Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 29, Number 32, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 6 April 1922 — Page 2

TERRORISTS PUT TORCH TO CITY £very Fire Company in Belfast Out; Six Blazes Set at Once. 80MB THROWN IT CROWD Peace Conference to End Warfare in Ireland Gets Under Way in London—Lloyd George Presides at Meeting of CabineL Belfast, March 30.—A series of Incendiary fires swept Relfast. At one time nearly half a dozen different conflagrations were under way. Firemen from all stations were called out during the night and. though blazes broke out continually, they were able to save much property. A store, a flour mill and a shop, all j In the central business area, were among the buildings burned. Each religious 'action accused the other of setting fire to the factory at ■which a bomb injured three persons. 3t was in the midst of this disturbance that the bomb was thrown. Sir James Craig, premier, told the ■Ulster parliament that he would continue to pursue his previous policy toward the Irish Free State. “There has been no breach of faith on my part toward Michael Collins," he asserted. “The unemployment problem, and not any organized boycott. is responsible foe the inability of Catholics to get work here. It is untrue that Orangemen are behind the alleged program regarding the Catholics. • “I shall not deviate one inch from the policy I have pursued from the ■very beginning, and it has been an honorable policy.” London, March 30. —The peace contference to end warfare between Sinn Eeiners and Orangemen in Ulster virtually got under way here with the artrival of Arthur Griffith and x E. J. Dugtgan. Mr. Griffith is president of the iDail Eireann and Mr. Duggan Dail (minister of home affairs. A meeting of the cabinet was held, ■with Premier Lloyd George presiding. The Irish situation was canvassed. The Sinn Fein leaders conferred late tin, the dpy with Colonial Secretary Winston Churchill. Michael Collins, minister of finance Hn the Irish provisional government land Sir James Craig, Ulster premier, mrrived later. Mr. Churchill plans to allow the Uriah to settle thelr-dlfflculttes among Ithemselves. According to his present Iplans, he will make a statement and (then retire. The British government 'will not Interfere unless there Is a (grave disagreement. IGIRL BRINGS SIOO,OOO TO PA Californian Gets Two Necklaces When Stork Delivers Feminine Child at Oakland. Oakland, Cal., March 30.—James C. (Blum, Jr., by becoming the father of la girl, has won the right to Inherit two necklaces, one of diamonds and the lOther of pearls, valued together at *IOO,OOO. His mother, Mrs. Rosa Rluro, willed that they be his when his wife gave birth to a daughter. Mr. Blum, who already had come Unto possession of the rest of his mother’s $330,000 estate, brought suit last year to get the necklace because his (wife had given birth to a son. He (contended that this was sufficiently close to fulfilling the terms of the will, but the court thought otherwise and (dismissed the case. IMAUD BOOTH HAS SON HELD Leader of Volunteers of America Asks Sanity Hearing for Heir at Los Angeles. Los Angeles, Cal., March 30. — Charles B. Booth, thirty-four, son of Maud Ballington Booth, head of the (Volunteers of Americn, is in the psychopathic ward of the Los Angeles county hospital, awaiting a heuring as (to his mental condition before the ilunacy commission. He was arrested In Santa Barbara by a detective em- ! ployed by his mother. f — 1 [observer sees new war Former Assistant Secretary of Treasury Wants Uncle Sam’s Powder Kept Dry. r ■ ■■' .1.—;.., Berlin. March 30.—America, keep jjrour powder dry. That will be my advice to the people of America when -3 return home.” That was the emphatic statement of Oscar T. Crosby, formerly assistant secretary of the treasury, when asked what was his Impression of Europe. a May Veto Rivers Bill, Washington. March 30.—T0 prevent What he regards as a direct assault cn the budget system, President Harding may veto the rivers and harbors bm if it reaches him in its present form. Russ to Guard Envoys.' Paris, March 30.—The Russian soviet government is taking extraordinary measures to protect its delegates to the Genoa conference on their Journey to Italy, according to information received by the French foreign office.

