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bakxwzll snmnu bariiwxll, BOUT! oaboldm Rebels Now Ruie Half of Mexico Officiai 'nformation Shows, Car ranza ^are'y Clings to Con trol Over Rest. HAS ONLY 60,000 TROOPS President Is Too Weak to"Keep^Order • as" Bandits Harass Whole Country - —Industry Snuffed Out and Morale at Low Ebb. • New York.—-The Mexican 'problem •was never more toublesome. Condi tions fn that revolution-racked land were never more chaotic than they are today. Carranza now controls little more than one-half of Mexican t^rritj,,^,^ <M . eani completely separates today at Its maximum strength. It Is un army poorly organized and poorly equipped. Of this army a large pro portion Is held ln-or near Mexico City, leaving the remainder, numbering less than a full dlvlsjbn, according to the American organization, to guard and maintain supremacy In the states of Nuevo Leon, eastern Coahulla, south ern Durango, Hlldago, San Luts Potosl, Guanajuato, Queiretnro, Mlchoacan, Jalisco, Topic, Zacatecas, Guerrero, C olima, Chiapas, Campeachy. Yucatan, Tabasco, Quintana Roo, and the east ern or Atlantic edge of the state of Vera Cruz, which territory on paper re mains-under federal control. The big transcontinental., stretch of rebel-controlled territory, which aver ages more than 100 miles In width, nnd which forms an unbroken harrier from Bat on Shoulder Called • Good Luck in Poker Game. Canton, O.—Mvstery surtound- Ing the purchase of live .bets at $10 by Cantoning* was solvtjd when dng of the purchasers ex plained that bats ,-bring good luck. During the. Inst several weeks a number of-hats have been sold in Canton, Advertisements have been run In the newspapers and matyr persons are anxious, to ob tain them. • „ * “If you keep a hat In your pocket or let |t perch on your shoulder when you sit In a game of cards, you are sure to have good luck, 4 ’ remarked, one hat owner. lie added he knew' a man In Chicago who owned a bat. and he always TFu<1~ good luck. - rnnom umrot* muMAmnu. • sinsrsawoL Lesson / T REV. P B. FITZWATER. D. D.. Teacher of English Bible In the Moody ; Bible Institute of Chicago.) (Copyright. 1J19. Western Newspaper Union) t£SS0N FOR AUGUST 3' tory and his hold on that Is nqt at all Becure. Opposed to him are six orgnn- south—Chiapas, Campeachy, Yueatan, Ized re*»et organizations, not tnclndlng the Sonora Ynquls, while everywhere bis authority Is hampered and his t 8 t a tes over which Carranza still holds the. federal-controlled states of the Tabasco, part of‘Vera Cruz nnd Quin tana Roo—from the states or parts of troops harassed by organized ban ditry. Bearing upon actual condltfons In Mexico, the New York Times has come Into possession of certain Information, now In the official possession of the United States government. Verlflra sway In the north. Villa Forces Strongest. Of the organized opposition groups which nre seeking to- overthrow Car ranza. the most powerful Is that which Is-operating In Chihuahua and nelgh- tion of these statements which follow | boringstate* under Angeles and \illa. ts to be found In the archives of the X) 1 ’* ' HH"tns. as this force Is popu- government In Washington. 1 known. Is not the unorganized. Carranza has officially claimed that P ,,or L v equipped, and undisciplined tie Is supported by a regular army of that a great many people In this 120.000 well disciplined and well : w>untr * ,h,nk U ** >*• on th «* °^ r ♦quipped troops. This statement Is ; probably the best organized and not borne nut hr the fnets In the case, f^julppwl military organization In Mox- 1 a word. Cantu Is In absolute control •nd the truth of the matter Is that hi* , ,ro lT numbers Ift.OPft men command l«.f that part of Mexico, nnd Carranza armed force* number not more than ' ***• Angeles, -ihe French trained Is making no effttrT to Interfere with 60.000 officers and enlisted men. who 1 r,, *»el leader, with villa second In com- the Independent state that Caiitu hus are poorly equipped, whose morale