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PAGS TWO.
THE DEMOCRAT-TOPIC, FRIDAY. JUNE 1, 1917.
BLANK FORM OF QUESTIONS FOR DRAFT
THE WAR
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Smashing the Austrian lima on the IIRC OP AMPRIPAN QUIPQ
Parso plateau and in the mountainous i unc ur HIVI LniOMN dlHTd
country north of Gorlzia. the Italians
|iave made additional and Important
fiaina. Goneral Cardona's troops also
Raptured more than 1,200 prisoners and
ll guns.
In an assault between Jamiano and
Ihe coast, the Italian troopH crossed
Jho railroad between Duino and Man-
lalcone, northeast of San Giovanni and
carried a strongly fortified hill south- and to what port 11 wa8 8°in« and the
Queenstown Harbor Sowed With
Mines Before Arrival of
Torpedo Boats.
Washington.—Four days before the
American destroyer flotilla arrived
abroad, Berlin knew it was on the way
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long and about four blocks long had
boen laid to ruins. The property dam-,
age will exceed a half million dollarsj
Hundreds of families are homeless.
Passing from west to east, the
storm cauaed heavy property damago
and loss of life for a distance of thirty
miles In each direction from here.
The Kansas Storm.
Wichita.—At least twenty-six per-|
sonB were killed, more than fifty!
received injuries from which it is said
bOUTERN KANSAS, EASTERN several will die and property worth
thousands of dollars upon which no
valuation yet has been set was de-
stroyed when a tornado swept up
through Sedgwick and Harvey coun«
ties in the south central part of the
state.
Andale, a village of less than 300:
hi mnrn aannr- tih.i a o«r> lnhab,,nnts. bore the brunt of tho
INJURED MORE THAN 1,000 twl8ter'8 ra*e- eighteen lives being the:
toll before tho storm, which was ac-
companied by a blinding rain, bore on!
to the northwest. Nine persons were
killed near Sedgwick. The country
southeast of Newton furnished the re-
maining fatalities, three lives belng
lost five miles from that city.
The country between Andale and
ILLINOIS AND WIDE AREA
OF COUNTRY1 IN THE
SOUTH WIND SWEPT
DEATH TOTAL REACHES 289;
west of Medeazza, less than two miles
north of Duino, on the coast. The
Japturo of Mcdeazza would bo an im-
portant step toward the investment of
Duino, a strong natural position. A
Held battery of 10 guns and 812 Aus-
rians wore captured by the Italians.
Near Plava, where the Italians be-
can their successful drive, Cadorna's
day before the little vessels steamed
into Queenstown German submarines
had strewn mines about the harbor en-
trance.
This startling information, reveal
ing that German spies not only still are
at their work In this country, but that
they liave a swift and sure means of
men carried the heights at the herfl or i co*nmunicating America's war secrets
the Palliov valley. By this success 1 the fatherland, came to the navy
Ihey connected their lines on Mount department today in a cablegram from
Cucco with those on Hill 363, both of j Hear Admiral Sims at London.
which were taken early in the recent I His dispatch was not made public
lighting. Around Uorlzta there waa and for obvlous rea,on|> nQth, w,„
leavy artillery firing. At Castagna-!, . . , ,
rliia. aouth of Gorilla, the Italian* Le givcn out conc«r' B how the news
s ere checked in an attempt to take i c;amii tnt0 hls hands nor about the Pre'
the town. cautions which defeated the German
On the front in France there has 'plantt ttnd enabled the flotilla to speed
been a recrudescence of infantry ac- 8af®'y through the mine fields.
tivity, but not on a largo scale. The Immediate publicity was given the
British made gains in local attachk salient fact, however, the department
northwest of St. Quentin and near making clear that its purpose was to
Pontaine-les Croissilles on the south- let the people know of the activity and
em end of the Arras battlefield, and 'success of Teuton spies and to empha-
repulsed a German attack east of Loos, 'size the necessity for absolute secrecy
north of Arras.
6torma Which Began Last Friday
First Strike Andale, Kan.r Then at
Mattoon, III., Then Range From
Hickman, Kentucky, to
the Gulf.
Tornadoes whTcJTbeBan Friday and Ne^on was plerced by a path from a,
lasted till Sunday in widely separatsd i "u?rter to a mll° wlde whpre th"
parts of the country, accounted for |ground everything in its path
a probable total of 289 deaths, with e r °r t0 lniinilnate de"
th. injured running into the hundreds !strlIction Sedgwick, the largest town
• nd a property loss of several mil- |l,>tween Andale and Newton, barely es-
lions. The first storm burst In south- caped ,rom ,he 'ury, a few
em Kansas, with 26 deaths, the sec-
ond centered at Mattoon, III., where
54 were killed in the city and as
many more nearby and the last of
the aeries covered a wide stretch of
houses in ouo corner of the city limits
being a total loss.