BpIG.~GEN.VAN HORN MOSELEY ; ,'JHt A§t|

Brigadier General Moseley, U. S. army, has been assisting Charles G. Dawes, director of the budget, in pruning the estimates of the various departments of the 'governmenL PASS JAP AMENDMENT State Ratifies Motion to Bar Japanese Homeland. -Hitchcock Warned Tokyo Would Not Ratify If Reservation Was Omitted From Pacific Pact. Washington, March 29.—The supplemental agreement negotiated by the Washington arms conference to take the Japanese homeland out of the four-power Pacific treaty was ratified by the United States senate. A supplementary resolution involving the domestic issues and mandatory rights reservation, accepted at the arms conference but not voted on when the main treaty was ratified Friday, was attached as a reservation of ratification. The agreement was ratified unanimously, 73 to 0, the Democrats construing Senator Lodge's move in Incorporating the declaration in the resolution of ratification as a victory for Senator Hitchcock and his supporters. Senator Lodge finally decided to offer it as a reservation of the Japanese homeland agreement and to incorporate both in the ’same resolution of ratification. In forcing the incorporation of the domestic Issues reservation in the ratification of the main treaty, Senator Hitchcock warned that Japan might not ratify the declaration involving domestic Issues like Japanese immigration if it were kept separate from the treaty. EIGHT BOY SCOUTS DROWNED Three Master* and Five Youths Perish When Overloaded Boat Sinks in Michigan Laks. South Rend, Ind., March 28.—Eight persons—five boy scouts, a scout executive and two scoutmasters—were drowned In Magician lake, about ten northwest of Dowagiac, Mich., when a steel motorboat which they occupied foundered in the rough waters of the lake. The persons drowned all were residents of this city." They are: Scout-Executive Joseph Taylor, James Taylor, ten, his son; Vernon C. Murphy, scoutmaster; Judsen Taylor, scoutmaster; Clinton Matthews, Kenneth Burroughs, William Kingsley, Philip Neitzel. The bodies were recovered. Tlie fatality-took place GO rods from the chore after the party had left for an island in the center of the lake, on which the boy scouts were establishing anew camp for tlie summer. INDIANA WOMAN IS SLAIN Mrs. W. J.'Snyder of BrazlJ Killed by Assassin Who -Attempted to ‘ Slay Jap General. Shanghai, March 30.—Mrs, W. J. Snyder. of Brazil, Ind., was killed and four other persons were wounded when two Coreans made an abortive attempt to assassinate Gen. Glichl Tanaka, former Japanese minister of war, upon their arrival herd from Manila. Mrs. Snyder Was Just stepping off the ship, and was not more than 20 feet from the general when the Coreans opened fire. • She was accompanied hi MrJiu s.band_ ou a trip around the world. The Coreans, who were arrested immediately, made a full confession that their purpose was to kill General Tanaka. Resists Five; He’sjihot Down; Chicago," March 29.—Janies'O’Brien, fortj'-tive, of Davenport, la., was shot and seriously wounded when he resisted five men who held him up at West Harrison street and South Racine, avenue. Three Die in Texas Wreck. Royse City, Tex., March 29.—Three (non were killed and one man seriously Injured in a freight wreck, near nere. The dead are Klvin S. Hill, Denison. Tex.; Boy Collett, Peoria, >!L- and Bruce Frazier. Peoria, UL