Is *n*nd. It la well equipped with rifles *ef up. atjow ebb, yet upon whose loyalty de- rn '* *" "«M to Harr * fairly well organ- Smuggle Arm* IlC pewtts Carranza** aw»r nrer a people m ~ >1 wrtilliry arm. and the VliHstaaj «nie wuremh oT Cnmnmu** trouble* hre the l»est nmmunltlon. which. a« a rule. I« American made and la gted *cn»«H the Rto Grande by “run need of ammunition and other w^ir ma terials. Despite-this handicap, how ever. the 4Fellclstn.s. as-the Diaz reb els are known, continue to be a force,- nnd nil the efforts of Carranza to break up the organization have Tailed. The Fellclstas are operating in the state of Tatnnullpaa In the north nnd lr. part of Hidalgo, Puebla, and Vera Cruz in the sou*lr— The southern Fe- llcistn area forms the center" link In the rebel ocean barrier. . The state of Morelos and small parts of the states of Mexico nnd Guerrero form the nren In which the famous Zapntlstns are and have'heen operat ing for the last seven years. As for Cantu. In Lower California, the situation there can he dismissed with : CHRISTIAN WORSHIP. - LESSON TEXTS-Rev. 7:9-12'; Jotm tfl- 10. 19-24; Mat. 6:5, S: Heb. 10:19-25. “GOLDEN TEXT-God Js a spirit, ^n<L they that worship him must worship him Is spirit and in truth.—John 4:24 ADDITIONAL MATERIAL—Mat. 4:10; Psalms 84 and 122. PRIMARY TOPIC—Children praising God (Mat. 21:15,’ 16). JUNIOR TOPIC—Worship In God’* house (Luke.- 2:41-50). —INTERMEDIATE TOPIC-Why wor ship And how. SENIOR AND ADULT TOPIC-The na ture and value of true worship. * 1. What I* Worship? (Rev. 7:12). It Is the attitude of the soul toward God, which recognizes him as the Su- wfio number more than 115.000 flftft. TMay the t'oahulla “chieftain” I* ex orcising authority In those parts of M not under rebel or bnn<llt t unit*- doinlnatli [>n a* a dictator and through The | Ku iiC.iW# (• ill iit i*f*ttf 1 Yi* * 1 ••-#****>#»** pmetl 1 M" S ■ • | * ■ Of the gr U ■ n as is* 'll * *t r * t» i|i i*t *•** i n^, eat Anieriran border-line Car- 'ftate i ranzn 1* In eontroL of not much more 1 f 1 kf * 1 Than •mi’* ♦ral tndb eitet f| and ci line ne-third. while the wh.de of It Mexico Is severed from “fed- ifr»*l** l«y ■ stretch of rebel-eon- Territory That m the AHwntic from the rich oil lands of 1km- a I most to the City of Vera (*ruz. the |*actAc hy the entire coast | of the great state of Oaxnra. Lower t'allfornla has become to all In tents and purjmaes lnde|iendent of the government that *lts In Mexico Oty, Three Q*n*ral Division*. " trees In Mexico ista th late The ■ Angele* Villa forces nre today lcall.tr In control of the entire of < 'hihunhua. a large port of Du- 1, the eastern (*nrf.of Sonora, and sestem part of Carranza** own «f f'oahull*. one (airt may be referred to Ulldt rr three era 1 heads. They are: First—The federal or Catranz forces. keeond—The ret*el I fo rces It^i Felipe Angeles, Frnm rliwfi . Villa. G ertuo Mclxuerln. a ful |.)i|n o«Ied Zap by illl tec I n Indian, nnd by tunny well -Informed (th* |, *«r\ers considered the ablest and most., ft trustworthy le*d«*r In Mexico; Felix r « Diaz. Mntiuel I’elaez. who dominates the Tnm|*lco and adjacent oil fields; the Znpfltistaii, still, despite Carranza affirmation, a power In that |mrt of Mexico of which the state of Morelos Is the center; Qeperal Cantu, governor of the state of Lower California, and the organized Ynqul Indian forces of the western part of the border state of Sonora, *fhlrd—The hundits who. In small •f Chihuahua that An- • and Villa do not control !• the U»rder dry of Juares. opp** Paso, nnd they would today he In posaeaslon of that much-needed bonier port hut for the fact that they brought about American Intervention In their plans hy firing over the bonier Into the Texas rtty. The A ftlt| not fn to Juaret to help ('arrant*, as some peo ple think, hut solely for the purpose of •afcffitnnllng the lives of Americans on th* Texas aide of Ttld Rio Grande. The next more Important rebel force In Mexico is that under com mand of Manuel Pelaex. w ho dominate* the oil producing region* of the Tam- | *co country. IVIaet has under hla commnnd 3.