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rz? L/~ , id, l#^ 1?Procession in Stratford-on-Avo c unfurled. 2.?First Interior picture of I Women strike pickets who, with their b Sby the judge who sentenced them. fj NEWS REVIEW OF I |' CURRENT EVENTS Russia's Reply at Genoa to the ' Allied Proposals Merely i , Dodges the Issues. j ?: IS INACCEPTABLE TO FRANCE i r I Text of Russo-Gerrr.an Military Pact i Published In Paris?No Peace Yet ( in Ireland?Chicago Wars on La- l ? bor Terrorists?Daugherty on j Army Contract Frauds. s By EDWARD W. PICKARD < 1Q USSIA'S reply to tlie proposals of < the allied nations represented at ] the Genoa conference, awaited with , greatest anxiety for days, was handed ( In last Thursday, and proved to be j not a real reply but a long controversy f al document. : "Wholly unsatisfactory." was the f ?1 nf ?tin tVonnh onil Rolirinni! hilt , ?riuiti vi mc * iviuu U4?v? *0.M..V, j M. Barthou and his colleagues awaited ( word from Paris before withdrawing j from the conference. On the other hand the British, ( though far from satisfied with the an- t swer of the soviet delegates, professed ' . .to see in it a chance for further negotiations which might well lend to an amicable settlement. They called the Russian note distinctly conciliatory. / Concerning the crucial clauses of the > allied note dealing with the restorn- 1 tlon of foreign property confiscated by jj ~ ~ the Soviets, the Russians made the general proposition that all financial matters between Russia and the powers be } placed in the hands of a mixed com- ( mission of experts, but they rejected * the proposed mixed commission to de- ' terniine the payment for nationalized t property because It "would make the 1 sovereignty of the Russian state a t nipvihin? of eMnee." Since the other ( " - powers refuse the immense loau the < Russians demanded. tlie latter with- ( drew their renunciation of counter claims based on allied help given the various anti-bolshevik leaders. Lloyd George was hopeful that, if the financial questions were turned over to a mixed commission, the conference might be carried along until his nonaggression pact is made a I reality. The Italians are supporting him, while Japan shows signs of standing with France and Belgium in demanding Immediate and definite reply y by Russia. ^ *TpHAT story of a military convention X signed by representatives of the Russian soviet army and the German r""^fjenerul staff in Berlin Anril 3, first V sprung hy the London Times and vig- | Kr orously denied, will not down. Now } W>. the Paris Journal L'Ecltlir prints what t purports to he the text of the pact. ( ' In it the Germans agree to furnish the Red army with arms and material , for 180 regiments of infantry and , heavy field artillery for 20 infantry j divisions; to train 60 Russian Instruct- 1 or* in the latest developments of chem- ( leal warfare and to send technical experts to Russia to speed up the muni- < tlon plants and open new ones. The , German general staff pledges to reor ganize ihe Russian Baltic and Black ( seat fleets and to supply at the earli- , est possible date 500 new airplanes ( together with a supply of spare parts. , and 150 fleld wireless outfits. , The Russian arniv staff guarantees , the (establishment in Russia of three | German plants, one for the roanufac- ( tore of airplanes, one for poison pas . and one for arms, on condition that the Russian army can use the output when needed. German specialists would be admitted to "the new arms factory in Afghanistan." The two staffs. It , tv Is agreed, will prepare a joint plan of operations, to give Russia access to , the Baltic sea. ANOTHER session of the council of the League of Nations opened Thursday in Geneva with Count Quinones de Leon of Spain presiding. ? Unexpectedly, the earl of Balfour interjected the matter of Palestine, announcing that he would demand immediate approval of the British manFIELD FOR COLLEGE WOMEN Especially Cut Out for Humanitarian Work, According to New York Authority on Subject. I New York.?A wide fleld is open to college women in charity work, according to Ityner Folks, secretary of the State Charities Aid association which, on May 11, celebrated the fiftieth anadversary of its founding. Miss Louisa Schuyler, a great-granddaughter t i when Shakespeare's Dlrthaay was ce the Lincoln Memorial In Washington, iables, were put In Jp.ll In