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WORLD’S BIGGEST TRUST COMPANY
PART OF UNCLE SAM’S WAR WORK
: Making German Money invested in This Country Work for the United
states, Is Important Work Being Done by the Alien Property
Custodian-Citizens Urged to Help by Reporting Any
Enemy-Owned Property in Their District.
Washington.—Call it what you will,
the biggest trust company, auction
. shop, or bargain counter sale, Uncle
Bam has it among his war activities.
Congress gave it its charter, the goods
/ dealt in are enemy owned, United
States citizens are its stockholders,
and the title of the business manager
Is alien property custodian.
It is doing a trust company business
because the bulk of the property taken
over belongs to individuals and has
to be safely administered by Uncle
Sam. It is an auction shop because
the great Industries here in the United
States owned and controlled by Ger
man trade barons which are seized
under the trading with the enemy act
will be sold outright to loyal citizens
of this country, Americanized, and Ger
man control of commerce and Industry
> in the United States of America
stamped out forever. It is a bargain
counter sale because many times in
odd collections of German owned prop
erty here and there are small pieces
.
i'-:
that have to be quickly converted Into
cash to prevent loss either to the In*
dividual owner or to Uncle Sam. As
such, they are passed across the conn*
ter In spot sales and the money turned
Into Uncle Sam’s treasury.
But'whether earnings or sales, this
money is turned over by the alien
property custodian to the treasury of
the United States and there converted
Into Liberty bonds. Thus is German
money made to work for Uncle Sam.
to help build ships, buy food and sup
plies, and keep fields and factories at
home humming with industry against
the Hun.
| ' Palmer Is Director.
The alien property custodian in
whose hands the direction of this great
economic force against Germany has
been placed Is a Pennsylvania Quaker.
His name is A. Mitchell Palmer. His
forefathers came to America in the
same ship with William Penn, and the
family has lived for several genera
tions within the lines of the original
Quaker settlement.
When appointed by the president,
Mr. Palmer for several days carried
his oath of office in his pocket. He
could not find even desk room in
crowded Washington. That was only
five months ago. Today his force num
„ bers over 400 employees in Washing*
• -ton alone, besides the hundreds scat
tered across the country. The head
quarters’ force is now established In
an eight-floor apartment house in one
of the best residential districts of
Washington which the government
commandeered and took possession of
before it was finished.
From here the alien property cus
todian is today making pencils in New
Jersey, chocolate in Connecticut, brew
ing beer in Chicago, sawing lumber in
Florida, mining metal In Mexico, run
ning real estate stores and commission
offices and public utilities in all parts
of the country. This enemy owned
property may be stock certificates, or
bonds or debts, life insurance premi
ums, or cash, real or personal property,
but to come within the reach of this
big government trust company it must
be either owned in whole or In part
by persons living within the enemy
> lines or,by persons trading with inter
ests within the enemy lines.
Bafe If He’s Good.
If a German citizen lives here In the
. United States, obeys its laws, does not
trade with Germany, and does not en
gage in any pernicious activities
against the government, his property
and his business are free from any in
terference on the part of the alien
enemy custodian. On the other hand,
the property of a citizen of the United
States who maintains his residence
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A. Mitchell Parmer, Head of Biggest Trust Company on Earth.
inside the enemies’ lines Is subject to
immediate seizure. Also all interned
aliens here In the United States are
classed as enemies and their property
treated accordingly.
Agents of the bureau of Investiga
tion of the alien property custodian,
under the direction of Francis P. Gar
van, an experienced assistant to for
mer District Attorney Jerome of New
York, are combing the country for
enemy owney property and millions of
dollars’ worth have been reported. But
as much more is confidently believed
still unreported. Some of it is actively
helping Germany’s deadly campaign of
spying, bombing, and arson; all of it is
potentially a menace.
A. Mitchell Palmer, addressing him
self to the citizens of the United States
and shareholders in this, the biggest
trust company on earth, said: “The
more of this property reported the
more harmless it will be, the better
the business of your trust company,
the bigger the returns to the treasury,
and the more powerful on the reckon
ing day will be the U. S. A. I want
the citizens to send this office informa
tion and reports on the existence of
any enemy owned property in their
district. That Information will be con
sidered confidential. I want citizens
who have custody of enemy owned
property to report it. They will be
given fair and square treatment. We
stand ready and willing to co-operate
in any w r ay with any citizen who may
write us for direction or advice. This
is an opportunity to those of us who
have to stay at home and cannot fight
in the trenches. Here we can render
a most powerful service.
