The Syracuse Journal, Volume 24, Number 13, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 23 July 1931 — Page 4

The Plains Os By James v Oliver Wl|'wwp; Cur wood IDu<t*-aUo««*g X , ’/ Ctyrwkt Bm DcmlUUm Dow* wCMm. i Z S/

CHAPTER XlV—Continued In this way Jeems found his wife •nd boy. Their story was destined to be remembered because it was a marked incident in a transition of land, people. and customs which history could nejt regard too tightly. Manuscripts an|d letters were to bear it on. until, almost forgotten, it’was to remain only a whisper among a thousand others of days and years whose echoes grow fainter as time passes. ’The wails of the o|d Lotblniere home in st. Louis street. dose t<< the residence of the beautiful but infamous Madame de Paean, witnessed the piecing together of the story and might repeat it today If they could talk. For J»>ems the few minutes after his viitry in the |a»tbin!ere house, where lie and Toinette were guided by Nancy nnd her father while a black servant brought tsp tlh- r.ur With the/ wire nearly :U unreal is the mm jnents <>f ids i consciousnt -s on the Plains of Abraham. Inside tlie door. Nancy placed the child in his arms, which had lud relinquished their hold »>f Toinette, a.:|d the disc-very that he - j. ... »M-d a son leapt upon alm. lie . was so overwhelmed by the emotion which followed that he did not see liep-ibiih Ads m s as he 4elt his way through tlie w de I Hl to find.what (be •\. it. nietit a' !' • r\lng w.-re ab -ut. it was ll<|isiba!i with Ids round, sight-'-joy when he found Jeems alive under his great, f.umbimg hand* which added '-—.us Nancy wfote jn her-letter to Anne St. I »vnis Ib'. k “a t i t ; proof that c , That this (h>d who had seen New 1 e- ■ ■■' :• <1 t: . r „O de*t : n:es Wit'- a' l>< tlefb lent hand Jeems dmmflly believe.! when To! lo tte ,t\'ld Idin what had befallen her ■ V ,-re 11 ..re Hi Io T l'< tH. -It W .IS t ’ ele'-nth of !>• -.-mb< r. nnd the after t oon sun *l-oe.' ‘rein a sky filled with the miliar warmth of autumn rather than the cfiilf of w i ter. A few bundnd yard* G< ■ I Marra 5 a i holding a r. vi. w «.f tl.e- regiments which were JM.ajh to face Levis in tils attempt to ret. do- the > ty. Tti.e sound of myrtial l . -<■ •■- th. tjmt:y. and w ith It the distinct but softer tolling bf a boll which marked an hour of prayer. t t ■*t Tolpette l“w ed hi r head «d adoration, taught her to the whlter< bed Nlsterl j of .Cl rist 11 . e jours h )J • | I .-r. ,N- • -time alone, hut. m.pl, erilood ~;.d the grit f of hojx-le.. j mad,,, j , r more « woman srlrl. At Inst she 1 believedjJeems was ■ L ahti now she I i .'.lts, nnhar..-e sis the mystery <»f the ■ ■ ' , She told of Hepslbah’s capture by the- Mohawks hi Forbidden \alley, of les escape. bls recapture later by the S- m.s . ■ ( s . ■. rid 'ri’.tbga and of her failure to Inspire >•; • ercy when, blinded, he was brought to Chenufsio,. "•tidy <,■ .C ■ ; I ' ;■ >. •, I aftl rt' a:." ■■ ...id ': r 1 v•* tleriperale that 1 scarcely know how events sh.i; -id themselves as they did. ■1 feared wiiat yotir action might be 1 ( I■ 1 fl.' 1-o '• r-d A' l>. | ~, .. ~ «lid it strike n>e as an answer to my prayers that a hunting knife should' |.e dangHng by it* cord in the'openIng. With this knife I freed Hep-lbah nnd cut a hole in tin- skin t.-nt through wliich we.crait to the canoes, after I had given Wood Pigeon my>.message to you. w|ien we were tmrsued and overtaken my hope died; but the depth <d my despair was no greater than the Joyous sh. ek w hich overcame me w hen 1 beard Tiaoga'* voice telling us not to be afraid but to go ashore quietly ntul that harm would befall us. Sbijidas explained What they w.-re' about to do,, for as s.xm as. we were a*bore. Tiapga went off alone Into the darkness, (lie told us that three days b-fore reaching. t'henuf*io they had learned, through fat’s which Hepslhrih relatiSt that their prisoner, already blinded, was your uricle and my own dear friend. It was too bite for them to save him, for the warriors were In hall humor and demamhx) the sacrifice at! the stake of the one who had several of number Shlndas cajme ahead so you would not be tn the vtlbige when tlie prisoner arrived. As Shindas talked to us 1 learned heart, as kind as any tn this world heat in savage breasts, for these men had turned traitors to the Senecis that we might live. In the light of a torch. Shindas discioriecl a long brn|d of hair which looked horridly like] my own. and drenched It* scalp in frt-sb blood which be drew from his breast. It was a scalp Tiaoga had taken from a French Indian he had killed, and 1 turned faint when I saw It gleaming in the flare of the pitch pine. Then llepslbah and 1 went on in the canoe. Hours later, shindas rejoined us and said that Tiaoga bad danced with the scalp before his people and that they believed we were dead. Shindas stayed with us until we came upon French soldiers near Fort Frontenac, and each day 1 dressed the wound in his breast* She paused, as if revlsionlng what had passed, then said: -There were a few moments with Tiaoga—«looe—that night we stood on the shore, while Shindas took the blood from his wound. God must have made Ttaof* love me. Jeems. almost M ba bad loved the one whose place