Chicago for late, following formal agreement on :he matter between Great Britain and he United States. It was feared this vould create another opening for frlc:ion between France and Great Brltlin. General wu pei-fu'S victory over General Chang near Peking vas complete. The Munchurian army vas scattered and thousands were tnk?n prisoners and disarmed, each man peing given a sum of money wmcn iVu obtained by levying 011 banks that lad supported Chang. The defeated euder fled Into the country with his )ody guard with Wu's soldiers In hot )ursu!t. Near Luangchow, on the railvay to Mukden, Chang gathered some >f his forces and entrenched, and at atest reports another fight was expected there. Wu, who appointed himself governor of Chihli province, approved the appointment of Wang Shlh ^lieng as premier to succeed Liang shi-YI, who fled to Japan. President 3su then dismissed Chang as goverlor of Manchuria and deprived him >f all his titles. More Important was lis action In decreeing that hereafter mch province shall be responsible direct to the central government instead of through military dictutors. ie thus sought to abolish the system >f tuchuns or military inspectors who rnve been ruling over two or more provinces and were virtually Indepenlent of Peking. General Wu says his sole aim is the reunification of China ind the end of militarism, and he lrges the Immediate calling of a naional assembly. He has no choice is to the'form of government except hat It be democratic and represeutalve. FOR a few days It looked as If Ireland might have something rebuilding peace?but only for a few lays. On Wednesday the peace comnittee, on which both sides were represented, reported to Dall Eireann hat it was unable to agree on a basis 'or adjusting the differences between :he Free States and the republican 'xtremists, neither party being able to compromise without complete surrenler. At the same time the truce expired automatically. The radicals declare they will try to prevent the lolding of the election scheduled for the second week In June and the Free State men declare It shall be leld; which conflict of Intentions furllshes the basis for a continuation of he bushwhacking warfare. * VTAGGEP by congress through a resolution for an Investigation of Vttorney General Dougherty's failure :o proceed legally against those who lave ljpen robbing the government in .var contracts, that official made a Pr.*.elrl?nf Wnrfllnr in which CF?'l ?.vo.Uv..? ? ie blamed the delay on congress. The attorney general laid the blame !or failure to prosecute upon congress ind promised an energetic campaign igninst war profiteers as soon as necessary legislation Is enacted. He 'ailed for prompt action on the measure creating twenty-three additionil federal judgeships, the bill estabIshing a special grand jury in the District of Columbia to grind out lnlictments against accused contractors, ind an additional appropriation of s'OO.OOO to enable the department of justice to continue its inquiries. Mr. Dougherty called attention to the fact that nearly all the transactions in question took place during the preceding administration and that naturally little was done then to bring them to light. He promised that he ivould soon make public the names of intluential personages who had knowledge of the transactions but were personally Interested In concealing them. Director of the budget DAWES made a report to the President on the operation of the uvcfoni iii which ho showed it had resulted In economies totaling ?22-"),(X)0,000 for the current fiscal year, and that there would he a reduction of over $1,000,000,000 from the actual expenditures for 1021. In transmitting the report to the house appropriations committee Mr. Harding said It conveyed to the people the determination nf those in authority to operate the government effectively at the least possible cost, to make the government's full contribution to a return to of Alexander Hamilton, started the organization here in 1872. "The college woman is always able to stand the strain of making difficult humanitarian decisions such as conn up often in their work," said Mr. Folks "and for that reason is being sought for charitable undertakings. "When it is possible for her to taki a higher course in some school whicl trains charity workers, after she hn> been graduated from her college, I be lieve it wise that she do so. The Statt Charities Aid society Is itself a sort % / leorated, with the ilags of ull nations showing the statue of Lincoln. 