HOW FLYING-BOAT VICTIMS PERISHED Pilot Moore Relates Details of H"w Five of His Passengers Died at Sea, L. E. SMITH THE LAST TO DIE ; Wife Passed Away in Husband's Arms —Flyer Says He Saw Ships Pass and Waved to Them in Vain, Miami, Fla., March 29. —Robert i Moore, pilot of the wrecked dying boat ] Miss Miami, was rapidly improving! and was able to relate rnofe details of ; how five of his passengers, one* by dao, ' died of exposure uud sillied into the sea. He and Lawrence E. Smith, the | lust of the victims to die, became so j attached to each other, tint! in Smith’s | last hours they were alternately in j , laughter and tears. ‘ Moore, to keep up Smith's spirits, would tell jokes and picture the beautiful island where they soon would land. Finally Smith realized he was dying. He took three $1 bills from his pocket and wrote his initials on each and directed Moore, if he lived, to deliver the bills to Smith’s three sons in Kunsus City. These were the torn hills which were found in the pocket of Moore when he was rescued. After Smith died the pilot hated to cast the body into the sea and kept it for hours on the bottom of tlie upturned flying boat. But the fuselage of the boat was becoming soaked, and the weight of the bossy threatened to sink the boat. As Moore cast off the body he stood up and offered this prayer: “I know not your religion, but in tlie name of God and humanity 1 must east your body into the* sea. May Ibe seen in the eyes of God as doing mjT duty, the best I know how to do. May Goil 'iie with you.” Moore said the women'grew weaker as winds rose during the first night. ‘‘At least 12 times they were swept over,” he said, “but I swam out and brought them back each time. “The next day our hopes rose as we saw other boats pass, but none came nearer than a mile and a half from Us. I tried to keep up the morale of the others, by telling them, they were •■soldiers. It helped marvelously, but one of the women, Mrs. Smith, became dejected. “We weathered the storm of Wednesday night after a terrible experience, and Mrs. Bulte died on Thursday. I saw Mr. and Mrs. Smith clasped in each, other’s arms and one of them suggested that they cjose their eyes and jump overboard. But they didn’t, and Mrs. Smith died in her husband's arms. We released the bodies of the two wn' en and they floated away. . "Thursday, ns dusk nppmached. Smith grtfw delirious and I strapped him on. At times he appeared rational and asked what chance I thought we had of being rescued. I told him I thought we would yet be saved, and he said: “‘I don’t see how we can hold out much longer. Don't you think I had a brave wife?' I assured him thgt I had never seen a more courageous woman. “ ‘All right. Bob,' he answered. ‘Promise that If you return you will tell her sons how brave their mother was. Tell them the facts and tell them the truth about me. You will know as no-other how I died. Tell them for me. boy.’ “I pushed his body into the sea and all alone kept up my courage as best I could. The sun’s heat had bilstered--me and the thirst was maddening. I chewed tlie ends of my fingers until blood came to appease my thirst. I save-boats pass and waved to! them,, but none sow me. As dusk approached Friday night I began to believe It was all up. I tied a ropq to my neck. but. I was so weak that it seemed there wasn’t much use. I guess I was unconscious when the. hoat_came after me, for I don’t remember much more.”' FOUR DIE IN BOAT BLAST Ferry. Conger Blown Up in Black River at Port Huron—Two Boys Missing. Port Huron, Midi., March 28. —Four persons were killed und two hoys nre missing following an ejcploslon on she ferryboat Omari I>. Conger inrßinds river. The dead: Campbell, sixty years old; Clifford Altman, fireman ; Kenneth Crandall, deckhand; Thomas Buckner, deckhand. The missing: Karl Bond, fifteen years old, and arTunidentified newsboy. Injured: Mrs. J. Goddard, collarbone broken, hit by debris; Mr. and Mrs. Harold Biddlecomb, hit by debris. Eight Passengers Drown. San Salvador, March 30.—Eight pas-, sengers were drowned, among them two children and a newly married couple, when tlie steamboat Florita was wrecked, on a bar in the. Colorado river. In northeastern Costa Rica. Dead in Home Shooting. Woodsthck, N. 8., March 30.—Harvey Trenholme and his housekeeper, Mrs. Olive-Swim, were ahot to death in the yrenholme home at Benton Ridge. BaiTj Swim, the woman’s husband, is sought by police.

