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CHTTECH AmfOTOCEatLNTS. MKTHOPMT EPISCOPAL (White). Calvary Methodist Church On Columbia road between 14th and 15th sts. n.w. James Shera Montgomery* MINISTER. No Public Service Sunday And No Assembling of the People Permitted, Church open for private de votion Sunday, Oct. 20, from H ajru to 1 p.m. ?The minister and recording steward will be at the church during this period. "National Methodist Church." Metropolitan M. E. Church John Marshall Place and C St. N.W. Harry Dawson Mitchell, D. D.. Minister. The church will bp open on Sunday morn ing from 10:30 to 12:30 for prayer and med ication. The pastor will administer the Coin tntiniou to individuals who may so desire. Dumbarton Ave. M.E. Street. Rev. WALTER U. McNEIL. Minister. Church open for private devotions Sunday from 10 a.m. until T? p.m. Definite spiritual benefits will be found in the definite act of worship in the house of the Lord. METHODIST EPISCOPAL (Colored). Campbell A. M. E. s,SrtE' The church will be open from 11 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. Let all membrrs kindly report their envelopes. Class _ leaders will meet their classmates for individual devotion. Metropolitan AJVLE. Church 15th AND M STREET? N.W. Although regular services are discontinued by order of the authorities, until further notice, the church is open for prayer. Every member should bow in the church in prayer ch' Ii Sabbath to offer thanks and seek divine jmidance. This Sabbath, October 20th, is "Kally Day." Each volunteer and member is asked to* report something. Some one will be present all day to receive your contribu tion. Come singly and report. I^t us prove our faithfulness by our works. God bless and keep you. C. M. TANNKH. Pastor. ? PRESBYTERIAN. T7 .nfjr.a MARYLAND ATEr~ j&asiern and eth rt. n.;:. Church remains closed by order of the Com missioners. ??Where two or three are fathered tether 1b my name, thero am I in the midst of tfeem." Mat., 18. ?The Lord is nigh unto an them that call fon him." Ps., 143. Let us thus worship. ALFRED E. BARROWS. Pastor. "0_(Southern Assembly), 22nd 8tT, iJvvOIlU Between P and Qsts. n.w. Rev. ANDREW R. BIRD. Pastor. There will be no public services, but the church will be open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. It is hoped that every member of the con gregation will visit the church at some time flaring the ten hours that the doors are open nnd obtain a pastoral letter which will con rain special suggestions for prayer, selected hymn, selected scriptural reading and prac tical council for today, drawn therefrom. A weekly pastoral letter along these lines will be found in the church each Sunday while the epidemic lasts. Visitors to the city are all cordially invited to share this wor ship witli us. BAPTIST. CENTENNIAL BAPT. CH., 7th AND EYE N?E. Member* can use the building for prayer and meditation Sun., Oct. 20, 11 a.m., 3 p.m., 4 p.m., 7 p.m. nnd 8 p.m. Hand or send en velopes to deacons. ^Maryland Avenue Baptist Church 14th AND MARYLAND ATE. N.E. Church will be open Sunday from 11 to 1 ?'t-lock a.m. and from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. for . individual worship and to receive the weekly j contributions. Rev. H. M. Lawson of Vernon, Mich., accepted a call to this church ?nd will ] prKuh his first sermon Sunday. Nov. 3. it j tl* Closins order is revoked by that time. All. member* are earnestly requested to be present on that Sunday and visitors will be welcome. ... ... Slie chairman of the lot fund committee j be at the church Tuesday from 7 to 8 I>.nw and on Thursday trom 8 to 9 p.m. to j recefce reports from members or said com- | in it tee. Immanuel Baptist Columbia road. Rev. GOVE GRIFFITH JOHNSON, D. D., Pastor. i CHURCH OPEN FOR TRAYKR. SUNDAY MORNING, 10 TO 12, AND EVENING, 7:30 j TO 9. -O J i 3rd STREET BET. oecona .D&ptlSt h and I sts. n.w. REV. J. I* S. HOLLOMAN, pastor. Church will be open from 11 a.m. to < p.m. for tcdividnal prayer. ^ EPISCOPAL Diocese of Washinsfton 21st Sunday After Trinity October 20, A.D. 1918 THE BISHOP OF WASHINGTON requests the people of the diocese to follow the coun sels given In this place a week ago. as to private devotions, family worship and inter ee?sions for the sick, the afflicted, the na tion, the President, ot?r allies, our soldiers and our sailors. Hft suggests the prayerful study of the fol lowing chapters of Holy Scripture: Isaiah 88 and.40; St. John 14, 15, 16. And he sets forth and recommends the frequent use of the following prayer: *'0 Saviour of the world, who by Thy Cross and precious blood hast re deemed us. and ever livest to make in tercession for us. save us, and help us. w? humbly beseech thee, O Lord, and gire thy suffering people health, vic tory and pe*ce; who reignest with the Father and the Holy Spirit ever, one God, world without end. Amen." The people are advised to avail themselves ??f the privileges of the open churches and to resort to them for meditation and prayer. The Bethleliam Chapel and the Little Sanctuary of the Cathedral are open every day from ft a.n^ to 6 p.m. Church of the Advent Cor. 2nd and Yon sts. n.w. Iter. EDWARD M. MOTT. LL. M., Rector. The church will be open for prayer any time after 11 o'clock. The rector will say j The Litanv and special praver at 12 o'clock. SPIRITUALISTS. MRS. ROTH. 5EA!