(hlft well orgahlxed and faff- U well equipped men. Tlu* Value of foreign oil Interests In the ter ritory In which Pelaex Is iqierntlng Is estimated at more than f.KlO.ono.iB'O. Pelaex la said to be pro-ally In aentl- rro nt. nnd to this |< due Ih large part the failure of the German* nnd their I’urranzUta sympathizer* to gain con trol of the oil fields sJ\tl»» ffiiro. pean war was actively under wny. # Allies Like Melxuerie. preme Being of the universe and be nevolently inclined toward his cren* lures. -It 1b the outgoing of the af fections Toward him and the ascrip tion of praise and adoration to him ns the one from whom all* blessings come, the-one to whom all glory and honor should be given, the one who Is all-wise and powerful. II. Whom to Worship (Rev. 7:10-12). 1. God (vv. 11, 12. cf. Matt. 4:10). Since In him we live; ra'ove and have our being (Acts 17:28). and from him every good and perfect gift cometh (James 1:17)^we should worship and adore him. 2. Jesus Christ the I.nmh (v. 10). We should worship him l»ecau*e he Is God nnd because he. In the Incarna tion. linked himself with humanity and on the cross made an atonemei\| for ti* and la now oaf high priest, through whom we have access to God (lleh. 10:21). III. Qualification* for Acceptable Worship (John 4:1-10. 1(121). Till* Is s fine exnmplc of |w>r*onat evangelism. Christ “must need* go through Samaria” to find this |M»or. sin'ul woman, lie skilfully disclosed his Identity to her. He knew the deep .need of her s«ul. even the Inw'ard un rest which was hers while practicing sttlT* lie made th’vp”lnt of contact hy I be I winch was uppermost in her wind, namely, water, ami passed from the water of .earthly to the water of ev erlasting life which was In himself (v. 10). In order to worship God accepta bly there must be— 1. Knowledge of Christ (v 10). Mtlft knowr him a* a prophet from God (v. up of the factU*ns that are fighting I ^JOI-r-the one sent of God (Arts T;JI. World Celebrities Coming to Visit Uncle Sam. ; . .■ s - ’I** ■ ■"'•• W ASHINGTON.—More world celebrities will visit the United. Sthtes during the coming iwelve months than In all Its previous history. Dr. Epitaclo Pessoa, president of Brazil, who arrived In Washington recently, Is the first of the long line of statesmen and royal personages whom the United States is soon to entertain. The’ prince of Wales Is to visit this country in August. ‘ He will be e»- tertalned at Newport, and later will come to Washington to be officially entertained by the president King Albert and Queen Elizabeth of Belgium and Queen Marie of Rou- mania, possibly President Poincalre of France and probably many other mem bers of royalty will come -later. OW- ernl I’etaln has already expressed his Intention of vlsltlug the United States and an invitation to do so will be extended to Marshal Foch. __ The first session of the League of Nations Is to be held in Washington In October and will bring to the capital Premiers Lloyd 0«>rge, Clemencean and practically all of the distinguished statesmen who have taken part In the peac* negotiations In Paris. ~ Visits of royal personages and distinguished European statesmen to th« United States In the past were few and far between. In the future they promise to be frequent. The great of the world have conceived a new Idea of the importance of the United States since the world war. Moreover, since It Is diplomatic courtesy to repay the visit otf a chief of state, the rulers of the countries visited by President Wilson will feel obligated to visit the United States, even If they should not be prompted to do so by personal interesL Navy Dress Uniform Knocked Into a Cocked Hat S ECRETARY DANIELS has Issued sn order rutting down the wardrobes of naval officers to a minimum. Gone are the special (pll-dreas outfit*, which sre the YiilJUT* of* «r**stern Sonora. They are operating In bandit groups anti nnmher probably several (InHisand. I.lke the Vllllstn*. they are armed and cqulp|k«*d by smuggling from (he United Stole*. The Ynquls nr** among, the hardest ami l*e*t fighter* In Mexico, and little If any effort Is being made la the federal government to restore order In that part of Sonora under I tlielr domination. Lastly, the bandits. Official report* prove that every*here 1n Mexico the outlaw bands are to be found. Tlielr number Is unknown, hut they are |(owerful enough to hold the attention of a considerable part of Pammzn'a II an! pressed little regular anny of OR.