So suddenly did the tornado arrive
and so well did it do its work that tele-
phone and telegraph lines were broken
country from southern Kentucky to ! l,eforo word could be sent ahead of
the Gulf. It seems possible that the impending danger.
three storms were parts of one con-
nected meterological disturbance.
Clinton, Ky 25
Hickman, Ky 34
Manilla, Ark 0
Burdette, Ark 2
Clear Lake, Ark 2
Sayre, Ala 8
Village Springs, Ala... 17
Carbon Hill, Ala 4
Sylacauga, Ala 1
Bibbville, Ala 1
Dyersburg, Tenn 8
Cates Lake, Tenn 6
Trezevant, Tenn 4
Antioch, Tenn 2
Sharon, Tenn 2
Fordland, Mo 1
Huntsville, Ala 6
Total 123
SATURDAY'S STORMS.
Mattoon, III 54
Charleston, III. 38
Valparaiso. Ind 7
Southern Illinois towns '8
Total 117
FRIDAY'S STORMS.
Andale. Kan 26
Grand Total 335
•Estimated.
The Mattoon Storm.
Details of the Sunday storms near
Sayre, Ala., are lacking but may
bring it up to the most serious of all
when full reports are in. The Satur-
Sweeps Kentucky Towns.
Nashville, Tenn.—A telephone mes«
jQQ^age from Hickman. Ky., stated that
2g -0 or more persons had been killed and
I scores injured by a storm which swept;
" through Hickman, Bondurant, Clinton,
40 Ledford and Bardwell. It was reported
4Q that Clinton and Bardwell virtually
2 i had been destroyed.
It was estimated that thirty-five or
'' j more persons were killed in Bedford
40|and Bondurant. No estimate was
28 | made of tho number of dead at Clinton
1Q :and Hardwell. Thirteen persons, most-
20; ly negroes, were killed on the Dodd
32,farm near Bondurant. The power
20 house at Hickman was severely dam-
aged and the city is in darkness.
Fifteen Die In Arkansas.
Little Rock, Ark.—Ten persons are ,
known dead and scores are reported in-
HOW CITIZEN JOHN SMITH
UNDER NEW DRAFT LAW
WILL JOIN THE ARMY
Here is the way the war depart-
ment will exercise the draft—how a
man now a civilian may become a
Boldier within the next few months:
1. On June 5 he registers in the
precinct in which he resides. He
goes on about his business.
2. After a delay of several weeks,
perhaps a month or more, he is no
tilled by the war department either
that he has been exempted from
service or that he has been selected.
If the latter, he Is told when and
where to report.
3. He reports at the time and
place designated, iirnhjjliljr^} local
armory, is given his equipment apd
transported to a concentration
camp.
In case he believes he should
have been exempted and was not,
he is entitled to carry his case to
the local federal court for settle-
ment.
DRAFT WILL GET 10.000.000
Of Which More Than Half Are With-
out Families.
Washington.—By a census bureau
estimate classifying more than 10,-
(100,000 within the military draft age
)imit, tho number of single men is
•placed at 5,372,400 and the number
of married at 4,545,900.
The estimate was prepared on a
basis of a normal increase in popula-
tion since the 1910 census and on the
assumption that the ratio between
jnarried and single men is the same
ias at that time.
The classification and chief occupa-
in connection with naval operations or
'shipping movements.
I The destroyers now aiding in the
hunt for submarines in European
waters under the direction of Admiral
Sims put into port at Queenstown, May
16. How long they were in crossing
the Atlantic or from what port they
sailed has never been made public.
Only a few persons in th© United
States knew of the government's de-
cision to send warships to Europe.
No official would comment on the pos-
sible means by which the news was
conveyed to Germany. If it did not go
from a secret wireless plant it must
have been carried in some dispatch
that the allied cable censors passed as
innocent.
The result will be to redouble the
vigilance of the censor and of every
agency of the government engaged in
rooting out the spy system. Every
German known to have been connected
with the espionage work of his gov-
ernment already is under arrest or un-
der surveillance. Other arrests may
follow at any time, and now that the
country is at war and the revelation
of its secrets may mean death to its
sailors and soldiers, swift punishment
undoubtedly will be dealt out to con-
victed spies.
Men now in suctody operated when
the United States was a neutral. Spy-
ing now is a very different thing and
is likely to lead to the gallows "instead
of to comfortable detention quarters.