*Cfc TUESDAY AND THURSDAY, 8 P.M. I Advice daily. 1017 O st. n.w. FOB LARGER WAR SERVICE. Baptists Plan Campaign Nov. 17 to | 24 to Stimulate Laymen. NEW YORK. October 19.?A cam paign "to enable the Baptist denom ination to be of larger war service and to stimulate the laymen to take a larger part In their church activ ities" will be conducted by the Baptist ihurch from November 17 to 24. to be known as Christian Enlistment ?week, according to Dr. Fred P. Hag gard. director of the national com mittee of the Northern Baptist Lay men. This committee covers all American territory north of tie Ma con and Dixon line. Baptist laymen have organized in every state in this territory for an intensive campaign among the 1,289, SM members of the denomination's 5.543 churches. The homes of all I:.embers will be visited to induce the members to sign "war roll"?a pledge in which they will be asked to speci fy in hew many church activities they are prepared to participate throughout the coming year. Women Send Mammoth. Petition. CLdSVELiAND, Ohio, October 19.? Woman street car conductors of the Cleveland Railway Company recently vent a petition 4M feet long bear ing SI.MO signatures of car riders to Secretary Wilson asking that their caee be reopened. Federal mediators recently ruled that the women should he relieved an the cars after Novem ber L. essential oils of cinnamon and _iPd have proved powerful anti septics in proportions that do not food unpalatable. Last Day?Buy Bonds? ABRAHAM GIVING ISAAC TO GOD. Genesis, 22:1-14. Golden Text?I will give him unto Jehovah all the days of his life.?I Samuel, 1:11. BY REV. HUGH T. STETESSOH. Some one has said that this lesson may well be called Abraham's ex amination test in the school of life! If so, it is especially opportune at this hour for us to read the scriptural acoount and to see how the "friend of God" stood the test. We are living- in an hour when the bi^} word is sacri fice. America has been called upon by God to give of her wealth, her re sources and her choicest sons without stint. And such sacrifices call for faith. As one of our statesmen has said, if he did not believe that back of the horrors of the present war were the purposes of the Divine Cre ator and Ruler of the World he would bo uncertain, but knowing- and feeling that we are carrying out those pur poses, he has faith in the final out oomei which can only be complete tri umph. It was such a faith that we see in Abraham as upon Mount Mori ah he is ready and willing to sacrifice the most cherished possession of his life, Isaac, his only son. This dramatic incident in. the life of the patriarch is one of the most beautiful and inspiring in all literature, sacred and profane, when viewed in its true light. Reading the story in the twen tieth century, we are apt to forget that in place of ii^rht Abraham lived in a world of spiritual darkness. He was surrounded by moral corruption, not by the modern environment of lofty ethical thought and idealism. Of course, fundamentally his primitive life does not differ from the modern complex social life of our day. Abraham had his problems of duties toward God and his fellowmen, weaknesses to be overcome, passions to be conquered, just as they exist today. But the les son loses much of its significance if we do not always keep in mind that Abraham lived during the dawning day of religious thought. The trial which Abraham faced in the lesson is the climax in his Chris tian life. Years before he had heard the call to leave Ur of the Chaldees, to leave behind him the associations of life that men bold worth while, the associations of place, of friends and of J kindred. Under the leadership of God, he follows his course through Canaan and through Egypt. It is beyond dis pute that before leaving Ur of the Chaldees he was confident of this divine leadership and that he pos sessed deep and sincere faith. Ye* the experiences through which he passed had broadened his knowledge of God, and they had added strength to his faith. "After these things," he was come to the test which was to still further enlarge his vision. There are two interpretations of the offering of Isaac upon the altar on Mount Moriah. It can be regarded in the literal sense that Abraham received direct from God a command to sacrifice Isaac as a burnt offering. Of course, we can now see that God did not in tend for Abraham to complete this sacrifice. It was sufficient for him to be willing. But it was necessary for this pioneer missionary to realize the spiritual nature of the kingdom, and