I had taken. When 1 found him. he was so cold and still in the darkness that he might have been stone instead of flesh. But he promised to make it possible for you to come to me as soon as he could do so without arousing the suspicions of®his people. And then he touched me for the first time as he must have caressed Silver Heels. He held my braid ih his spoke her name in.a ways! had never heard him speak it Before. I kissed him. 1 . put my arms around his neck and kissed him. and it seemed that even my lips touched stone. Yet he loved me. and because of that 1 have wondered—through all these years—why he did not send you to me.” Jeems could not tell her it was be-CJ’.-o lie l -:d kill'd 1 . b'g.l. As the melody of the bell had fallen like a behedlction over the Plain*.of Abraham. s<> peace and happiness f<>! lowed In the footsteps of the conquerors of New Frahce. At the stroke of a pen.' half a continent changer. hands] 3 and trom the pulpits of the I'anadas as well a< from those of the English colonies Voices were raised In " gratitude to iod that the conflict was ended. Even the beaten rejoiced, for during the months of its final agony the heart of the nation had been I Kd 4 WWtUid » ' ' ••Yet He Loved Me—” I sn: p<-d by'. corruptiotTand dMionesty I Until fidth had crumbled In men's I ] souls and]British presence came to be I > regarded as a guarantee of liberty and j not as the calaridty of defeat. “At I last there is an end to war on this ■ ! croft, pastor of th*- (fid ciiiirvb in Bosi ton. for like a million others of his j countrymen he did not-forsee tlie still I greater conflict (■ r American Indei pendehce less than fifteen years Ahead. ! And the eefio v is repeated— At last • • is an ♦ 1 to w.sr.” . Ac.du the <un was g'fidv.n in its promise. Men I'called the days their own, the fron . • 1. the most vengeful of . she A;, a '■ * - : • '■■>' tied t-> d cir fast- ■ | played with : • B in their eyes. I These were the days bf a nation's ! birth, when the F.ritpn mingled with those whom he had defeatvxl. and • transformed New France into Canada. In the .spring of I’fli Jeema returned ill'che ■ i Mid tine Tonteur, . iher spirit subdued ami her mallee chastened, placed into his hands and those of her-daughter the broad die main of Tonteur jmim r. which it was her desire never to see again. That the. home of their, future was to be built amid the scenes of a tragedy which had brought them together, an t