3? contempt of court, but later released the normal ways of peace and ultimately lifting the excessive burden of taxation." "Political bunk" was the retort of Democratic members of congress. They aserted the report was deceptive and that the actual expenditures for the routine business of the government have increased rather than decreased. They called attention to denctency appropriations aggregating $292,000,000, but Representative Madden challenged them to deny that only $12,000,000 of this detieiency was attributable to the activities of the present administration. MR. SPENCER, the junior senator from Missouri, got into an unpleasant mess through his efforts to have the senate confirm the unfortunate appointment of Nat Goldstein to be internal revenue collector for the eastern Missouri district. Mr. Goldstein was a delegate to the Republican national convention but was unseated after admitting he had accepted money from one of Frank O. Lowden's managers. The appointment was violently attacked In the senate, and "Mr. Lowden, who was on an ocean steamer, sent a radiogram declaring that in his opinion Goldstein was unfit for the job. Finally, to relieve the President ana Senator Spencer from embarrassment, Goldstein asked that the nomination be withdrawn. This wus done, but the Democruts made it plain that they intended to keep the incident alive for use in the approaching campaign. LEiAUiYUS U1 OJUiHliuj; uauc uuiuuo In the Chicago district who have been fighting the Landis wage award appear to have overreached themselves at last. Not content \fith bomb throwing, Incendiarism and blackmail, some of them or their hired gunmen last week killed two policemen who interrupted their operations, and wounded a third. The brutul murders aroused Chicago to the determination to wipe out the outlaw bunds. Swift police raids caught a large number of labor leaders, Including some who are ex-convicts and others who are now under conviction of crimes or awaiting trial. Among the prisoners, asserted the police, are the men really responsible for the reign of labor terrorism which has gripped Chicago for so long a time. Samuel Gompers of course always has refused to countenance violence in labor disputes, but it is hard to see how he came entirely avoid some moral responsibility for these crimes in Chicago, in view of the open encouragement he recently gave the unions that are seeking to repudiate their agreements to accept the verdict which might be rendered by Judge Landis, the arbitrator chosen by themselves. AMERICA lost one of her most eminent financiers in the death of Henry P. Davison, who passed away at the conclusion of an operation to | remove tumor from the brain. By his own efforts he had attained high position among bankers and he had also accumulated a large fortune. During the World war he made a fine record as head of the American Red Cross. AT THIS writing President Harding has not stated which of the plans for a soldier's bonus bill?the sales | tax or the insurance?lie prefers, or whether lie will accept either one. The prediction in Washington is that he will veto the hill and that it will be passed over his veto. Leaders in congress have refused to let the matter go beyond July. THE interallied war council, at Paris, has agreed that Germany shall manufacture a Zeppelin of 70,(MX> meters capacity to replace the one allotted to the United States by the Versailles treaty but destroyed in Germany. It will probably be delivered within nine months and a German crew is to bring it across the Atlantic. TIIE federal railroad labor board issued an order last week that may serve to avert the threatened siriKe 01 ouu.uuu suopmeii anu swucninen. This ruling places u ban on the contract system of forming out job work under which many roads are said to have been evading the orders of the board as to wages, working coni ditions and other matters. of training center, and a great many college women who have made great successes in the field have made their start here." Mr. Folks paid a tribute to the founder, Miss Schuyler, saying that it was through her foresight and efforts that charity for individuals and fnm( ilies of the state lias been placed on . a scientific basis. "It is not an accident," he contin; ued, "Hint many