it was essential that his faith should be purified and strengthened. The agony of soul that both he and Sarah must have experienced was no less keen. In spirit the sacrifice was made although it was not made on the altar. The second interpretation is that Abra ham confused the inspiration of the ! spirit of God with the customs and practices of those peoples with whom he was in contact. It is undoubtedly, true that even conceding his spiritual progress, he was not yet far enough removed not to be influenced by environment and i current traditions. Human sacrifice I was common to these early races, and ! Abraham had, through his experi- j ences, been led on to feel that God was ' everything in the world; that he was dependent upon Him for all of his I blessings, and that the sacrifices de sired by God were of the things held most precious. Thus he may have been led to his conclusion that God wanted him to give up his only son. These pagan influences must have had some part in shaping his method of sacrifices. But he had yet to learn that this was not God's method, even though he thought it was. Whichever interpretation we choose, we cannot help standing in awe of the BUbli.ne faith portrayed. It must be remembered that Abraham had ap parently good cause to question the divine injunction. Had not he been told that in him and in his seed would i all peoples be blest? Haw could this | promise be kept if Isaac was slain? A veil has been drawn over the period j between the second and third verses of the text. We do not know the questions and temptations that sug | gested themselves, but we do know that "early in the morning" Abraham set out to accomplish God's will at any cost. American fathers and mothers who have given their sons to our glorious and holy cause can realize in a measure the anguish and the heavy heart of that devoted father as the journey was commenced and Isaac left home for the last time, as they imagined. I It was only when the hand had raised the knife ready to strike that God interfered. Then it was that God brought home the lessons he wanted Abraham and succeeding generations | to learn. As Dods has pointed out, "the sacrifice God seeks is the devo tion of the living soul, not the con sumption of a dead body." God show ed unmistakably his disapproval of human sacrifice as then practiced, and some one has demonstrated that at this point the Hebrews broke awav from the revolting custom of some of their neighbors. As wo see now, what God wanted was not Isaac, but Abra ham. He wished to test his faith and to see whether he was willing to give himself. He wanted to impress the spiritual nature of sacrifice and of true religion. He wanted to take away the material so that Abraham could see the value of the unseen things and their reality. Henceforth, Abraham saw God in a different light and real ised the value of the "inner life" both in worship and in service. Plainly the lesson has a modern ap plication. The world has not yet learned the truths that God taught His servant. True it is that great progress has been made, but even the , church of Jesus Christ has not fullv gotten away from the customs and ideals of the world. Like Abraham, we too often fail to see the spiritual* our (eyes are blinded by the material.'The (church that is succeeding, that is rendering Christlike service, is the one that holds to this ideal. It is even being recognized in the commercial world, where great corporations have come to see that they shuold sell serv ice rather than goods. CAPITAL TO ENTER AIR RACE. Chicago's Transatlantic Challenge Accepted by Eleven Cities. Special Dispatch to Tlie Star. CHICAGO, 111., October 19. Plans of the Chicago Aviation Club tor a. transatlantic airphuie endurance race were furthered yesterday at a meet ing at which telegrams were read from mayors of eleven cities accept ing the club's challenge for the race. The cities are Dayton. St. Paul. Cleveland. Kansas City, Los Angeles, Buffalo. New York. Detroit. St. Louis. Baltimore and Washington. Tentative plans contemplate the raising of $125,00# here among busi ness men, $50,000 as a purse for the winner of the race and the rest for the equipment of the Chicago plane. It is stipulated that the race shall) take place before August 4 next year. Last Day?Buy Bonds? Philippines makei FOREIGN TRADE GAINS Increaie of More Than 60 Per Cent . Over 1917 Shown by Figures for Becent Fiscal Tear. Prom detailed customs returns just compiled by the bureau of Insular af fairs of the War Department it ap pears that Philippine foreign trade in the year ended June 30, 1918, reached an unparalleled value and exceeded the figures of the previous year by over 60 per cent in. both imports and exports. Total imports amounted to $83,763, 290, and of the $32,000,000 increase half was in ootton cloths and the mis cellaneous iron and steel trade. Im ports of cotton textiles were heavy throughout the year and reached by far