“I want your help.”
SLEEPS IN BED OF KING
United States Marine on Leave in
Paris Is Also Attended by Highly
Decorated ValeL
Seattle, Wash. —Sleeping in the
luxurious bed once occupied by the
king of Greece when he visited France
and being attended by a valet attired
in velvet and gold luce was the novel
MAIL FOR FRENCH WAR PRISONERS
The city gymnasium at Berne, Switzerland, has been converted Into a
office for French prisoners Interned for the period of the war. Here all
for prisoners is received and sorted for distribution among the various p
camps.
experience of Ridge Sly of Yakima, a
member of the United States Marine
corps notv with General Pershing’s
forces in France.
Sly’s mother received a letter sev
eral days ago from her son in which
he described his furlough, spent
“somewhere in France” out of the bat
tle zone.
In the letter he tells of being quar
tered in one of many hotels set aside
for American soldiers on' leave, where
he was given the honor of sleeping in
the chamber formerly used by the
Grecian monarch.
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J MAN MADE CHECK GOOD J
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J the Liberty loan campaign here, J
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★ gave the worker a $5 check as £
J first payment on a SIOO bond. 4.
★ The check was turned down *
J at the bank when presented. Re- J
★ prated calls by the collector £
$ found the man always absent. 4.
★ The solicitor turned the check £
★ over to a federal agent. As a
£ government receipt lmd been £
ir given for the check, the latter *
£ called on the business man and £
ir presented the check. It was it
£ made good at once. J
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AMERICAN GAS MASKS BEST
Takes Only Six Seconds to Put It on
and It Is Gas and Fool
Proof.
Chicago.—When it comes to fighting
gas attacks the American soldier is the
best equipped In the world.
This is the declaration made here
by MaJ. J. J. Auld, chief advisor of the
British scientific mission, who is a
chemical expert.
He said that the German command
has become so enraged at tho failure
of its high-powered gases to discom
fit the Americans that they have of
fered a reward of ten marks to any
soldier who brings in an American
gas mask.
“The American mask Is the marvel
of the allied armies,” says Major
Auld. “It is absolutely gas proof and
fool proof. It takes only about six
seconds to put it on. Unlike the Ger
man mask it does not hung down and
get in his way when one bends over.”
IS BRAVEST WOMAN IN WAR
Officers’ Tribute to Miss Beaton, Just
Returned After Two Years’
Service.
Denver, Colo. —Miss Eunice H. Bea
ton, known to the officers of the allied
armies as “the bravest woman of the
war,” has returned to her home in Den
ver, after two years’ service on the
western front in France as a Red
Cross ambulance driver. After a brief
rest, Miss Beaton again will enter the
service of the government in training
women as ambulance drivers.
Miss Beaton is known in the West
as a typical outdoor girl. She excels
in swimming, tennis, golf, trap-shoot
ing, motoring and horsewomanship.
On the western ijfont Miss Beaton
was under fire a score of times. She
helped carry w’ounded from No Man’s
Land and was driving an empty am
bulance from a hospital to the front
when the car was wrecked by a shell.
GERMAN BANNED IN SOUTH
Language of the Hun Is Being Elim
inated in Schools and
Churches.
Birmingham, Ala. —German dnn
guage and German names are being
eliminated in the South. The most re
cent evidence of this fact is shown
by announcement of Rev. Hans
Reuter, pastor of the Zion Lutheran
church, to the effect that he will dis
continue preaching sermons in the
German tongue. Hundreds of schools
have eliminated teaching Geruum and
business houses In several Southern
cities have changed from German to
English names.
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INPKOVED UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL
SUNMrSdIOOL
Lessor
(By RBV. P. B. FITZWATER, D. D„
Teacher of English Bible In the
Moody Bible Institute of {Chicago.)
(Copyright, Hit, Western Newspaper Union.)
LESSON FOR JUNE 2
THE PROPHETIC OUTLINE OF
THE INTERVAL BETWEEN
CHRIST'S CRUCIFIXION
AND HIS COMING AGAIN.
LESSON TEXT-Mark 13:1, 14:9.
GOLDEN TEXT—He that shall endure
unto the end, the same shall be saved. -
Mark 13:13.
DEVOTIONAL READING-Ephesians 2:
MO.
ADDITIONAL MATERIAL - Matthew
13:1-25, 46; Luke 21:5-38; I Thess. 5:1-24; II
Thess. 2.