Pompeii Wears Color of Its Day of Tragedy

Perhaps it Is natural that nearly [ every tourist who vlsts the Roman . I remains which have been dug out of PouqH'll, dreams of seeing “PotniieUan Red" in all the glory of original design ami color, which modern Pompeiian hotel balconies have made |H>pular all river the civilized world. Except f<»r a chance bit of ancient mosaic or frescoes on a few walls, the sight of the wonderftil carmine is so | rare as to be startling. The prevailing color Impress;.>n. of Pompeii Is the lava gray which old Vesuvius painted there at the time of Its destruction. This is the color which shades walls and streets from the moment you enter the Marine gate, as you wander past the Temples of Apollo and Jovo or even enter the House of the VetUl. . It Is fittingly so, for whatever our ■ expectations may have been, the trag-

Named Cape Horn Hoorn Is a very famous place In 1 Holland, for the old port sent out some of the most adventurous rovers that the world has ever seen, William Schouten was one of these fest--1 less folk who took the Dutch flag all 1 over the globe. He was the first marl- . ner to round the tip of South America, 1 Instead of getting into the Pacific by > way of the straits of Magellan. He made this adventurous journey In 1616 and he christened the southernmost projection of land Cape Hoorn, i in honor of bls birthplace. It has I since been contracted to. Cape Hom. t but It was not named "from its fancied r resemblance to a horn, but from the Dutch town from which its discoverer i sailed.—Detroit News.

where they would feel the presence of loved ones who had found happiness there as well as death, brought to Toinette and Jeems a joy which only they could understand. For the charred ruins of Tonteur manor and of Forbidden valley were home, even to Hepsibnh Adams; and when Jeems reached the hallowed ground he had left five years before, he wrote Toinette, who waited in Quebec, telling her how the hills smiled their welcome. how green the abandoned meadows were, and that everywhere flowers had come to bless the solitude and the resting places of their dead. Then he set to work with the men who had come with him, and in the golden flush of September he went for Toinette and his boy. A haze of smoke drifted once more from the chimneys of cottages in the valley lands, and with another summer the lowing of cattle and the bleating of sheep rose at evening time, and the old mill vwtieel turned again, and often Toinette rode beside Jeems toward Forbidden valley. sometimes with her hair in curls, with a ribbon streaming from them. It was in this second year, when the chestnut burrs were green on the ridges, that strangerp came down the trail from Tonteur hill one evening, two men and a woman and a girl. The men were Senecas, and the miller, who met them first, eyed them with suspicion as well as Wonder, for while the girl was pretty and the woman white, the men who accompanied them were fierce and tall and marked by battle. They were! also extremely proud, and passed the miller without heeding his command to make themselves known, stalking to the front of the big house, followed by the woman and the girl, where Toinette saw them and gave such a cry that the miller ran back for his grin. In this way Tiaoga came to manor to show Jeems the s- ar his arrow had rnado. - and with, him were] \Vo.>d Pigeon and Shindas; and Mary Daghlen. For many years after this, until he was killed.tn th|e frontier fighting which preceded the American war for 'indvpemlenee. Tiaoga returned often t<> the valley of-the Richelieu, and as time Went on, the .pack of soft skins and bright feathers he brought with him grew larger, for another boy was given to Toinette. rind then a girl, ss that, with three children always watching and hoping for his arrival. th« warrior was kept busy accumulating treasures for thbmj Once each year Mary ,and Shindas. visited Tonteur manor, and with them came their children when .they gPew old enough to travel throjjgh the wilderness. Wood l ,; ge..n di<F not. return to Chenufsio. Tokana. her crippletl father, had given up his valiant struggle the preceding winter and had (lied. She lived with Toinette and Jeems until she was nineteen, when she tnarried a young French landowner framed De Poncy, From one of a sheaf of yellow letters may be read these lines, dated June fit. 1767. written to Nancy l.ot•fi? . n by Marie Antoinette Bulala ‘•.My Own Dear Nancy: “Sadness Ims fallen over u< here at. Tonteur manor. Odd is dead. Ino linger have a doubt that God has given souls to the. Beasts, for wherever we look w<> iniss him, and a fortnight has passed since we buried him dose t-. the cimpel yard; It is like f tnis*ing :l ,• ;!.?' Wb-.joK.ved us. or. more than that, one who guarded us as he lov»-l. Even list night little Marie Antoinette sobbed herself to sleep because be am not come when she calls him. 1 cannot keep tears from my own eves when 1 think of hta. and even Jeems. strong as he is, turns from trie when, we puss the ehapfid yard, ashained of what l might see in lis face. Odd was all we had left to us of other days —he and Hepsibuh. And it is Ilepsb bah f->r whom my heart aches most. For years dear eld ' Odd f has guided! him in‘his blindness, with a cord attached to his neck, ami I believe they I knew hbw to talk to each other. “Hepsibah now sits alone so much, keeping away frofii others, and every evening we see him groping about the gate to the chapel yard as if hoping to find some one [ then>. Oh, what a. terrible thing is dpath. which rends us ] all with its grief in time- But 1 must i not moralize or unburden my gloom or pm will wish 1 had remained Silent another month. ~~*lt is a gi' rious Jupe here. The roses One wonders if the misty spots on the vellow page are tears. [THE END.]