the largest quantity ever recorded. More than SO per cent was from the United States. The interesting feature in the small residue was the la?rre development in Japanese shipmentsi These were nearly four times as large as in 1917 and about equaled the Br'tish trade, which in early years of American oc cupation controlled the market, but later gave place to American textiles, and during the war period has further declined. * Iron and Steel Trade. The iron and steel trade more than doubled in value, while there was a general increase in quantities as well, notably in the case of the im portant sheet and plate trade, which ! was practically twice that of 1917. Large inareases in values of oil-ex tracting and sugar machinery, even atfer the liberal discount for higher prices, testify to the further develop ment of theso important industries. Exports for the first time passed the hundred million mark and amounted to $116,614,611, or more than double the prevailing figures of the pre-war period. In the enormous $45,000,000 increase over the total of 1917 hemp and cocoanut products were the chief factors. There was a no tably larger production of hemp, with an increase in exports from 133,477 long tons in 1917 to 158,211 long tons, the largest quantity since 1911, while under the greatly stimulated war de mand soaring pricfe further contrib uted to the $24,000,000 increase in value for the year. In fact the up ward movement in prices became so pronounced in the latter part of the year that the government intervened and fixed prices at approximately those prevailing at the time. Distribution of Increases. In the distribution of the great in creases in the trade of the year by countries, the United States, Japan, China and Australia shared chiefly in imports, while the United States and the United Kingdom led in ex ports in consequence of'their promi nence in hemp and cocoanut products. The commercial interdependence of the United States and the islands further increased with another year of war and restricted trade movement, practically 60 per cent of all imports being America" goods, while two thirds of all exports found an Amcr- i ican market. FINDS SEA IN*ARCTIC IS NO SEA AT ALL New Names Are Needed for Ex plorer, Steftansson Dis covers. VANCOUVER, B. C., October 19.? New names for arctic lands and seas probably will soon be wanted in Ot tawa as a result of thf discoveries of Vilhjalmur Steftansson, the returned Canadian arctic explorer. A board of geologists in Ottawa directs the giv ing of names to all of Canada's new found possessions. Suggestions have been made that "Stefanssons Land" should be the name of the group of islands found by the explorer northwest < f Prince Pat rick land. Stefansson, however, says 1 new lands are never named after the men who find them. Another name will be needed for what has lo>ng been called Prince Gustav Adolph sea, thought to be an arm of the Arctic ocean. Stefansson found that the sea wasn't a sea at all, but oontalned the new land he dis covered. WOMAN SENATE ASPIRANTS. Hisses Martin and Rankin Work ing: Day Night SAN FRANCISCO, CaL, October 19.? Two women from the far west are working day and night to secure enough votes to place them In the United States Senate. Miss Anne Martin of Reno, Nev., and Miss Jeannette Rankin of Helena, Mon., now a member of Congress, are the aspirants for the honor of being the first women to sit in this legislative hall of the nation. Miss Rankin was the first woman to sit in the lower house. Both women hold university de grees, having studied both in Amer ica and Buropoan institutions. Both are ardent supporters of equal suf frage. Miss Martin has been student, executive, professor, traveler, lecturer, artist and athlete. She is an expert horsewoman and at one time held the state singles tennis championship of Nevada. Both women passed their girlhood in the outdoors. GEN. PERSHING'S URGENT PLEA FOR SUCCESS OF LIBERTY LOAN Across the Atlantic in the early hours of this morning Gen. Pershing flashed an appeal to his countrymen at home'to back up with every liberty bond they can buy the Americans now engaged in desperate battle with the enemy. * Addressed to Secretary McAdoo, the message reads: "The success of the fourth liberty loan means much to the men of the American Army, who are engaged in the greatest battle of the war. The sacrifices our troops are daily making for the nation are adding glorious pages to her history. Occupying important position on the battle front, they are forcing the barbarous enemy northward, step by step, in hand-to-hand encounters and are re solved to continue until the crimes of our enemy shall be expiated. "Standing firmly on this resolve, your sturdy sons fighting this war for freedom as firmly expect the continued support of all Americans at home." NEW CZECHO-SLOVAK NATION DECLARES ITS INDEPENDENCE States Magyars Have Lost All Right to Rule?Austria-Hungary Only a Ger man Colony?Hapsburgs