- UOli men. Briefly, what precedes gives the line* . (pll- uiets and full NAVY ept I for control of Mexico. Here are some of the facts, officially established, that have resulted from the country-wide Internecine strife In I MexIN*.. Economically Mexico Is In the midst .of s crisis which I* chnVacterlz.cd hy th# Tnfense isnerly nnd the orflual want of the great mass of the people. The morale of the populnfhm everywhere '•■ns never lower thalTat the present i time. The general health of the peo- ■ pie Is everywhere bnd. Unffle raising. ! the principal Industry of the nation. Is today only about ten f*er cent of what [ It 'fa* In 1P14. Of all Mexican In dustrie*. the growing of henequlmUone l shows pmgresj*. All textile factories nr.d sugar mllNr with n few exception*, j Under Gulllehuo Melxuerlo, In the I aro out of business, nnd those that nre state of Oaxaca, I* another rebel force j ofm>rating nre run down and In need of of several thousand well organized repair. Practically nil of the cp-jn- [ cf. Dent. 14:15) to make known to lost men the way to God. Must know him a* the Messiah—the one anointed of God to save lost men (John 4:42). 2. A new nature (rr. 2J 24). Only the regenerated ean worship God In , spirit. . Jesus deelured “that which I* • boot, of the fb-d* I*- fle*dt, and that which Is horn of the spirit 1* spirit" (John S:fl). “Except a n»sn he hem from shove, he cannot see Jdng- , doin of God” (John 5:3). The nati!**! man ha* not .the. capacity to “see” G«»d, therefore he cannot worship him. God Is spirit, therefore only the one ’ whose spirit has la-en quickened can enter Into fellowship with him In wor ship. 3. A sanctified life (lleh. 10:22). The life Is sanctified hy the Spirit I l*e*er 1:2): -through obedience to ate up a large portion of the oUloem* pay. Cocked hat*, belta also are forbidden. The order reads: “As a result of the lessons learned during the war, dantag whist-officers of the navy were only require*! to wear the ordinary aervlre uniform, u* the result of which this uniform was found to meet the requirements for both formal and Informal occasions, to effect economy and apace on ship board and facilitate ease in traveling from one statute to another, a general order haa been Issued abolishing as part of the nurai officer's equipment the following article* of clothing: Spe cial full dress coat; mess Jacket; full-dress trousers; mess trousers; a cocked bat; epaulets and full-dress belts. "The following prescribed uniforms are abolished by the order: "Special full dress; white special full drese; full dress; whits full dress; dress; evening full dress; dinner drees and mens dress. "The action will result la a great saving to the officers of the service la tha future, as they are required to purchase all articles of uniforms at the*r even expense. The only uniforms now euthortyed to be worn are; Undress, dress, white service dress, and evening dreaa. hut ooly the service be worn until the president's proclamation that th* war haa dosed, will not be worn with evening dress hereafter." The cocked hat of ancient and honorable memory Is now relegated to th* museum. It never will be missed. Every midshipman graduated last nronth from Annapolis Is la about $500 as the result of this order. group*, are operating everywhere In . Mexico. men. Carranza ha* made desperate try’s 10.000 mile* of ra-ilriauls are de* As to the first oc federal force* sup- I but