| of that awful day needs a gray i draping more than artistic glory of brighter hues. It Is a city of ashes, of marble and stone and the passerby will, if watchful, not fail to note that nature with buttercups and convolvulus has tried in many a gray comer to beautify the ancient chariot-worn streets. Popular Old Legend In the middle of the Sixteenth century the legend of the “Wandering Jew” received popular life Un Germany owing to the claims of a man who announced himself to be the “JBwige Jude” himself. In Hamburg he gave his name as Ahasuerus, and stated that he had been a shoemaker in Jerusalem who would not suffer Christ to rest at his dour when fainting under the weight, of the cross. He struck Jesus. and ordered him to move on. whereupon Jesus said: • I will stand here and rest, but thou shalt go on until the last day." This man’s story was subsequently published on the authority of a Lutheran clergyman, who claimed to have met the Jew in Hamburg. Famed for Oleander* Galveston. Texas, located on the island of Galveston, is known as the Oleander city because of the twentyeight varieties of that flower which may be found there. “Unfilled” Fishing Grounds Off the north of Iceland are aimost virgin fishing grounds and among the richest banks in the world are those lying in the Pacific, off British Columbia.

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News Review of Current Events the World Over Germany’s Financial Plight Worries All Other Nations— Hearings on Railway Freight Rate Increase Begun. By EDWARD W. PICKARD

WHILE all the world looked on with anxious interest. Germany .was plunged into a financial crisis that threatened the country with utter economic collapse and made possible even the subversion of the government. Delay ifi acceptance of the Hoover moratorium by France had resulted in the withdrawal of

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vast sums from the German banks, the conversion of thesb funds into foreign currency, and its removal from the country. The big DarmstaedtOr und National bank closed its doors, primarily because of heavy losses sustained through the failure of Germany's largest wool-combing concern. Dr. Hans Luther, president of the Reichsbank. rushed from Berlin to L >n<h n and thence to I’aris, seeking ai<l. The French government refused to participate.in a loan to the Reichsbank unless Germany would agree to conditions which Berlin regarded as impossible .of acceptance. These included suspension of the pocket battleship building program, abandonment bf the Austro-German customs union, further credit restrictions in ■Germany- arid relinquishment of. any < _ lining 1 f'anzig and theDanzig corridor. Presiderit vo.n Iliiidenburg and his ministers said they t these demands. l.uT'-r then th w. to Fasci and I.\-l tlie case before the Bank for International Settlcjnerits and representatives of American, British and French banks. Gates,W. McGarrah, American president of the B. I. S„ announced that the directors of that .institution had agreed to renew its participation in the rediscount Credit of $100,000.l»Xl accorded to the Reichsbank June 25 at d due® on. July 10. This credit , was advanced Jointly by the Federal Resetue bank of the i’nited States, the Bank of France, the Bank of England and tin* world bank. The sum was welcome to Luther but it was only a drop in the bucket which he had. to jill.

