The two great cnm.
mHiidments.-Mark 12:28-34; Luke 10:26-37.
SENIOU AND ADULT TOPIC-Ilcllgloa
and citizenship.
ADDITIONAL MATERIAL Romani U:
1-7; I Timothy 1:1, 2.
I. The Parable of the Husbandry
(Y.Y
Having put the Bcrmcs, chief priests
and elders to confusion by n skillful
counter-question when they demanded
his nuthorlty, Jesus, by menns of n lit.
tlo story, lays beforo them his claim
of divine nuthorlty, nnd charges tliem
with betrayal of trust nnd plotting to
murder the very Son of God. Ills
tcnchlng in this' pnnible cut them to
the quick, nnd they sought to lay
hands upon him, but desisted for feitr
of the people. This parable Is simple,
yet very comprehensive.
1. The vineyard (v. 1) represents
Israel (see Psalms 80 nnd Isaiah 5).
2. The husbandman (v. 1) repro
sented tho rulers who were charged
with responsibility of the spiritual In
terests of the people.
3. Th messengers (vv. 2-5) repre
sented the prophets whom God sent
to Israel, even Including John tho
Huptlst.
4. The Son (vv. C-S) represented
Jesus himself.
5. The Judgment of the lord of the
vineyard (v. 0). This represented
the time when the Jews shall lio
brought to account for their treatment
of the servants of God nnd Jesus lilm
self. II. The Tribute Money (vv. 13-17).
They already would have glndly tnk-
en him by violence nnd killed him,
but they feared tho people. In order
to destroy lilm, they seek to discredit
him among tho people. To this end
they send the representatives of both
factions "certnln of tho Pharisees
nnd of the Herodlnna to catch him In
his words" (v. 13).
III. The Resurrection of the Dead
(vv. 18-27).
The riinrlsees nnd Ilerodlnns being
silenced, the Sndducees enmo with a
question which Involved not only the
immortality but the resurrection of the
body. Tho Sndducees were the ration-
nllsts of their day. They denied the
reality of the resurrection, nnd be
lieved not in nngel nor spirit (Acts
23:8).
1. The ense proposed (vv. 19-23).
The Inw of Moses made It not only
legnl but morally binding in the ense
of n mnn dying without children for
his brother to take his wife (Deut.
22:5). They propftse tho enso of a
woman married successively to seven
brothers. They nsk whoso wife she
shall he In the resurrection. This
was doubtless a hypothetical ense.'
This is the way the successors of tin
Sndducees do today. They deal large
ly In hypotheses.
2. Jesus' reply (vv. 24-20).
Ry n quotation from the Mosaic law
(Ex. 3:0) he proves the resurrection
of the den?l, nnd their continued ex
istence beyond tho dend ns htimnn be
ings. The Immortnl spirit clothed with
n deathless body Is his thought. Ho
shows that mnrrlnge is only for this
present life does not belong to the
resurrection life. Some of tho func
tions of the body will cease with this
life. Since there will be no death af
ter tho resurrection, there will bo no
necessity for births. In this respect
humnnklnd will be as the angels In
the resurrection life. He points out
to them that their great error was due
to two things :
1. Ignorance of the Scriptures (
21). In the very Scriptures which
they professed to believe was positive
proof of the resurrection (Ex. 8:0).
Itntlonnllsm nnd Infidelity today, ns
then, nre due to lgnornnco of God's
Word.
2. Ignornnce of the power of God
(v. 24). God Is able to provide a life
where there Is no death, no births or
mnrringes. In henven, life will be
on a piano Infinitely higher thnn tho
most blessed relationships of this life.
Our chief concern Is to find out what
Is written, nnd then believe that God
Is able to accomplish that which ho
hns promised.
IV. The Great Commandment of the
Law (vv. 28-34).
The code of morals among tho Jews
wits very complex. The question as to
which of God's commandments wn9
first was frequently debated. Christ's
answer shows marvelous insight. Ho
sums up mnn's whole duty In ono word
love, love to God nnd love to mnn.
Tho first nnd grent commandment Is
supreme nnd undivided lovo to God.
The second Is like unto it in thnt love
Is Its center, but love Is for our neigh
bor in the measure that wo lovo our
selves. Love for God Is to be supreme.
Ho Is worthy of nil our affections.
Love Is the actuating power behind nil
our service. Having put Ids question
ers to silence, Jesus now puts to them
n question which Involves tho central
doctrlno of tho Chrlstlnn faith the
person of Christ (vv. 35:40).
Is ho human or divine, or both1
Whose Son is he? Is the supremo test
of a mnn's orthodoxy.
V. The Widow's Mite (w. 41-44).
This Is a picture In striking contrnst
with thnt of the I'hurlsecs and Snddu
cees. This poor woman wns doing
thnt which In the sight of tho world
was Insignificant, but In tho sight of
tho Lord was of great moment. Th
words of tho Lord discover unto us
tho fact that in God's sight a gift i
mcasurad by tho henrt motive, nid not
by Its amount. Tho widow's nilto wns
all she had. Our gifts nro not mites
unless they aro our entire possessions.