Unworthy. I The Czecho-Slovak nation, which has been recognized formally by the United States and its allies as an ex istent government and a co-bellig erent, has issued its declaration of independence. Prof. Masaryk, presi dent of the national council, the recognized head of the Czechoslov aks, has announced the principles of the new republic in the following declaration: At this grave moment, when the Hohenzollerns are offering peace in order to stop the victorious advance of the allied armies and to prevent the dismemberment of Austria-Hun gary and Turkey, and when the Haps burgs are promising the federaliza tion of the empire and autonomy to the dissatisfied nationalities commit ted to their rule, we, the Czecho-Slov ak national council, recognized by the allied and American governments as the provisional government of the Czecho-Slovak state and nation, in complete accord with the declaration of the Czecho deputies made in Prague on January 6, 1918, and realizing that federalization, and, still more, au tonomy, mean nothing under a Haps burg dynasty, do hereby make and declare this our declaration of inde pendence. Cannot Develop Under Hapsburgs. "We do this because of our belief that no people should be forced to live un der a sovereignty they do not recog nize, and because of our knowledge and firm conviction that our nation cannot freely develop in a Hapsburg mock-federation, which is only a new form of the denationalizing oppression under which we have suffered for the I past 300 years. "We consider freedom to be the first prerequisite for fed eralization, and believe that the free nations of central and eastern Kurope may easily federate should they find it necessary. We make this declaration on the basis of our historic and natural right. We have been an independent state since the seventh century; and, in 1026, as an independent state, consist ing of Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia, we joined with Austria and Hungary in a defensive union against the Turk ish danger. We have never volun tarily surrendered our rights as an in dependent state in this confederation. ] The Hapsburgs broke their compact with our nation by illegally trans gressing our rights and violating the constitution of our state which they had pledged themselves to uphold, and we therefore refuse longer to remain a part of Austria-Hungary in any form. We claim the right of Bohemia to be reunited with her Slovak brethren of Slovakia, once part of our national state, later torn from our national body, and fifty years ago incorpo rated in the Hungarian state of the Magyars, who, by their unspeakable violence and ruthless oppression of their subject races, have lost all moral and human right to rule anybody but themselves. Brute Force and Exploitation. The world knows the history of our struggle against the Hapsburg op pression, intensified and systematized by the Austro-Hungarian dualistic compromise of 1867. This dualism is only a shameless organization of brute force and exploitation of the majority by the minority; it is a political conspiracy of the Germans and Magyars against our own as well as the other Slav and the Latin na tions of the monarchy. The world knows the justice of our claims, which the Hapsburgs them selves dared not deny. Francis Joseph, in the most solemn manner, repeat edly recognized the sovereign rights of our nation. The Germans and Mag yars opposed this recognition, and Austria-Hungary, bowing before the pan-Germans, became a colony of Ger many and, as her vanguard to the east, provoked the last Balkan con flict, as well as the present world war, which was begun by the Hapsburgs alone without the consent of the rep resentatives of the people. We cannot and will not continue to live under the direct or indirect rule of the violators of Belgium, France and Serbia, the would-be murderers j of Russia and Rumania, the murderers of tens of thousands of civilians and soldiers of our blood and the ac complices in numberless unspeakable crimes committed in this war against humanity by the two degenerate and irresponsible dynasties. We will not remain a part of a state which has no justification for existence and which, refusing to ac cept the fundamental prmciples ?f modern world . organization rema>ns only an artificial and immoral pom weD^eem<lttourPduty toward humanity SboutCits downfall and' destruction j heerebr?eclarf^edHSIburg dynasty I, sssb2sw??~ U<We accept and shall adhere to the ideals of m^?r"dears?ofaCoura nation foar 'centuries. W^^UVVTs- | ican principles asla. i -Qf 1U,_ ?reo"f Comenius, cannot but accept these principles express enend American Declaration.^c^^ aud o{ , Sr?S?Pof the^S,htse ofS j 5& i'yetarsi memorable lluss te beside BftS&JfSJ JM* | blood today in uussia, ua j France. Principles of Constitution We shall outline only the main prin ciples of the constitution of th Czecho-Slavok nation, the final? ^ I E= ?