of our departments are t in charge of women." EUROPEAN POWERS CAU NEW PARLEY AMERICA INVITED TO JOIN CON FERENCE ON RUSS PROBLEM TO BE HELD AT THE HAGUE AMERICA GIVEN INVITATION Temporary Truce Between Nations li Also Agreed UponvAt Discussions Held Recently I Genoa.?Anotner European confer ence to deal with the Russian JSrob lem exclusively will be held at Th< Hague about June. The Unitet States is invited to attend, says a staf: correspondent This was announced by the Britist delegation following an all-day sessior of the supreme council powers. Immediately afterward, Foreign Min ister Schanzer, of Italy, called or American Ambassador Child and per sonafly handed him the invitation t( attend The Hague conference. It wil be transmitted at once 10 wasmusiui for consideration by the American gov ernment. All powers invited to the Genoa con ference, including Russia, will be ask ed to send representatives to Tht Hague. The main purpose of the gatberfhg, aside from general discus sion of the Russian situation, will b( to select a commission which shal be empowered to negotiate a settle ment with the Soviets. It is thoughi tha ta commission, given powers suf ficiently broad, could effect a settle 2w-nt more easily than a general con ference, such as Genoa, where the na rioni* gather as nations and retain t highly national point of view during the negotiations. TheMnvitation to the United States extended by all the supreme councl powers, undoubtedly will be sufficient ly impressive to win the most serious consideration at Washington. It is regarded as significent that the de cision to ask the United States was made just twenty-four hours aftei Lloyd George lunched with Americar Ambassador Child and went over th< whole Russian situation with him. Although it Is learned authorlta tlvely that no one qualified to speal for the American government has'pro posed that the United States he rep resented in the Russian discussion, i is regarded as probable that Lloyc George has reason to feel that an in vitation from the allies would be givei the most earnest consideration. The powers feel that the co-opera tion of the United States in a Russiar settlement is essential. Any settle ment reached by the allies and Russij must take into consideration Ameri can interests and the best way to givt these interests proper consideration, ii is emphasized, is to have Americar spokesmen present during the discus sions. FIVE ARE KILLED IN TRAIN WRECK Batavia, N. Y?Five person? an dead and four or five of the lnjuret are in such a critical condition that it is expected they will die as a resuli ol the wreck of the Lehigh Vallej railroad's fa? Buffulo-New York train the Black Diamond express, at th< Lake Road crossing west of Leroy. Th( dead are: Thomas R. Brody, 70, a farm er of North Leroy. C. J. Corser, Clif ton Springs, N. Y. The injured were: Mrs. J. A. Pearce Philadelphia, broken collarbone; Mrs C. Casey, Detroit, condition serious; m ra. nosa uiouuns, x'liuauaipuia, tuum tion serious; Mrs. Felix O'Rourke, Sen eca Falls, N. Y., serious; Mrs. Rich ard Edward, Lisle, N. Y., seriuos; Eoni to Chiasaro, North Tonawanda, slightlj injured; Joseph S. Twardiski, Ed wardsville, Pa., slightly injured; Mrs Blanche Dareskewich and child, De troit, not serious. Mexican Debt Parley Said To Be Vita Mexico, City, Mex.?According t( the Heraldo de Mexico, the confer ences which will be held the firsi week in June in New York betweer Finance Minister de la Heurta and s committee of international banken will have a much greater important than at first was believed. This is be cause Mexico City banks and Englisl oil interests which did not participatt in the conferences held here last Sep tember will be represented at th< meetings in New York. War Graft Probe Fund Recommendet Washington.?Congress is pushinj ahead in granting Attorney Genera Dougherty an additional five hundret thousand dollars to set up a new bu roan in the department of justice foi investigation and prosecution of wai contract frauds. An appropriation bil carrying Daugherty's request has^eei reported favorably to the house, ant Chairman Madden of the appropria tions committee, announces the legis lation will ho passed at no distan date. This matter has heen discusset fcr some time. Cloudburst Ploodc .^trpntc Cf Rrleto Bristol. Va.