PRIMARY TOPlC—Jesus among hla
friends.—Mark 14:3-9.
JUNIOR AND INTERMEDIATE TOP
IC—Our best for Christ.—Mark 14:8-9.
The printed text (14:1-9) may prof*
Itably be used by the primary, junior
and intermediate grades, but the adult
classes will more profitably confine
theifsstudy to chapter 13. In order to
avoid confusion in this study, let it be
clearly borne in mind that two mat*
ters are the destruction of
Jerusalem by the Roman armies and
the glorious return of the Lord. The
two are sometimes so closely Inter
woven as to make the threads difficult/
to disentangle, but if we see the color
ing in th'e graphic picture of the de
struction of Jerusalem as adumbrating
the revelation of the Son of God in
glory, we shall have no serious trouble.
I. The Occasion of the Prophecy
(vv. 1-4).
As Jesus was passing through the
temple for the last time on his way to
the Mount of Olives, where he gave
this discourse, the disciples reminded
him of the splendor of the building, to
which he replied that not one stone
should be left upon another. When
seated upon the mount three disciples
came privately with a threefold ques
tion, according to Matthew 24, request
ing further information.
1. When shall these things be?
2. What shall he the sign of thy
coming?
3. And of the eud of the age?
That which follows is given in an
swer to these questions.
11. The Characteristics of the Age
During the Absence of Christ (vv.s-23).
1. Appearance of deceivers (vv.
5,6). (
Since Jesus w’ent hack to heaven
many false Christs from time to time
have pressed their claims as being the
Christ. As the age draws to a close
these claims doubtless will increase.
2. Wars and strife among the na
tions (w. 7,8).
The history of th*> centuries since
Christ Is written in blood, and the river
increases in volume as the age goes
on toward its consummation. Jesus
warns against making Any particular
war the sign of his coming. Many good
people have seriously blundered In this
respect because they did not heed this
warning.
3. Earthquakes and famines (v. 8).
Though these calamities grow in
creasingly severe as the days lengthen,
the intelligent, believing disciple is not
surprised or alarmed, for these are
the precursors of a new order, the
birth pangs of a new age, the estab
lishment of the Kingdom of Christ
upon this earth. Let the child of God
in this present darkness look up, for
his redemption draw’eth nigh (Luke
21:28).
4. Universal evangelism (v. 10).
The gospel of the Kingdom, accord
ing to Matthew 24:14, shall be preach
ed in all the world for a witness. This
is not the Gospel of the grace of God
which we now preach, but the new
evangelism which shall be proclaimed
by elect Israelites Immediately pre
ceding the coming of Christ to estab
lish his Kingdom (see Rev. 7:4-10;
Rom. 11:15).
111. The Lord’s Glorious Return (vv.
24-27).
This is the superlative evept, the
one to which all prophecies have point
ed, and all ages are moving with un
failing precision. It will usher in the
golden age of which the wise and
great of all ages have dreamed, and
for which they longed. The coming
of the Lord will put an end to earth’s
sorrows; wars and strife will not end
until the kingdoms of this world be
come the Kingdom of our Lord and his
Christ (Rev. 11:15). This event will
be accompanied by great physical dis
turbances and Jesus will gather his
elect from the ends of the earth.
IV. Applications of the Prophecy
(vv. 28-37).
1. As these events multiply in the
earth we know that the coming of the
•Lord draweth nigh (vv. 28, 29), as the
putting forth of the leaves of the tig
tree prove the approach of summer.
2. The Jewish race shnll retain its
Integrity till the end (v. 30).
' The perpetuity of Israel is the mir
acle of the ages.
3. Certainty of fulfillment (v. 31).
The unfailng guarantee is the
words of Christ.
4. The time of Christ’s coming an
tts\vn (v. 32).
NflM|iew of this it is utter folly to set
Np The devil keeps people from
1 iuth of Christ’s coming as long as
‘ mis. When he can no longer suc-
Mkthis, he then tries to get them
"\e time.
A proper behavior In view of
Jpamlnent coming (w. 33-37).
Jntchfulness and prayer. The
djr the Lord is the grand incen
watchfulness and earnest
O’ER SNOW AND ICE
Nothing Monotonous About Travel
Passenger on Dog Sleigh Likely to Be
Furnished Sufficient Thrills in
Day’s Journey to Carry Him
for Some Time.
“As a last novelty I was treated to
a sleigh drive, when the earth had been
covered by snow,” A. Riis Carstensen
says in “Two Summers in Greenland.”