THE NAPPANEE ADYAXCE-NEWS

MISS BERTHA CANTACUZENE HR

When the Grant statue is unveiled in Washington on April 27. the one hundredth anniversary of the birth of Gen. U. i>. Grant, Bertha Cantucuzene, great granddaughter of the general, will take part in the unveiling. U. S, MARKET REPORT Weekly Marketgram of Bureai of Markets and Crops. Washington, March 29.—For the week ending March 25.—HAY —Quoted March 24: ,N© S 1 timothy, $29.00, New York; Philadelphia, $24.00, Pittsburgh, $23.5c; Cincinnati, $21.50; Chi ago, $25.00; Atlanta. s2i.uo; Kansas City. $14.60. No. 1 clover, Pittsburgh, $22.50. No. 1 alfalfa, Kansas City, $22!:.:. Memphis, $27.00. No. 1 prairie, Kansas City, $11.25; Chicago, SI7.(X). FEED-Quoted March 24: Bran, $22.75. middlings. $25.0u, Minneapolis, gluten teed, $32.65, Chicago; linseed meal. Buffalo; white hominy feed, $21.50, St. Louis. $22.00, Chicago; No. 1 alfalfa meal. $18.50, Kansas City; 36 per cent cottonseed meal, $41.0u, Memphis. DAIRY PRODUCTS Closing butter prices, 92 score: Boston, 39Vic, Chicago and Philadelphia, 38c; New York, 37c. Prices in Wisconsin primary cheese markets March'24: Twins, 19c, Daisies, 18%c; Double Daisies. 18;. Young Americas, 2*lc; Longhorns, 22%c; Square Prints. 21%c. FRUITS AND VEGETABLES - Apple markets steady. Northwestern extra fancy boxed Winesaps steady in a few marketß at $3.25-4.00; Chicago and extreme eastern markets unreported. Florida strawberries, various varieties, 50c to 60c per quart in city wholesale markets. Potatoes steady in consuming markets. New York sacked round whites. $2.00-2.15 per 100 lbs. in eastern cities. Northern stock up 5c to 15c in Chicago at |I;GS-1.75. GRAlN—Wheat markets heavy under liquidation and closed at low point for week. Buying support lacking except for short covering and some buying by commission houses on breaks Foreign, markets showed downward tendency. Closing prices in Chicago cash market; No. 2 red winter wheat, $1.31, No. 2 hard winter wheat, $1.30; No. 2 mixed corn, Gsc: No. 2 yellow corn, 66c; No. 3 white oats. 36c. Average farm prices: No. 2 mixed corn In central lovfa about 42c; No. 2 hard winter wheat in central Kansas, $1.20; No. 1 dark northern wheat In central North Dakota, $1.31. For ttfe week Chicago May wheat declined B%c, closing at $1 30%; Chicago May corn down 4c at 58c; Minneapolis May wheat down 6%c at $1.39; Kansas City May wheat down 7%c at $1.18%; Winnipeg May wheat down at $1.33%. LIVE 'STOCK—Hog prices advanced 5c to 20c, light weights advancing most. March 25 Chicago prices: Hogs, top, $10.6: (part load); bulk of, sales, $9.90-10 50; medium and- good beef steers. $7.25-8.85; .butcher cows and heifers, $4.75-S.OO; feeder steers, $5.50-7.26; light and medium weight veal calves, $6.00-9.00; fat lambs, $13.2516.00: feeding lambs, $11.75-13.50; yearlings, $11.25-14.50; fat eiVes, $7.00-10.2SL_ Stocker and feeder shipments from twelve important markets during the week endine March 17 were: Cattle and calves, 55,903; hogs, 14,376; sheep, 15,807. __ WORD FROM COLLIER CYCLOPS Note in Bottle Says United States Ship Was Destroyed by,. Submarine. Beauford, N7 C., March 28, —A bottl* containing n note purporting to hr signed by an engineer Bboard the navy cofliec Cyclops, .which disappeared al seg id; Ifil7? -was picked up northeast of Cape Lookout lighthouse. The not* stated flint a German submarine was close hy, that all hands iiad been ordered on board the U-boat and that -the ship was then to be torpedoed The Cyclops was bound from a ■ Chit ean port for the United States with i cargo of nitrates when it disappeared LENIN TO QUIT AS PREMIEF Berlin -Receives Word That Sovlel Leader Will Resign Office Soon VUI • Bec?v.e.of lllne #! i... .. , Berlin. March 28.—Although Presi dent Rakowski of the Ukrainian so viet, who lias Just arrived from Mos cow, declares Nicolai Benin is im proving, direct word was received lieri that Mr. I.enjn will resign as Russiar premier within a few days because oi bis serious illness. -Compulsory Arbitration in Norway ■“rHmmrrmrr' reffi-paTsm-j arbitration of labor disputes is pro vided for in a Mil adopted by the lag ting. The measure is in the saini form as when it passed the udelstlng It therefore becomes a taw. ' To Test Coast Defenses. —Washington, Marohr 30. —Extensivi maneuvers to determine the military value of American coast defense! when operated In conjunction witl modem aircraft are being planned foi the coming summer.