-Tenn.?Damage estimat cd at nearly five hundred thousand dol large was caused here and in this vi cinity by a flood in Beaver Creek caused by a cloudburst. The creek be gan rising early in the evening, an< soon nearly twenty streets were un der water, many stores flooded an< residents forced to leave their home: to seek places of safety. Much dam age was reported by farmers north o Bristol. The Virginia court house wa: isolated by the flood waters, but ni damage was done. U. S. Will Aid In Russ Probi London.?The United States wil have representation on the mixed com missions which will investigate in ternal affairs in Russia and repoton the advisability of making a loar according to a Genoa dispatch to th< Daily Express. The London press fen tured advices from France that Kini George and Field Marshal Haig hai cordially shaken hands with Marsha Foch on the Vimy Ridge batttlefield It is indicated that an effort is he ing made to maintain friendship be tween England and France. i \ . k * \ FOR U.S. CONTROL OF SHOALS Baltimore Engineer Ask# Hearing ' When He Submits Tentative Proposal For The Lease Of Plant r Washington.?Four developments In * congressional consideration of proposals for developing the Muqcle Shoals, Ala., nitrate and power project occurred in the senate agriculture and I house military committees and on the * senate floor. ' Chairman Norris, Nebraska, of the J senate committee, introduced a bill providing for a semi-government corporation to take over and operate the nitrate and power projects for fifty years. The measure was drafted by ' James T. Lloyd, formed representative 1 from Missouri, and submitted by J. * H. Levering, a consulted engineer of ^ Los Angeles, Cal., as a modification of the bill Senator Norris recently In1 troduced. 1 The Nebraska senator also made public a tentative proposal received * from L. Stern, a Baltimore, Md., con1 suiting engineer, and manufacturer of * chemical products. Mr. Stern's let> ter of transmission requested the com1 mittee to hear him at his convenience 1 and said the formal tender would be * ' ??J? (lArtl^lnrr umue later, tue tu^uuuuco u cviuiu6 informally to accede to the request * and grant Mr. Stern a hearing. The tentative offer of Mr. Sterm pro5 vided for the operation of the nitrate 3 and power projects for a period of " 25 or 30 years or any suitable number 3 of years that might be determined 1 upon. It further stated that all ex* penses incurred by the government at t Muscle Shoals would be paid tot it * at the rate of 2 per cent annually " and contained a provision by which * the government would receive 60 per ' cent of all net profit made during 1 the operation, with the lessees retain' ing 40 per cent. In the house committee an agree. ment was reached by which any lessee 1 of the shoals properties would be com pelled to manufacture finished ferti3 iizers whether at a profit or loss 3 throughout the term of his operations, * whether it be fifty or one hundred 3 years. An amendment to this effect r was made to the bill the committee 3 is formulating for the house in con3 nection with its report on the various proposals it has investigated. Wide differences of opinion are ui* c derstood to prevail in the committee * over the provisions of the offer made * by Henry Ford which are being dist cussed as the basis for the measure 1 under construction. It was belfeved - Dossible that the committeemen would J be divided into three faction when the discussions were ended and as * many difference recommendations 1 would be made to the house. The senate agricultural body heard i Benjamfn C. Marsh, managing director - of the farmers' national council, tesi tify. He said the council was opl posed to the Ford proposal or any oth1 er that deprived the government of - control and operation of the projects at Muscle Shoals. The bill introduced recently by Senator Norris, the witness believes, was - fundamentally sound and he recommended that legislation of a similar 1 sort be enacted. The bill drafted by Mr. Lloyd followed the description which the agrl^ culture committee heard recently in ' general language. It would create-a ' $5,000,000 corporation, headed by sev\ en directors to be appointed by the president, three being officials of the war, treasury and agriculture departments. . ' Orders U. S. Probe Of Gasoline Price ; Memphis, Tenn.?A federal investl. gation of the simultaneous advances . in the price of gasoline recently made . by the large