“The administrate* prided himself on
having the best team in Greenland,
and Indeed th’ey were a spirited lot to
behold as they tore away over the
ground with their tails curved' over
their oacks. Neither rocks nor holes,
no obstacle, indeed, under a steep wall,
would have checked them. Two young
ones, Ajax the First and Second, had
never been harnessed before, and
looked peculiarly stupid on finding
themselves captured. When the team
started, all for one and one for all, the
two recruits at first tried to make their
escape, but in the effort they rolled
over and over, bumping from rock to
rock as they were dragged along, un
til they finally took their places in the
pack und learned that their most sensi
ble course was to work with their com
panions.
“The amount of knocking about
which a sleigh can endure without be
ing smashed is incredible. The low
runners, some six feet long, are lash
ed with sealskin thongs to the cross
pieces that form the seat, and afford
elasticity. The two upright poles give
a hold to the driver if he has to fol
low on foot and steer the sleigh from
behind. The dogs are partly guided by
the whip and partly by the voice, but
in many instances the dogs know bet
ter how to find their way than does
their driver. On smooth ice 15 miles
may be done in an hour, but on rugged
ground a pace of four or five miles is
called good, and 500 pounds is consid
ered a load for eight dogs.
“Where the ice was broken, as often
was the case near land, or in crossing
large fissures, great skill was required
to get dogs and sleigh across. . . .
When uncertain where to go and you
had to leave it to the dogs to find the
way, you might be always sure
their instinct would keep them from
running into real peril. In case of
danger ahead the ‘boss’ dog would stop
and growl, sniff, and turn in some
other direction.
“It was impossible to drive a team
without having a ‘boss,* as the dog is
called that has absolute control over
all the others. He leads the way, en
courages, punishes offenses, settles dis
putes and has to be used with the great
est care.
“There was great excitement when
the ground was steep. Sometimes the
driver would fasten all the dogs be
hind, perhaps tie up one of the feet of
each animal, and himself take hold of
one of the poles and act as a brake. At
other times he would let the sleigh go
backward in front of the dogs. Again,
he would take his sleigh and let the
sleigh hurry down, with the dogs fol
lowing as best they might, some getting
entangled and being dragged behind,
and finally all landing in the deep snow
below. If there was any possibility
of reaching a human dwelling, they
generally made for it, but otherwise
they would encamp In the ice. The
bearskin sleeping bags would be spread,
and the travelers would creep into
them, with as many dogs as possible on
the top.”
* Though the physician In war re
mains neutral ns far us his work is
concerned, his thoughts are free, and
his knowledge of the effects of body
upon mind Is such as to throw side
lights upon the origins of even such
a world disaster as the present war.
In certain persons a curious reaction
from physical infirmities has been ob
served. Napoleon’s inordinate ambi
tion and enormous egotism were prob
ably exaggerated by the fact that he
was physically small and Insignificant.
Tamerlane, who made himself master
of nearly the whole of Asia, was lame,
and, according to one of his biogra
phers, “deformed and Impious of fea
ture.” Pope, with his deformed body,
became the “Wicked Wasp of Twick
enham.” Byron, doubtless spurred by
his clubfoot, swam the Hellespont.
The kaiser, with his arm withered
from birth, Treitschke, stone deaf from
childhood, and Nietzsche, with years
of brain disorder leading to paresis,
were the unholy trinity of the new
Teuton religion which has driven a
whole nation into irresponsible fanati
cism and almost wrecked the planet.—
Dr. Frederick Peterson in the Cen
tury.
~ Sam Yik Kee, Chinese patriot and
pig raiser, is distressed and the po
tential pork production of Canada has
been reduced by ten fine pigs as the
result of the depredations of horned
owls.
Sam Yik 'Kee had ten sturdy little
pigs. Then there were nine, and he
couldn’t account for, the shortnge.
Next day another disappeared. Each
day thereafter the Yik Kee piggery
was shy another suckling animal.
After the nine had disappeared the
Chinaman happened to look upward
and saw the carcass of one of his
choice pigs hanging from the limbs of
a tree. The mystery was solved. He
had been robbed by horned owls. An
active war Is now being waged against
the feathered thieves.—Chemanius (B.
C.) Cor. New York World.
Defective Page
in Greenland.
A Doctor on War.
Owls Devour Pigs.
ONLY ONE LASTING CONTRACT
Nuptial Agreement Must Be Written
In Hearts and Temperament of
Contracting Couple.