-?sS? Sttsrsa en ?hall be placed oil an equal footing with men, politically, socially and cul ,!v Tlic riehts of the minority HIH-ilS "The^Czecho-Slovak nation will carry out far-reaching social and economic 33MH&5S SrsSsrwsawuK who incurred them. Favors Open Diplomacy. SKSa^^'ssrfflB ^VnlWio5 ^si^ur-Hsas^ ^em*"racy? has* d^^ated^tSe^ratic . . . Militarism is overcome; democracy is victorious; ^nmth?eba^ Of de.'"0?rac^, mf0TCCS of darkness hMc sened ^he victory of light; the longed-for age of humanity is dawn inwe believe in democracy, we believe ? liwfv and libertv ever more. "GivenTn Pari* on the 18th of Octo berpROF. THOMAS G. MASARYK, Prime Minister and Minister of Fi rvv Dti MILAX n. STEFAXIK, Minister of National Defense, np UDWAIU) BENbS. . r Minister of Foreign Affairs and I Interior. Siamese Coming to Study Rails. Eight Siamese students connected with the Siamese state railways are on their way to the United States to take up the study of American rail wav methods. Bishop of Arras, on Way to Felici tate Cardinal Gibbons, Tells of Devastations in France. NEW YORK, October 19.?Destruc tion by the Germans of more than 300 churches in his own diocese, "for which there was no military necessity," was described here yesterday by the lit. Rev. Eugene Louis Julien. Bishop of Arras, who, with the Rt. Rev. P. W. Keating, Bishop of Northampton, Eng land,; Mgr. Alfred Baudrillart, rector of the Catholic University of Paris, a member of the French Academy, and other French dignitaries, is on his ! way to Baltimore to felicitate Cardi- j nal Gibbons on the fiftieth anniver- j sary of his consecration to the epis copate. "The cathedral of Arras was burned in July, 1915," declared Bishop. Julien, "and today is a ruin, but we hope to restore it." "I am glad to know that France and America are of one opinion in the de termination to bring Germany to her knees. The force of public opinion is assurance to the world that its leftd 1 ers cannot be tricked into negotiating a premature peace. 'Unconditional r surrender' of Germany is inevitable." ; Time Bombs Killed Deputy. The Bishop of Arras, in telling of the devastation wrought by the en emy, said that before the capture of Bapaume by the British on August 29 he Germans planted clock bombs throughout the city, timed to explode when the allied troops arrived. A member of the French chamber of deputies, a friend of his, he said, was killed by one of these bombs in the Bapaume city hall, "this confirming ! the stories of German violation of the I laws of war." i "The French people are delighted with the American soldiers," said Bishop Julien. "They find them brave, I enthusiastic, generous, singularly re ligious and a wonderful example of sincerity and practical piety to the French Catholic population. The Knights of Columbus are doing most excellent work." The Bishop of Northampton said he bore a message from the Catholics of England to the Catholics of the United States expressing confidence in [ the ultimate victory of the allied i arms and appreciation of the effective work done in England by the Knights of Columbus. Cardinal Receives Commission. BALTIMORE, Md? October 19.? j ! Cardinal Gibbons last evening* re- | | ceivcd the commission of the Catholic j hierarchy of England sent to the venerable prelate on his jubilee as bishop. The party included Rig-lit Rev. Frederick William Keating, Bishop of Northampton; Mgr. Wil 1 liam Barnes. Catholic chaplain of Ox ford University, and Mr. Shane Leslie, editor of the Dublin Review. Bishop I Keating brings with him, besides the good will and best wishes of the Brit ish government and the people of that country, an illuminated address on I vellum from Cardinal Bourne, the Archbishop of Westmnister and the Bishops of England and Wales. The address will be read at a luncheon to be given at St. Mary's Seminary to morrow afternoon, at which will be present a number of distinguished clergy and also a few laymen. balksTffor't TO MAKE ISSUE OF 'SISSON PAPERS' Defense in Sedition Trial Refused Permission to Question Head of Red Cross Mission. NEW YORK, October 19.?An at tempt by counsel for five men and a woman, charged with distributing al leged seditious literature, to make authenticity of the committee on pub lic information's "Sisson. papers" an issue in their defense came to naught through a ruling by Judge Clayton in the federal court here yesterday. In refusing to permit questioning of Raymond Robins, head of the Ameri can Red Cross mission to Russia, as to his knowledge of the Sisson papers and of Russian-American relations, the court held that all such questions were immaterial. "I have enough to do to try these defendants, without trying Lenin and Trotsky, too," Judge Clayton remarked, adding that the justice or injustice of the bolsheviki cause had nothing to do with the alleged offense of the sextet on trial in slurring the President and criticising the government in connec tion with American activities on Rus