oil companies operating . in this territory was ordered by W. r J. Burns, head of the bureau of in vestigation of the department of jus. tice. Telegraphic orders from Wash Jngton to start the investigation were received by bureau officials here, who declined to discuss the method of I prodecure which would be followed. ) - Steel Merger Data To Be Demanded t Washington.?The Federal Trade I Commission recently called on the i Bethlehem Steel Corporation and j seven other large steel and Iron comi panles to furnish it with specific In. formation regarding their proposed i merger before any transfers are conj summated. The demand of the com. mission was made in accordance with ? the LaFolletto resolution adopted by the Senate. II Wants Lady Astor Sent To England r! Passaic, N. J.?The federal govern11 ment has been asked to deport Lady I j\stor as an undesirable alien by the * General A. S. Burt Camp of Spanishr American War Veterans, in a resolur tion adopted the other night. The acII tion of the members followed a lively i' discussion over charges that the memI j hers of the Grand Army of the Repub;; lie had been insulted in speeches made -1 by the only feminine member of the II British commons during her visit to 1; this country. The resolution has been | forwarded to Washington. I Sufferers Given Food By Red Cross Natchez, Miss.?Supplies suficient to * last the flood-stricken people of the * northern part of Concordia parish, ? Louisiana, for a week, have been dis' tributed by the Red Cross; assisted by 1 , National Guardsmen, according to of!* j ficials assigned to relief work on the 1; Mississippi river front of Concordia 3 and Tensas parishes. It is announced that 50.000 rations will he loaded on f a barge at Natchez to be distributed 3 at Deer Park and Black Hawk by the 31 Red Cross and the National Gnards| men. s Germany To Make Zeppelin For U. S. Versailes.?Germany will manufacture a Zeppelin of 70,000 meters capac* i- ity to replace the one allotted to the t United States by the Versailles treaty, i, | but destroyed in Germany, under the e : award of the ambassadors' council, i- which allows America 3,000,000 gold % marks in reparation. The ambassad dors' award was authorized by the in1 ter-allied war council, which still has I. its seat here, controlling all military >- questions relating to former enemy ?- states, operating under the chairmanship of Marshal Foch. COTTON FAMINE SEEN BY HEFLIN SAYS SUPPLY OF STAPLE WILL Bf EXHAPSTED BY THE FIRST OF JULY ASKS FOR PROBE COMMITTEE Alabama Senator Demands Thorough Investigation Of Alleged Price Control By Future Sales Washington.-^Declaring the United States is on the verge of the worst cotton famine in history, Senator Hef lin (Democrat of Alabama) asked the , senate the other fyy to make a thorough investigation of the New York ; cotton exchange, the Chicago board of trade and the New Orleans cot I ton exchange for aleged price fix* ( ing and control through future sales. : Heflin said the present cotton crop J would be exsausted by July 1, and there would be n<7 more planting because cotton- growers are "financially ; ruined." A resolution introduced by Heflin ' called for the appointment of a senate committee to invesitgate the relations of transactions for future delivery on the cotton exchanges and boards of trade in the United States to prices of "otton and grain. The committee would hold hearings in New York, New Orleans, ^Chicago and Washington! t Heflin charged the number of bales of cotton involved in transactions on the cotton exchanges for future delivery "exceeds by ten to fifteen times all the cotton raised in the United States for the same perfbd." "HefliU said the- cotton exchange and the Chicago board of trade "in 1 order to more effectually insure the domination of prices ^nd control of the market necessities" kept a record of every transaction, but refused to; permit continuous quotations of prices to be disclosed to the public j "except under certain circumstances j as to be of little value." Heflin also charged entry Into contracts for the delivery to and trans-' mission by "certain telegraph companies" of the exchange's board of trade's continuous quotations of the prices sold for future delivery with such restrictions and conditions at- { tached as to "even more effectually | insure the control of the market by the cotton exchanges and boards of j