INDIANA State News

I>. Lafayette Beaber, seventy-seven years old, junior vice department commander of tlie Indiana G. A. U , is dead at tlie home of liLs daughter, Mrs. Theodore KeySer, tp Fort Wayne. “Uncle" Johnny Richmond of .Rochester and Mrs. Richmond celebrated their sixty-eighth wedding anniversary. Mr.—ami Mrs. Richmond were married In Kosciusko county in 18f>4, eight years before the Civil war. Mr. Richmond is eighty-eight years old and his wife is a year younger. Figures, which show that the average value placed on automobiles is nearly SIOO greater than tlie valuation on household furniture found in the average home in Clinton county, are. given in the first report mude by the county assessor to the state board of tax commissioners. Assessments of personal prop, erty in Wabash county are from 10 to 31 per cent lower for 1922 as compared with tlie 1921 assessment, according to W. G. Bridges, state tax board representative, after examining reports of township assessors. Land values are showing a decrease in valuation to about $l5O an arce tills year. The Vigo County Farmers’ association has joined numerous other .organizations, including tlie rural and city mail carriers, the Central Labor union, United Mine Workers of America and other unions it/ opposing tlie adoption of the daylight saving plan by the Terre Haute city council. A resolution opposing this plan was adopted by the association of this county. • The Vanderhnrg county council has appropriated $5,000 which will be used in carrying - out suggestions of the Probate count looking to a solution of tlie juvenile problem in the county. Tlie money will provide a home-placing fund and a woman probation officer who, will supervise delinquent girls. It IS expected the movement In time will lead to the establishment of a girls'- detention home in Evansville. Five boys and three men, all of South Bend, were drowned when a boat carrying a party of boy scouts capsized in Lake Magician, 30 miles from South' Bend. The party was en route to Hemlock island where a summer scout camp was being laid out. The vessel, a 14-foot steel motorboat, sank in the middle of the lake. The lake is about 40 feet deep at that point. The detrd included Jo N. Taylor, age thirty-nine, scout executive; Vernon C. Murphy, age thirty-five, scout master;' Judson Taylor, age twenty, assistant scout master; James Taylor, age ■eight, son of Jo N\ Taylhr; Williiim Kingsley, age fifteen-; Kenneth Borrough, age fourteen; (Hinton Mathews, age sixteen,- and Phillip Neitzel. Forty, coal miners of Gibson and Pike counties pleaded guilty in the Gibson' Circuit court at Princeton un charges of rioting In connection witli disturbances" at Francisco June 10. 1921. when tlie superintendent of the Francisco coal mine and his family were driven from home hy vigilantes numbering several hundred. Following the plea entered for the defendants by their attorneys tlie prosecuting attorney and tlie special assistant prosecuting attorney reconfmended as punishment fines not to exceed SSO for each of the 40 defendants. The state does not know where several serf the defendants are at the present time, and the action does not dispose of tlie cases of the missing persons. ' Farm work in central Indiana generally is well in "hand, notwithstanding the fact that the recent wet weather lias delayed spring plowing to some extent. A large amount of sod has already been turned tills spring and a good, deal of this work was done last winter, which whs? unusually mild through this region. Thus far no trace of tlie tiy lias been found' in .wheat In Hamilton, Madison,- Boone, Tiptou, Howard, (’lintori and other counties in‘the central part of the state and the wheat is stooling out in a way-that promises an unusually large yield. The clover sown last spring is showing up in good condition. Fruit men say peach trees have rtrae through the winter, in good condition. The buds have-be-gun to swell nnd the Indications point to a heavy peach crop. “It Is not often that trees come through the winter, in this latitude looking ns promising as ' tlieyAdifmt th|| present time,” a fruit expert says. “While the pencil crop Is often killed t April or May, yet the greatest damage Is Usually wrought hy the Intense cold in January arid February. The same token that promises a large pern’ll yield also gives hope of a large apple, cherry, plum and pear crop. The first of a Rories of trials ,o ...enforce an ordinance of. the (own cf I-'ort Branch, in Gibson county, against keeping hogs In tlie town Imlts resulted in iriiung Jury, which stood three to three. The suit was irought hy the town of Fort Brandi. Bids on from 75.000 to 150.000 barrels of cement wilt be opened by the state highway commission on April 5. It was announced. In these bids tt Is required that the companies submit i mlll-hase price, exclusive of such 'rebate, freight rates and cash discount Igures.