MEANXVHILE the Germain goverpnient orde re d all banks closed for two s, sluit up the ■ • stock <>xc!:un , _'»»s for a Week and decreed a twmday moratorium. It thus checked the exodus of capital ami Hie transfer of marks into foreign currencies or securities, for tf>«

time being'. There whs some rbuT-g, but in general the Herman people exhibited the calmness of d< spalr* The authorities cannot believe that America ami the other naib’t'S of Euro: would permit ti:e in-s.hveii'-y of < ia:iy. ; ! the !- nd by Pr--dent von li t.'mb’irg stri ed the fact that the crisis vtas largely metaphysical and due to lack nee. ' President Hoover kept in close . touch with the German situation but It s th: -ial view in Washington tliat Germany must help . herself by strong measures and that in the matter of outside assistance Europe •must take the !• d. Mr. Hoover too!; the position i:i bringing about the moratorium he had done all that lie legitimately and properly could do. France refuses to be abashed by the attacks on her apparent harshness toward Germany. She bolds that'herdemands are fully justified and that they tend- to promote the <■of world, disarmament and to assure security fur Europe in general,, and France in particular. SECRETARY OF STATE STIMSON had a lovely time visiting Premier Mussolini, and left Rome Tor Paris, it was said, with proposals which may lead to a solution of the Ftano»-ltab lannava! controversy. press Intimated that Mussolini, in exchange for the support he gave the Hoover moratorium, had obtained from Mr. Stimson a .certain amount of hacking for his contention that the Italian f.vr n-.u-.t he as large aS that of any other 1 ccntinentai European power. , Secretary Mellon was at Cap Ferrnt taking a complete rest after his strenuous labors in Paris. He starts home in a week or so. pHARLES G. EDWARDS. Democrat, representative in congress of the First Georgia district, (lie! suddenly of cerebral lienimorhage In Atlanta. He was fifty-three years old and his home was in Savannah. Mr. Edwards’ death restores to two the Republican majority in the house. He was the seventh member of that body to die since the election. The Republicans now have 215 members to 213 for the Democrats and one Farmer-Laborite. There are only six vacancies for that caused by the deathwf Aswell of Louisiana has been filled by the election of another Democrat, John Overton. VESTIGATION was ordered by Secretary of Commerce Lamont into charges made by Dr. Ray O. Hall that he had been dismissed from the department for protesting against falsification of the recently Issued report ou the “balance of international payments.” fiall, who prepared most of of the report, alleged figures were juggled and deletions made to suit “political expediency.” He said particularly that a. comment to the effect that impending tariff legislation possibly was In part responsible | for merchandise

imports holding up relatively'well during the first half of the fiscal year 19110 had been omitted in tlie publication. The point he had endeavored to bring out and which, he said, was omitted, was that, in anticipation of higher tariff rates later, foreign shippers had sent greater quantities of goods to this country during the first part of the fiscal year than otherwise would have been the case. SOXTET Russia has taken another step in its return toward old-time ways. It has been decreed by the people’s commissiariat for agriculture that payment to workers. on Russia's collective farms shall henceforth be made only on the basis of quality and quantity of work performed. The measure is designed to increase the “material interestedness" of tlie farmers and thus enlarge production. Heretofore collective farmers have been paid partly in moneyTrom farm earnings and partly in produce, according to the size and needs of their families, niany taking their share of produce at the outset of the harvest. These factors, combined AVith inadequate organization and management of farms, were cited in the decree as responsible for a break in labor discipline and consequent losses from the harvest. . ■