trade." Heflin asserted his resolution was j aimed to forestall the impending cotton famine "if it is posssible at all to' prevent its visitation upon the country." I I SILESIAN TREATY BETWEEN GERMANS AND POLES READY Two Nations, As Result Of Work Of League Of Nations, Sign Pact Of Peace Geneva. ? Germany and Poland,' ? through the good offices of the league of nations, have ended their disputej over the rich Silesian coal and iron basin. They will sign'a treaty of settlement providing for unified administration of the great industrial district by a mixed commission in the presence of the council of the league of j nations. This is regarded as the greatest achievement o fthe league, with Ihe possible exception of the international court project, for it brings to an end a dispute which nearly led to war between Germany and Poland, precipitated a local revolutions almost split the alliq? asunder when Lloyd George and Briand, then French premier, had their famous controversy, and has held back Europe's industrial recovery materially because of the unsettled conditions it caused. In achieving this settlement the league of nations make a contribution that will remove a source of much illfeeling in the heart of Europe and will make it possible for the Silesian industrial district to be geared up to j its highest capacity. This is expected I now llfo into tha -arhnlo prru iu 1uiuoq uon ihw iuvw vmw f'mw.w nomic and Industrial machinery of continental Europe. Dixie Dry Goods Men Honor Berry Birmingham.?A. Y. Berry, of Fort Smith, Ark., was elected president of^ the Southern Wholesale Dry Goods { association. S. C. Convict Dies From Riot Wound Columbia, S. C.?Nathan Rosen, one , of the fourteen prisoners injured by guards in the quelling of the munity of one hundred and fifty convicts at the state penitentiary the other afternoon, died at the Columbia hospital. His death was caused by injuries received when the penitentiary guards, reinforced by the state, county and city officers, fired upon the prisoners Jined up in front of the chair factory, which is operated by prison labor within the penitentiary walls. The cause of the mutiny has not been made public. Dies Rather Than Be Operated On Lawrenceville, Ga. ? Despondency J over the necessity of undergoing an | operation is believed to have caused ! | Brit Wood, 23, employed by the Lawrenceville Drug company, to fire a bul; let into liis brain the other morning.! j According to relatives, Wood had been in ill health for several months, and it had been decided by attending phy- j ; sicians to operate. When physicians announced their decision, Wood, it is i understood, told relatives he "could | not stand the thought of it." Hence 1 I his death. t Honor Among Bootleggers, (^fficers Say York, Pa.?Honor among bootleggers 1 and their customers may seem impossible, but local officers say they found evidence of it in a recent raid near York. The first thing that greeted the officers when raiding a building j where 150 gallons of "home-made" was ' on lap was a small sign reading: "No-1 tice: Put all money in this box." The ! door to the building was open, and no attendants were in sight. The proprietor evidently depended on the honesty' of his customers, who "helped" them- j selves. - - 1 IMPROVED UNIFORM INTERNA^ONAl Sunday School ' Lesson' (By REV. P. B. FITZWATER, D. D.. Teacher of English Bible in the Moody Bible Institute of Chicago.) x Copyright. lilt. W?tern Newspaper Union. JH LESSON FOR MAY 21 I HILKIAH'S GREAT DISCOVERY fl LESSON TEXT.?II Chron. 34:14-33. H GOLDEN TEXT.?Thy word is a lamp MB Onto my feet, and a light unto my path. BB ?Ps. 119:106. S REFERENCE MATERIAL. ? Deut 6: M 6-9; Josh. 1:8; Col. 3:16; II Tim. 2:15; 3:14-11 29 PRIMARY TOPIC.?How th? Lost Bible H Was Found. flw JUNIOR TOPIC.-Hllklah. Discovers the SB Lost Bible. V INTERMEDIATEAND 8ENIOR TOPIC. M ?How to Make the Bible Our Own. ^ YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC. * ?The Authority and Influence of. the Bible. 1 About a hundred years elapsed between the reformation under Hezeklah * , and that of Josiab. Some time during > this time the book of God's law had been lost Two wicked kings had A reigned in this interval. * The Lord m had given Hezekiah much wealth. His W son Manassch, coming Into possession - I of his father's property, and being un- jg godly, would naturally neglect the I Bible, If not purposely try to put It W from sight. Those who do not obey P the law of God, are usually Interested j in putting it out of sight. I I. The Book of the Law Found (w? s 14-17). 