sia. The defense also called Albert B. Williams, described as bolsheviki rep resentative in the United States, but questions directed to him were over ruled by the court. Harry Wenbcrger, the defendants' counsel, then announced that he would desist in his intention of call ing George Creel, chairman of the committee on public information, and Mr. Sisson to. the stand. ! KINGS NEARING "LAST HOUR." i "Divine Rights" an Old Fiction, Says New Zurich Gazette. I BERN, Switzerland, October 17.? ! Commenting on President Wilson's latest note to Germany, the New Zu rich Gazette says: "The last hour of the divine right nf kings has come. It is not too soon. This old fiction has long been consid ered an anachronism in our demo cratic era." Resolution to Be Offered at Meet ing of the Amateur Ath letic Union. NEW YORK, October 19.?Herman Obertubessing, secretary of the Metro politan Association, will offer a resolu tion'at the annual meeting of the A. A. U. in Philadelphia on Monday, Novem ber 1$, that will straighten out a mud dle that now exists in amateur circles. Under the present rules of the A. A. U.t those athletes and former athletes now associated with the Knights of Co lumbus, the Y. M. C. A. and other or ganizations as athletic directors are now professionals. In the opinion of Mr. Obertubessing, to declare a man a professional when he is serving his country by keeping our j fighting men physically fit is all wrong. I Mr. Obertubessmg's resolution will re quest that all men serving as athletic directors retain their amateur standings and be eligible to compete as amateurs when the war is over. As it is now. Piatt Adams, the famous jumper of the New York A. C.; Paul Pilgrim and Bud Goodwin, also of the Winged Foot organization; Jack Eller, the famous timbertopper, and a number of others are "pros." The resolution will no doubt be passed unanimously, as the A A. U. has ac complished much to help the men in 1 service. BRILL BIRD IS WINNER. Gets Home First in Pigeon Race From Cameron, W. Va. E. F. Brill won the 200-mile race of Washington district, American Rac ing Pigeon Union, which was flown yesterday from Cameron, W. Va., when his pigeon flew the distance at an average speed of 1,404 yards per minute. There were 171 birds from eighteen lofts in the race. The results: Speed in yards Entry. per minute. 8?K. P. Brill 1.404 7?J. G. Eastburn 1,377 14?T. Nolan 1.374 14?T. Nolan 1.370 0?L. Gayer 1,340 7?Phil Krouse 1,339 9?Cab Pennington 1,331 15?W. 8. Hixpon 1,321 G?It. O. Wolf 1.285 9?W. W. Koch 1,287 20?K. Ashe tun 1.2V1 9?W. O. Norwood 1.272 14?P. I. Smith 1.200 5?William Cross 1,202 9?W. F. Dismer 1.251 13?A. S. Johnston 1,219 4?E. F. Iialdwiu 1,134 4?M. Sullivan 1.122 Sectional winners were Brill. East burn and Ilixon. Championship club winners were Norwood, Brill and Eastburn. Single nomination prize was won by Brill. TO RETIRE FROM TURF. Edward Arlington Will Sell Noted Horses Next Week. NEW YORK, October 19.?Edward Arlington, owner of Questionnaire, Kohinoor, St. Isidore and other noted racehorses, will sell his stable next week and retire from the turf, he an nounced at the Empire City track. No Game at Annapolis Today. ANNAPOLIS, Md., October 19.?The foot ball game arranged for today be tween Navy and an eleven from the Navy Pay School at Princeton. N. J., lias been canceled. A dispatch from Princeton stated that the team would be unable to come, owing to quaran tine restrictions placed on account of Influenza. Big Laurel Race Postponed. BALTIMORE, Md., October 19.?Be cause of the influenza epidemio in Maryland the runnirrg- of the $30,000 stake, J10.000 a side, with $10,000 added, at Laurel Park, between the three-year-olds Eternal and Billy Kelly, which is to be determinative of the juvenile championship of the season, has been postponed from Thursday, October 24, to Monday. Oc tober 28. All Games in Indiana Called Off. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., October 19.? All foot bajl games previous!}' ar ranged to be played in Indiana today have been called off in compliance with the ruling of the state health board prohibiting- all public gather ings because of the Spanish influenza. It ailso is doubtful if games sched uled for next Saturday will be plaved, as the ban on public gatherings "has been extended to midnight of Oo tober 26. OFFICER'S HAND BLOWN OFF. Britisher at Cambrai Is Victim of Huns' Fiendish Plot. PARIS, October 17.?An English officer at Cambrai had his hand torn , off yesterday by one of the enemy's j infernal traps, says a special dispatch [ to the Temps. Seeing a piano abandoned in the midde of a street, he struck a chord and an explosion followed which rip ped off his hand. A grenade had been placed in connection with the keys. The Temps correspondent warns re turning inhabitants of Cambrai to be careful in correcting any lack of symmetry they may find in their homes; to beware of straightening pictures, replacing door panels which they