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Jr., and his fellow commissionershave had to hamlie f<>r some time. There was no disposition to question the fact that the railroads are in a sad financial plight. The problem is to find the remedy. In-the .first five months of this year the class one railroads had a net railway operating - "7.>7. ■ r - ' . -cent on their property investment, and 44 of the 171 roads operated at a loss, of which 14 were in the eastern. G in the southern, and 24 iri the western district. Conforming to the wish of President- Hoover, that. ■ .existing- wage Scales be maintained; the roads afe | seeking an increase of revefiue in increased rates, but their executives have made it plain that if this is not granted. wages will have to come down. Many shippers have let the commission- know that they favor the latter alternative. asserting that they eanhi’t bear higher, transportation charges. President Hoover has taken n> part in the controversy. but .Secretary of Agrh-nltnre Hyde'has •publicly-asked the commission tp take into consider, tje.n the f ■ t t: at while the revenue of the railroads dropped 16 per vent last y. r. the. revenue of I the farmers dropped 2ti per /ent; that farm prices are down to pre-war levels. while freight rates are relatively 'high: that with many -.products;tax manufacturing costs, and railroad rates can be passed on to the consumer.', but that the farmer cannot pass his costs on. qTwo security holders’ committees appeared before the • commission to set forth the .danger Ji at n.atiy’mllliqi s of dollars of rail securities may become ineligible 'for life insurance, savings bank and other investment unless the freight rate increase is. granted. One of the committee rep? resented life insurance ami. savings bank interests and the other trust and -fire insurance companies and institutions. In an effort to determine whether certain practices of the railroads are consistent with “economical and efficient management.” the interstate commerce commission announced that it would conduct an investigation on its own motion into practices of carriers which affect their operating revenues and expenses. At. mg (!:•* pra-tices the commisfor railroad fuel and the handling of coal at tidewater ports, lake coal, private freight "cars, the spotting of tiott and maintenance of sidings for shippers. CHILE has a new cabinet headed by Pedro Rlanquier who. besides being premier, is minister of finance. Rlanquier was formerly finance and public works minister, as well as di- ■ rector of the state railways. He is regarded as an efficient technical man and it is believed in Santiago that he can find the remedy for the precarious state of Chilean finances. JOSEPH LF.BRIX and Marcel Doret, two famous French aviators, set out on a non-stdp flight from Paris to Tokyo, hoping to make the 6,000 miles in 62 hours. They were making good progress when they were forced down in Siberia 310 miles from Irkutsk. The plane was ruined and Lebrix was slightly injured. Seth Yerrington and Edward Maloney attempted a non-stop flight from New York to Mexico City but crashed on a beach 60 miles north of Soto la Marina, about miles short of their goal. Neither was injured. * THREE independent investigators, after a tour of the PennsylvaniaOhio coal fields, where the miners are on strike, dedared that “the people of

Hans Luther

Pittsburgh are entirely unappreciative of the gravity of the sutuation. If they do not awaken soon they will shortly find themselves faced/with a civil strife unparalleled in the coal ] industry. The investigators were Dr. Colston E. XVarne of Amherst college. Dr. XVilliam L. Nunn of New York university and Mauritz Hellgrin, associate editor of the publication The Nation. TWENTY-EIGHT nations, through their representatives at Geneva, signed ah international convention limiting the manufacture and regulating the distribution of narcotic drugs, and it was expected that other signatures, including that of the United States, would be added within a few ; days. The treaty was the result of discussions of delegates from 56 nations which have been in progress for many weeks. Among the first to sign ] were Germany, France, Holland. Switzerland. Great Britain and Japan, six j of the leading manufacturing states. [ Turkey and Jugoslavia, chief opiumproducing states, %re net expected to ‘ sign at present. ” ———•— ■ ■ .. . i

TTIRTUALLY the ’ father of the army air service. Brig. Gen. Benjamin D. Foulois, Will next December, reap the reward of his long and earnest labors. The XVar department announced his promotion to succeed Maj. Gen. James E, Fechet as chief of the army air con>s. effective