A Western couple, each of whom had
been married twice before and twice
divorced, have sought to insure the
success of their third venture by a
detailed written contract. It is surely
one of the most extraordinary pre
nuptial agreements ever made. Re
membering the rocks upon which
their various matrimonial ships have
been wrecked before, they have care
fully charted them and mapped out
the course around them. The con
tract specifically sets forth which one
shall build the fires, when the hus
band may bring guests home to meals,
when the relatives of each shall visit
them, and how the spending of money
is to be divided, how often the wife
may attend clubs and social func
tions.
Thus they have arranged, they
think, for every possible contingency
that may arise In the wedded life of
two persons.
Maybe they will find it so. But it
takes no pessimistic spirit-to suspect
that such a contract contains either
too much or too little.
The possible trquble of a married
couple may be provided against by
contract. But it must be a contract
not of paper and writing, but of the
heart and the temperament.
If the hearts be right, all the possi
ble troubles of the pair may be
summed up in a few words. But if .
these be not right, no possible combina
tion of all the words in the diction
ary can even indicate the possible
troubles.
The marriage contract that means
the most need say the least. “To
love apd cherish one another” —here
is a contract that covers more ground
than can definitely be expressed in
all the words in the language.
If that will not hold good under all
contingencies, no other contract will.
—Christian Herald.
Diamonds for Slackers.
Buying diamonds is the latest way to
dodge the income tax. It Is said by
some of the dealers in white stones
that many of our newly rich munition
makers have been salting away dia
monds, and they admit that they
haven’t seen such prosperous times
since the famous Kohinoor was a dew
drop. This flush of diamond buying
Indicates the latest word in “caginess” 1
on the part of the possessors of the
diamond price. And here is the an
swer: Investments In diamonds are
not reckoned in the tally of sources of
income. That’s one of the things the
framers of the income law tax over
looked. Bonds, yes; automobiles, yes;
first and second mortgages, two yeses,
in the same place. But the money
spent in collecting sparklers does not
have to be accounted for in the tabu
lation of taxable values. Diamond
money is easily convertible at any
time, and it may even yield dividends
on the upward trend of the diamond
mart.
Grease From Garbage.
The food administration’s figures
show the estimated grease production
from garbage in the 29 cities investi
gated to be 72,000,000 pounds, or
enough to produce 10,000,000 pounds of
nitroglycerin, enough for the powder
charge of 16,000,000 American, three
inch shells or French 75-millimeter
shells, and fatty acids In a sufficient
quantity to manufacture about 200,-
000,000 cakes of soap, weighing 12
ounces each.
It is further shown that the esti
mated fertilizer tankage produced in ‘
the 29 cities amounts to 150,000 tons,
which contains about 9.00Q,000 pounds
of nitrogen, 22,000,000 pounds of phos
phate of lime and 2,000,000 pounds of
potash. These chemicals are suffi
cient to replace the nitrogen and other
elements taken from the soil by 3,000,-
000 bushels of wheat. The estimated
present value of these quantities of
grease and tankage, recovered from
garbage, is placed at $11,100,000.
An Editor’s Dilemma.
The editor of the Hartford Courant
has added to his burden of cares by
starting to worry over the question of
dress. Man, he contends, wears too
much, and calls upon some Inventive
genius to simplify masculine garb In
order to save money and also time
spent In juggling buttons.
Taking an inventory of himself, the
editor discovered that before going
downtown he must put on one under
suit, two socks, two sock supporters,
one shirt, a pair of trousers, a pair of
suspenders or belt, two shoes, a collar,
a necktie, I a vest, a coat and a hat—
-15 separate articles.
A poet chap once wrote that “man
was made to mourn,” but in specifying
reasons for It he failed to mentioif'the
troubles now so lucidly set forth by
our Connecticut contemporary.—Phil
adelphia Telegraph.
Considered Bandits Nuisances.
For kindness and generosity to>
hold-up men deliver the hand-embossed
leather medal to Albert Belanger, Chi
cago grocer.
A “tall, dark man,” according te
Belanger’s report to the police, en
tered his store and started tickling
his ribs with a revolver.
“Here, you can’t pull that stuff In
here,” Belanger told the bandit as he
seized the gun. “Get out.”
The bandit “got” and Belanger
tossed his weapon after him Into the
street
“Now take this and beat It,” the
grocer enjoined, and the burglar did.
“These fellow* are getting to be
nuisances,” was Belanger’s comment
as a customer drifted in,
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