Ineffectual* efforts to dislodge Meix- j moralised or destroyed ns n result of porting Carranza. It Is, a* already nerlo, who Is'easily onp of hi* most pointed out. the official claim of the ! feared opponents, and whose record Is ! of Interest hqfMii^n puld on the na- such as to win the sympathetic approv al of the allies, Melxuerlo Is a- full- blooded Zapotec, a lawyer, and a mun of fine education. Next In Importance among the rebel groups Is that commanded by Felix Diaz. Under Diaz, according to offl- chil Information, there are approxi mately 5.000 men. The Diaz forces, however, unlike those under Pelaez, present Mexican, or Carranza, govern ment, that this force'numbers 120,00ft men. It Is a conscript army to a great extent nnd It Is small .and Ineffi cient for two reasons.- the first being Carranza’s Innbjllty to enforce con scription, and the second the fact that he Is unable properly to equip, train, or maintain necessary discipline. Owing to these two conditions, over which Carranza appears to have no Angeles nnd Melxuerlo, arK loosely or- control, the federal army of Mexico Is gnu ized and ure said to l>e In great COMFORT FOR OUR MERCHANT SAILORS rebel and bandit activity. Not n cent 1 tlr.nnl foreign debf ln more than five years. More than 73 per cent of the popu lation Is now absolutely illiterate. The national credit Is gone, nnd the for eign oil Interests nre. despite the ap parent friendly attitude of Pelaez. menaced. As un Indication of the health of the people, latest reports es timate the yearly death rate in Mexico City is 21.000, while the reported birth rate Is only 7,300. It is believed. how-_ ever, that a correct census would show a larger birth rate, although the 7,300 estimate Is official, •" At the present time nil reliable’ re ports coming out of Mexico indicate the precarious condition of the Carran za government. Carranza hus been during the past three years probably the most pro-Gernmn head of a state in the. western hemisphere. Openly Pro-German. Until recently ids attitude 1ms been unfriendly to the United States, nnd when he Thought Germany was wln- ning he made no efforts to conceal his ! sympathy for the"Teutons. Leglslu- tion that was passed during the war and which was directed against the ailled oil holdings in the Tampico coun try Is generally believed. In p/lvnte a* well aF offldaT circles, to hove beefT Inspired by German Interests and rep- n sentntives In Mexico. Promsts against this legislation have been filed by th“ American. British und French govern- Tnent*. Since he developed his antl-Atnerlcpn attitude Carranza has fanned fits <upporters with the slogan of “Latin American Solidarity" against the grea: northers republic, and today the m<*«t generally developed trait In the ma jority of Mexicans fn federal controlled territory t* that of intl-AmerlraDlsaB- the Word of God (John 17:17). 4. Fnlth In God (Heb.ll'A cf. 10: 22). Pretended''worship without vital ized faith is an abomination to God. 3. Men of every nation and kindred (Rev. 7:9). God Is the God of nil na tions. ——-— IV. Where to Worthip. — 1. In secret (Mntf. 6:3. fi). The soul shut up with God, with the world nnd Its cares shut out, really worships. Ev ery Christian ought to have a secret chamber. 2. In the assembly (Heb. 10:24. 23). While the private prayerds of first Im portance. there Is value In Joint wor ship with fallow Christians which should not he overlooked. The actions of others are helpful In conducing a frame of inlnd for .worship. 3. Everywhere (John 4:20-24). God Is the Omnipresent Spirit, therefore wherever there Is n person whose na-, ture Is spiritual he can worship.' Chris tianity Is'unlike every other religion In that without rituql or temple the Individual may worship God nny-where. John ns truly worshiped God In Pat- mos ns In the assembly at Ephesus, or Paul in the Roman prison as well ns with the beloved sniuts at Philippi. To.Those W-hQ Stck. It profits little to know Christ him self after the flesh; but he gives his spirit to-good men that senreheth the deyp things of God.