1. The Occasion (v. 14). It was while repairing the temple during Joslah's reformation that the law was discovered. 2. The Book Delivered to the King (vv. .15-17). Upon making a report to the king of ,work done, the king was told of the finding of the book of the law by Hilklah, and the book delivered to him. II. The Effect of the Reading of the Law (vv. 18-28). Shaphan the Scribe re^d .the law before the king. ' / 1. The King Rent His Clothes (v. 19). As the law was read before him he was led to realize more seriously the awful extent of the nation's departure from God. He knew that sin merited ^ 1 punishment Tha function of the law is to reveal sin. The man who. will honestly hear the demands of God's ( law will fall upon his knees before God and cry fo^mercy. The rending of the royal robes indicated that the king was penitently sorrowful. 2. The King Sent a Deputation to Make Inquiry of the Lord (W. ^0, 21). The king included himself in the guilt before God. "Go inquire ror me ana for them that are left, for great is the wrath of the Lord that Is poured out upon us." His gense of sin was so keen that he sent them to inquireas to whether thire was any means of averting the Judgments' of the Lord. ; Instinctively the human ijeart turns , from God's threatening judgments to . / a means of escape. The souK, that sorrows for sin Inquires for a of , escape. The law prepares for the gospel. The lu# is our schoolmaster to bri^g us to Christ. The soul under condemnation Inquires, "What must I do to be saved?" 3. The Message of Huldah, the Prophetess (vv. 22-28). (1) Confirmation of what the law said (w. 22-25). She said that ail the curses written in the law must full, for the sins had been so flagrant that God's wrath could not be restrained. Destruction wus hanging over Jerusalem and it was too late to avert It. I. was not too late to repent to obtain mercy from God, but the outward consequence of sin must be realized.* This finds fulfillment on every hand today. The murderer must hang. His sou) may go directly to heaven, provided he has accepted Jesus Christ. (2) Acceptance of .Tosiah's repentance (w. Because of his tenderness of heart and deep penitencel the Lord said he shbuld be gathered to "his grave In peace, and should not see all the evil to be brought on Jerusalem and Its people. What Huldah said was true eyen though Josiah died In battle (35 : 23-25). When God ae- . cepts a man and forgives him, bis' / death Is a peaceful one even though It may he on the battlefield. God's presence is with him and he thus will go straight to the heavenly home. III. The* Law Obeyed (vv. 29-33).* 1. The King ftead the Law (vv. 29, 30). He gathered together the inhabitants of Jerusalem, including the priests, Levites and elders, and read unto them the law. 2. The King Made a Covenant Before the Lord to I&ep His'Commandments and Testimonies (vv. 31, 32). This was done sincere^-?with all his heart and soul. He caused all that were present to stand to It. 3. The king took , away all the abominations out of all the countries that pertuined to Israel (v. 33). All the days of the king they departed not from following after the Lord. Friendships of Youth. There are few things that affect our lives as deeply as the friendships we make in youth. Those are the formative years, and the closer the friendship, the greater the influence. Those are our imitative years and we imitate those whom we love or admire. Character then is as plastic as clay In the potter's hand. Would that every young person were blessed with one. staunch and true friend, whose influence would always be for truth and righteousness. The best friend of all is our Lord, and next to Him are those who take Him as their guide and master. The Greatest Wealth. Take your duty, and bo strong in It, as God will make you strong.. The harder It Is, the stronger in fact you will be. Understand, also, that the great question here is, not what you will get, but what you will become. The grc est wealth you can ever get will be in yourself. Take your burdens and troubles and losses and wrongs, if come the- must and will, as your opportunity, knowing that God has girded you for greater thingj than these.? Horace Bushnell. %