December 20, when General Feehet’s ! ] term-expires, Foulois will then become f a major general. He was one of the : pioneers in the development of avia- ; tiori through association with the ] XX"right brothers. He flew the first j airplane and the first dirigible balloon | purchased for the army, and in 1910, when the appropriation for the. air I service was only $150; lie contributed i .s:uk» from his own '.pay to make rip -a J deficit. He organized the first flying ■ unit the army e'.vr had. As assistant • chief of the corps he supervised the gigantic air maneuvers along tlie Atlantic coast last May. FROM the XVlnte House came an official reply to the. attacks on the tariff commission that have ’ been made by Senator Joseph T. Robins n of Arkansas and Other Democratic leaders. The statement-represented the tariff commission as a most industrious body which had completed investigations of no different articles under the flexible provisions of the tariff act and has investigations of 119 articles still under consideration. In 22 investigations completed and reported to the President, it was pointed out that on only fid of the 46 articles involved had there been an increase proclaimed. On 12 articles the. duty was cut. On 20 there was no change; on 4 others there was no .change, the report having been returned by the President. p was also explained that in addition to its duties under the flexible clause, the commission had been called, on- by congress for reports on 10 subjects, (our of which have been completed; on its own initiative ,the commission undertook ami completed an investigation of leaf tobacco. . “"'he cases brought before the commission are being handled expeditiously.'’ the XVhite House statement declared. “The taldes presented herewith reveal that the commission is dispoGng ,>f the cases; at a rate of I one per week," STILL further widening the breach between Italy am', the X'atican. Premier Mussolini and the Fascist dilas temei nunc- . ing th“. p.mv's rt em-ycli al on young Fascism as a parcel of. “lies.’’ The X’atican a: <1 Ma-oury have combined in “common hostility toward the Fascist state.” tliey < h.arged. and to “defame" Balilia, a Fascist organization of boys. The directorate announced that the j membership oft! Fascist party, s"T---i. 000 adults am! 642J«X> youths, would mobilize shortly on-the Riave battle fields of northern Italy to demonstrate that Fascism is a military unit “that has achieved a revolution and has the imperative duty ' of defending it against whomsoever." ONE more report from’the Wickersham commission has been made j public. It deals with methods of criminal procedure, arid an interesting ' paragraph denounces as “shocking to one’s sense of justice’’ the laws under which the famous Mooney-Billings case was conducted. The coinmission cites the case arising from the 1916 preparedness day bombing in San Francisco us one in which motions for a new trial “were held inadequate to prevent injustice.” It ’makes no direct recommendation, however, that the case be reopened. In the body of its report, signed by ten of the eleven members, the Commission. concludes that blame should be laid at the door of "incompetent, or politics-ridden judges" for much of the general complaint against this country’s criminal procedure. Monte M. I.emann. New Orleans lawyer who declined to sign the commission’s prohibition report, likewise refused to sign this document. He charges that the report was made without sufficient research to back up’ the conclusions reached, adding that “without adequate factual inquiry generalizations by the cotnmission seem to me likely to serve no useful purpose.” ALBERT B. FALL, former secretary of the interior, was ordered by the Department of Justice to be committed to the New Mexico penitentiary to serve out the term to which he was sentenced on his conviction In the Elk Hills bribery case. In order that Fall, because of incipient tuberculosis, might serve his term in the Southwest, his sentence of a year in jail was changed to a year and a day by Justice Jennings Bailey of the District of Columbia Supreme court. ' (©. 1»J1. Waatern Nawsraoar Union.)

TY AII.XX’AY officials, shippers and oth; er interested persons gathered in XVashing-] ton for the hearings before the Interstate Commerce commission on the application of the'.railroads for an increase of 15 per cent in rates on all freight traffic. I: is one of the biggest questions that Chairman Ezra Brainerd*