—John Smith. - * How Can One Forget? God living In us v and with us, ,$nd under us! How then ran a man forget God? « Ideas of Living Expenses Seem to Vary Widely A UTHORITIES Of tbe United States government have decided that a young woman, to live respectably In the District of Columbia, moat hara $15 • week. Different states, establishing a minimum wage, have decided as a that $15 s week Is about enough lfM>n nn Am YOUR HOtlOk H CANT possm LIVE OH SlS'OOQ A keep nn American girl sufficiently fed, dressed and housed. Yet In New York Miss Carroll, nineteen, has petitioned surrogate’s court to Increase her nual allowance from $15,0U0 to $20,0001 She says the Increased cost of living makes It Impossible for her to keep up her so< i.t; position on the $15,OU0l N - Miss Carroll la the only daughter of Joseph D. Carrod, millionaire horse- . man. Her father willed her the tor come from $150,000 until she Is twenty-one and then the residue of his estate amounting to $1,250,000. Miss Carroll lives with her mother and attends the Ogontz school of Philadelphia.'— In June, 1016, Surrogate Fowler permitted her mother to spend $12£00 a year on the daughter, instead of $7,300. Since that time her allowance haa been Increased to $15,000. A schedule of Miss Carroll’s expenses shows: Rent, $2,000; clothing, including sport coats, evening dresses, auto coats, jewelry, furs, toilet articles, manicuring, shampooing, $3,000; household ex penses, $4,000; insurance, $850; automobile operation, $5,000; education and chtlrch, $2,000; summer cottage, railroad-fares, hotel )>llls, dances and amuse ment parties, $3,000; physicians, opticians, dentists, drugs, and medicine^ $1,000. Total, $20,850. ~ Dr. Royal Meeker, commissioner of labor statistics, investigated 348 families in Chicago In the winter of 1918-19. Their incomes ranged from under $900 a year to more than $2,500 a year. Sixty-fonr per cent of these families save something; 28.2 per cent showed a deficit, and 6.9 per cent broke even. •„ The True Christian. He that ran ttpp.'chend and consider vice with all her i*aits and seeming pleasure*, sal /1 abstain, and yet distinguish, and yet prefer that which I* truly better, be la the true wayfar ing JUlirletlan.—John Milton. Th* aotuwi the berth hem »«'*rts net only nr* c—finable, bqg Mug feiisffi raasMsM mpai flaw mu Ip ns saw fee m fc*«m OskaocH. 8*1 Frucpru—Frank Fischer aw Mary Reilly, nineteen^ fee 856. He Mi Mery laid the Jsflp he pave her ' aaasy te bay paprath aai yeast* thr rr~rt R ti bm r~—raj * . Find* Mere *f Cod. Tbe deeper dnr 4*c* la sitsrv th* •era ef Gad be Ssd* tw* •681 J I •* JWfasw mmt* hid* by Cad. ■dr bntf) <] Demand for Captured Hun Cannon Exceeds Supply ^ , 4 " % D ISTRIBUTION of the Gerrfian cannon, machine guns and other war devices captured by Americans In the world w-ar is provided for by the Wadsworth resolution pnsseiLby the senate, which neatly transfers to the states the diflL ^ult problem presented by the fact tiiat the requests for trophies so far received from several thousand cities, towns, villages, counties, parks, schools, organization*, etc,, etc., are considerably in excess of the supply. 7 -Dnder Senator Wadsworth’s pl:.n the secretary of war will apportion to the states and territories and the Dis trict of Columbia In the same propor tion as that borne by the number of men serving from each state to the total .armed force of the United States - . „ - "all cannon, gun carriages,.machine guns, minefiwerferz, mortars, bomb threw era. flame throwers, gas projector* aud other war device* captured from th* armed force* of Germany and allied nations," with the exception of thorn required for experimental purposes or actual use by th* United States aad for narkmal moaeama, cemeteries and parka. - The apportionment and distribution to towns and cities that hats prm ferred wquanta udl hr made hy the g ***mor at each state. to (be poiat af d- »ery udl be ham* bff tha