find loosened, removing nails and of touching objects they may find in the courtyard, cellar or gar den. Such action, he says, may ex plode an infrrnal machine. FEWKBMS Influenza Epidemic Prevents Many Games Scheduled in the East and West. Notwithstanding1 the Influenza handi cap several of the eastern colleges will endeavor to play foot ball today. Few if any of tho games originally scheduled will be played, but in. sev eral cases oontests were agreed 'upon at a late hour last night, a free use of the telephone bringing results. _ Among the contests which appear most likely to be held are L/afayette vs. Ursinus, at Kaston; Pittsburgh vs. Detroit Naval Training Station;? at Pittsburgh; Washington and Jejtjpr son vs. Camp Sherman, at Washing ton, Pa.; Dartmouth vs. Norwich, at Hanover; Brown vs. Rhode Island State, at Providence; Penn Sta??.vs. Bucknell, at State College, Pa., and Amherst vs. Trinity, at Amhers?" All games scheduled in Illinois^ In diana and Iowa have been canceled, but there is a possibility of a few minor oontests being- staged in the middle west. RO AMER NOT RETIRED. J Aged Gelding Listed to Start Today in Pelham Bay Handicap. NEW TORK, October 1?.?Andrew Miller's seven-year-old gelding has not been retired for good, as was re ported several days ago. Tin; game gelding is scheduled as a Martyr-in the Pelham Pay handicap, for thr?< - year-olds and upward, at one mi!-? and a sixteenth, which is the featfli? race on the program this arter<i*ow :>t the Empire City race track. Ko.-.m. r has again been asked to shoulder t?p weight?that of 126 pounds?with Naturalist having pounds and Star Master 122 pounds. It was the be lief of trainers at the track yesuir4av that ttie retirement of lloamer was somewhat premature, as he lias many good races left in him. despite Jiis many years of campaigning. TO CUT OUT ATHLETICS. Men in Shipyards to Abaptfpn Sports and Concentrate on Building PHILADELPHIA, Pa., OctobcrPW. -- | Athletics in tthe shipyards of *'th? | country will be abandoned, according I to Charles Piez, vice president!" an ?1 I general manager of the Emergency* 1 Fleet Corporation. "We are going to concentrate - a* much of our attention as we caii^u making ships after this," declared, Jlr. Piez. "The men have been diverted too much, I am told by labor leaders, and the men themselves complain that the yare led to waste too much lima in getting ready for athletic cy/ant* and too much time in recovering fi>om them. "I always have favored athletics ia moderation, but the kind of profes sionalism we have had serves no use ful purpose. It has become now onlv a question of who can pay the high est salaries to a few stars. 1 fcel'&ufo in saying that the same conditions will not exist next year." PLAY AT FORT MYEB TODAY. Former College Stars on Chemists' Team From American U. Today at 3 o'clock the foot ball \<^Af riors of the American University- sta tion of the chemical warfare serv ice will line up against the regular Fort Meyer team on the latter'a ii?ld. Both teams have been undergoing regular training and continuous prac tice during the quarantine due tojYn j fluenza. The men represented by the American University team are former collegiate stars, while the Fort Alfcyer team is composed of experienced players. The chemists will form as follows: Left end, Ruckell; left tackle. Horn left guard, Reichard: center. .Marra.-; right guard, Lentz; right tackle, Tsa cey; right end, Trobert: quar'or. Itotli: left half, Peterson; right half, I. son; fullback, Kichlino (captain), n Keil ley of Georgetown will referee. GOLFERS RAISE BIG SUM. Western Association Exhibitions Net Red Cross $303.775... CHICAGO, October 19.?Exhibition matches in aid of the lied Cross, Un der the auspices of the Western Golf Association, havo netted $303,775 Ur?s | season, according to the report" <f I President Charles P. Thompson, made j public today. President Thompson said that j eighty-two games had been played, land that the expense had been coi. i fined to a minimum, only traveling j and hotel bills being d<.uucte-.l from | the gross receipts. j A match at Lake Shore Country ?Tub j here some time ago which netted I $30,100 cost the lied Cross fund only I $2.50. POINTED PARAGRAPHS. A racing automobile isn't in it with fleeting fame. Even the strenuous poet has his idyl moments. It costs a merchant lots of money not to advertise. An actress doesn't always f;?re well on her farewell tour. A woman may say, "Then* is no i talking," but she never think sit." It's more blessed to gvo a knock out blow than it is to receive one. The poet is born?unless h?' writes a magazine poem that nobody ? -hi un derstand: then he is innde. Last Day?Bay Bonds? Last Day?Buy Bonds Last Day?Buy Bonds j Last Day?Buy Bonds j Last Day?Buy Bonds j Last Day?Buy Bonds? MUTT AND JEFF?If the War Lasts Long Enough Jeff May Learn Something. (Copyright, 1918, by H. C. Fisher. Trade mark registered U. S. Pat. Off.) By BUD FISHER. -