Governor McCray hus designated Friday. April 21, as Arbor day. Porter county farmers will purchase a carload of certified seed potatoes this year. Last year many bushels were planted in the county with good results. Nineteen defendants representing 75 per cent of the Bedford stone quarrying interests of Indiana aru charged with conspiracy., to restrict the production of stone/in violation of the state anti-trust fuvvs. In suil tiled In Superior court hy U. S. Lesh, attorney general. Two hundred men went buck to work at tlie National Fireproofing works at Hobart, which has been Idle since -last fall. Officers of the company said improved business conditions, us reflected in orders ah ready received, make certain that the plant will be operated several months. Jobs were provided for 87 World war veterans during the employment campaign of the American Legion at Kokomo, it was announced hy the examiner of the Kokomo free employment bureau, who had charge of the drive. At least 50 of the number obtained permanent positions, he reported. Led by Claude E. Gregg of Vincennes, state commander of the American Legion, more than 100 officers and others assembled—at- Culver foi the third Culver conference of the In ; (liana department. Business included consideration of the several undertakings which nre being pushed by the Legion in Indianu. These embraced tlie problems of serving the former service men, administration of the state department’s affairs and situ ilar items of business. The furniture industry, with 2,412 men employed on an average of 50.4 hours a week, led the field of Evansville industries the first 15 days in March, according to the report of the employment bureau of the Evansville Manufacturers’ association. Machine shops,, stove manufacturers and foundries came next with 745 men employed on an average of 36,5 hours a week. It is said there are fewer unemployed men in Evansville, than a year ago. Tlie erection of a $3,000,000 Indianapolis exposition building, five stories high, with an auditorium of 20,000 seating capacity, and with exposition floor space twice that of the Manufacturers’ building at the state fair ground, was recommended in a survey of tlie needs of Indianapolis for a coliseum and exposition building, presented to a committee which was appointed at the meeting of Indianapolis manufacturers six weeks ago, to consider plans and possibilities for such a budding. Veterans of the World war who are in soldiers’ homes in Indiana are “S. O. L.,’’ If an opinion sent to David N. Foster, member of the board of the Indiana State Soldiers’ home, by Attorney General U. S. Lesh holds water. In a letter Mr. Foster asks “If a part of adjusted compensation can he withheld when he becomes a member of the home." In his answer Mr. Lesli ruled it lawful for the board of trustees to make it a condition that soldiers, unmarried, receiving a pension, shall pay into the home ail over _sl6. Shelby county wool growers have agreed to pool their spring clip this year, as was done last year, nnd to ship to a warehouse at Columbus, 0,. for sale. Indiana wool litst year was moved from farm to manufacturer at a cost of 3% cepts a pound, according to Claude Harper of I’urdue. wlio spoke at the Shelby County Wool Producers’ meeting held recently. He said that approximately one-third of tlie Indiana wool clip was pooled last year, and that the profit to the farmers Tvas about 80,000. Organizations caring for dependent and homeless children in nearly every county of the state are violating the law under which they are supposed to be operated in one way or another, officials of the board of state charities have announced. The violations are due apparently to a.lack of clear understanding of- the law, it was said. Cases recently reported to the board Involve expenditures of public money contrary to law, the boarding of children at public expense in institution •• outside the state, and the operation of a children's boarding home without a license, and sometimes in poorly situated buildings without adequate facilities. The total assessed valuation of. taxable property in the city of Indianapolis for the year 1921, tax. able in 1922, Is ,$592,818,300, according to n certified stateTnent received by. tlie business' director of the Indlufiapolis school city, from the county auditor. This Is approximately $7,800,000 higher than the estimated total given hy tlie auditor last lull, and on which the 1922 tax levies 'for. the city and school city were tiased,' so that the total tax receipts of both the city and school city this year will be appreciably higher than the officials hurt expected. The higher total valuation also increases the bonding power of each unit approximately $136,000. A church canvass of Hnrtford City, completed by workers of the United Brethren church, shows more than 30 denominations are represented in the -city.. The Pat,oka township farmers' organization, meeting in tlie Gibson county courthouse, voted Unanimously to ask the Gibson county commissioners to grant no more stone roads for three years. The farmers also took action against the building of any more schoolhonses, except' in case of emergency, during the same , period.

IMPROVED UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL SimdaySchool ' Lesson T (By REV. F. B. FITZWATEK, D. D.* Teacher of English Bible in the Moody Bible Institute of Qhlcago.) Copyright. 1922, Western Newspaper Unto*.