Improved Uniform International Sunday School ’ Lesson’ (By REV. e B. FITZWATER. D. D.. Mem* ber of Faculty. Moody Bible Institute of Chicaso.l (©. 1931 Western Newspaper Union.> Lesson for July 26 CHRISTIANITY SPREAD BY PERSECUTION. LESSON TEXT—Acts 7:54-8:4; 11:1921; I Pet. 4:12-19. GOLDEN TEXT—Fear none of tbossthings which thou shaft suffer: behold. the devil shall cast some of yott into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: bethou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life. PRIMARY TOPIC — The Gospel Spread by Persecution. JUNIOR TOPIC —Christianity Spread by Persecution. INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOP-IC-—Martyrs of the Early Church. YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC—The Results of Persecution. Christianity Is ' life, a “way.” Because it is the life of God expressing Itself through men. it is indestructible. Its genius is to prosper through opposition. “The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church.” Prosperity may ruin the church, but persecution ' never. ‘ I. Stephen Stoned (Acts 7:54 : 60). In Stephen’s ministry as deacon he testified of Jesus Christ and wrought miracles in confirmation tiiereof. This aroused violent opposition on the part of the synagogue officials. Not being able to meet the wisdom as Stephen . spoke by the Holy Spirit, they stirred up the people against him. They arrested him and brought him before the council. They accused him of blasphemy and employed false witnesses against him. They could not silence him by argument before the council so they ch tided to do so by violence. 1. Stephen looking into heaven (y. 55). Instead of looking about upon his murderers in their raging fury he looked ]up to heaven. This was the secret 4f his'calmness. 2. He saw the glory of God (v. 55). A vision of God’s glory only can be . seen by those who are loyal to him even unto death. 3. He saw Jesus at the right l and of God (vv. 55. 56). Tlie fact that Jesus was standing showed his actual inter- 4 * est in the, sufferings of his faithful witness. 4. Cast out of the city arid stoned (w. 58. SQ). 5. His prayer (v. 60). He kneeled ■ down arid cried -vith a lojud voice. ‘Lord, lay not this sin to their charge.” How like the prayer of Jesus on tlie cross! 6] He fell asleep (v. 60). The Christian’s death is 'inly a Sleep). 11. Persecution, of the Church at Jerusalem (Acts 8:1-4).. 1. The ringleader (vv. 1. 3>. As a member of the Sanhedrin Saul had cast bls vote against Stephen. He perhaps was the Sanhedrin represeritative to guide and direct in the execution. Saul’s consenting to Stephen’s death shows that he was n a taking part himself, but directing the activities. . ' 2, The disciples scattered (v.T). The stoning of Stephen had so aroused the [ assions of savage men that they proceeded to wreak vengeance,- upon ' the who, as a result, were scattered abroad. .3. Breaching the XVord (v. 4"). Though forced out of Jerusalem, they , did nyt go out in a panic, but went “everywhere preiiclflng ” They systematically carried ferth their evangelistic campaign. IH. Preaching the Lord Jesus at G Antioch (Acts 11:19-21). In—the provhlence of God a new missionary centner was now being prepare! 1. XX’ith the conversion of Saul and his commission as the apostle to the Gentiles, a new center was needed. Antioch was well suited ns that ter. for it was the natural door to rhe . Graeco-Roman world. The pfrrsediition at Jerusalem sent the disciples as far as Antioch. 1. Breaching to Jews only (v. 19). In this they followed the example of Christ. They had not yet come to realize the universality of the jrospel. Even thus limited, they were used in carrying out the < ivine purpose. 2. Preaching to ‘he Grecians (v. 20). The disciples who had come from Africa and Cyprus were of broader sympathy than I th<»se of Palestine, and tjiey cqurageouslv crossed the line preaching the Lord Jesus to the Greeks also. , 3. The hand of the Lord upon them (v. 21). Perhaps the Holy Spirit was poured out anew as at Pentecost. Their ministry was accompanied with the divine blessing. Many believed on the Lord through IV. Rejoicing in Persecutions (I Peter 4:12-19). a Fiery trials are to be expected by the disciples of Christ. The world hated Christ and put Him to death. To be reproached and hated for Christ’s sake is a badge of honor, and those who may be called upon thus to suffer should rejoice and be ..exceedingly glad. . ■ - v Why We Are Hot Obedient When God wanted to send any man upon his service, he first met him and talked with him time after time. God appeared to Abraham seven or eight times and gave to him one command after another, and so Abraham learned to obey him perfectly. God appeared to Joshua and to Gideon and they obeyed. XVhy are we not obedient? Because we have so little of this near intercourse with Jesus. —Andrew Murray. The Legacy Christ Left to Us How little have we accepted and made use of the legacy of peace and joy which Christ left to us! Instead of faces telling the world what a- full salvation we have, how often a long face has suggested that men had better take their fill of happiness first before they leave it behind by becoming Christians! May God give us so to live winning lives.that others will be allured to desire the same blessings we enjoy!—J. Hudson Tuylor.

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