LESSON FOR APRIL 9 THE LORD PRESERVES JOASH LKSSON TEXT~il~Ktngs 11:1-17. GOLDEN TEAT—The Lord preserved* all them that'love Him —Psalm 145:20. REFERENCE MATERIAL—II Kings 11:18-20; ’ll Chron. 23:1-21; Matt. 2:13-23. PRIMARY TOPIC-God Takes Care ot a Boy. JUNIOR TOPIC-How a Boy Becams King. INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC —A Boy Saved for a Great Career, YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC —The Secret of Personal and National Safety. Joash, viewed in the light of his ancestors, was a poor prospect for a king. His grandmother was the wicked Athaliah and his great grandparents were Ahab and Jezebel. There was enough bad blood in his veins to assure his doom. Despite this fact, he brought about some noble reforms and turned the people back to God. I. Athaliah Usurps the Throne (vv. 1-3). 1. Her attempt to destroy the seed royal (vv. 1). In order to remove any rival claimant to the throne she •tried to kill all the royal male children. 2. Joash preserved by Jehosheba (vv. 2,3). Though Athaliah was keeneyed she was checkmated by another woman. Her fatal omission was not to get rid of the, women too. This woman, the wife of the priest, stole away the* child and hid him in the bedchamber for six years. God had promised that through the Ijavidic line the Messiah should come. In order that this line be unbroken Jonsh must be preserved. No purpose of God can fail. 11. Joash Crowned King (vv. 4M2). 1. Jehoiada’s preparations (vv. 4-11). The high priest and his wife were intelligent and strong characters. As the high priest, Jehoiada felt that it was his duty to thwart tlie heathen* project of Athaliah. Doubtless his cooperation with his wife made possible the saving of Joash. (1) Secured the aid of the military leaders (v. 4). He knew somehow that these men were not loyal to Athaliah. (2) Bound them under solemn oath (v. 4). He took an oath of thgm in the house of the JLord. Honest men will stand by their word. (3) Excited their spirit of patrloiisnr (v. 4). He gave them a sight of the king’s son. This, no doubt, was a great surprise. Now having seen the heir to the throne they would risk everything, even their lives, in order to set him on the throne. (4) Co-ordinates all matters (vv. 5-11). The soldiers were divided into companies and arms were distributed to them: Each group was assigned to specific duties. 2. The coronation (v. 12). (1) The king's son brought forth. This was a great day—ln—Jerusalem. After six years of usurpation, tlie people all tlie while supposing that all the heirs to the throne were dead, now to gaze upon the king’s son would be a notable event. (2) IJut the crown upon “him. This was the formal Induction intoufflee. (3) Gave him the testimony. This was a copy of the law, showing that the king was to rule according to the law of God. The act of putting the law upon his head showed that the king himself would be under the control of the law. (4) Made him king. This shows that he was made king by tlie choice of the people. (5) Anointed him. They poured oil upon his head. This was-the usual method of consecrating prophets, priests and kings. (6) Clapped their hands. This was a token of joy. 111. Athaliah Slain (vv. 13-17). 1. The noise of the coronation of Joash brough Athaliah to the (v. 15). Up to this time she thought her place on the throne was secure and" that her heathen religion had free course. 2. Her dismay (v. 14). Upon her arrival at the temple she saw the king wearing the crown and surrounded by the guards, so that she could do nothing. In her despair she exclaimed: “Treason, treason!” llow prone wicked men and women are to k cry out as though they had beets wronged when their wicked plots and conspiracies are exposed and thwarted I 3. Athaliah executed (vv. 15, 16). The orders were that she should not , be killed in the temple. They led her out by the way of the horses’ entrance to the king's palace and slew her. What a end for the sinner! Sin ciin only prosper for a time. IVrWoriFlp of the’ TrSTGod (vv. ’ty*. 18 >- Joash was seven years old when he was made king. The high priest made a covenant between the Lord, the king and the people that they would be the Lord's people. In carrying out tills covenant they broke down the temple of Baal and slew the priest of Baal. • The Way to God. Prayer carries us halfway to God, fasting brings us ,to the door of His palace, and alms-giving procures ns admission. —Koran. The Saddest Thing. The saddest tiling that can befall a soul is when it loses faith in God and woman.—Alexander Smith.Hope and Joy. ( A propensity to hope and Joy is real riches; one to fear and sorrow, real poverty.—Hums.