Official investigation is under way
to uncover whether the leak on the
sailing of American destroyers was on
this side of the Atlantic or whether
German spies got it in England.
Some navy officials are inclined to
fuspect the German spy system in
England, despite the statement of Sec-
retary Daniels that the incident em-
phasized the fact that the German spv
system was still at work in this coun-
try.
A categorial denial that any Ameri-
can vtssels have been sunk in the war
tion is given as follows:
Agriculture, forestry and animal was issued by Secretary Daniels to
husbandry. 2,864,000. |counteract a "campaign of vicious ru
Manufacturing and mechanical iar- morb that '8 being carried on so in-
jured as the result of a tornado that
struck Mississippi county. Several
500
150
200 !
05 (lied when their homes were swept in-
915 to near-by lakes and they were
| drowned. At a settlement called To-
60 tnatoe a man and a child were swept
1,134 ] into the Mississippi river and drowned.
It is believed that the death list will
exceed 15, as several of the injured are
not expected to live. Property loss
will be heavy.
Heavy Loss In Alabama.
Birmingham.—According to the chief
day storm at Mattoon was the most 1 dispatcher of the Louisville Ac Nash-
serious as far as details are complete, i \ illo railroad here, 8 persons wero
Fifty-four persons are known to be j killed at Sayre. Many other towns in
dead and it is estimated that an equal the western part of Jefferson county
number are buried in the ruins of j have suffered damage and the loss
Mattoon, as a result of the tornado, throughout this section was great.
In addition, more than five hundred Eight Persons Killed.
persona were injured, many of them ' Dyersburg. Tenn —Eight peraons
fatally. were killed and 32 injured, two prob-
The funnelahaped cloud of the tor ably fatally, in Dyersburg and South
nado was so sudden in its appearance ' Dyersburg, a suburb. Twenty-two
that before persons on the streets j buildings, including three churches,
could seek safety, a district on the j wero demolished and a number of
northern side of the city two miles others were damaged.
dustries, 3,036,000.
No gainful oocupations, 500,500.
Transportation, 967,000.
Trade. $1,054,000.
Public service, 144,000.
Domestic and personal service, 441,-
Protessional service, 335,000.
000.
Clerical occupations, 374,000.
Extraction of minerals, 364,000.
The government, its has been stat-
ed, will not exempt any particular
classes from conscription but will deal
Jwith Bases individually. Individuals,
however whose work is considered
necessary to preserve an economic
ba'lance. will be exempted. Nearly
every line of industry, it is said, has
appealed to the war department for
exemption of its workers.
Some few classifications are not in-
cluded in the figures.
dustriously by persons unknown.'•
AUTOMOBILE TAX OPPOSED
Elimination of Manufacturing Assess-
ment On New Cars.
Washington.—Elimination of the 5
per cent manufacturing tax on auto-
mobiles in the war tax bill as passed
by tho house and substitution of a li-
cense tax. as yet to be fixed upon mo-
tor vehicles, payable by those having
possession was decided upon by the
senate finance committee.
The senate committee also rejected
the tax on motorcycles and on automo-
biles, motorcycle and bicycle tires and
tubes.
Under tho house bill it was expected
to raise $8 >,! 00,00c from the motor ve-
hicle industries and $66,000,000 from
the Lenroot amendments.
The income tax schedule, as adopted
by the senate committee, is expected
to raise $533,000,000 annually, $161,000,-
000 from individuals and $372,000,000
from corporations.
THE DRAFT
There is only one day for regis-
tration, June 5, 1917.
Every male resident of the United
Statea who haa reached hia 21st
and has not reached hia 31st birth-
day must register on the day set,
June 5, 1917.
The only exceptions are officers
and enlisted men of the regular
army, the navy, the marine corps,
and the national guard and naval
militia while in the service of the
United States, and officers in the
officers' reaerve corps and enlisted
men In the enlisted reserve corps
while in active service.
Registration is distinct from
draft. No matter what just claim
you have for exemption, you mu6t
register.
Registration is a public duty. For
those not responsive to the sense of
this duty, the penalty of imprison-
ment, not fine, is provided in the
draft act.
Those who through sickness shall
be unable to register should cause
a representative to apply for a
copy of the registration card.
The card should then be mailed
by the sick person, or delivered by
his agent, to the registrar of his
precinct. The sick person will en-
close a self-addressed stamped en-
velope for the return to him of his
registration certificate.
Any person who expects to be ab-
sent from his precinct on registra-
tion day should apply as soon as
practicable for a registration card.
The absentee should mail this
card to the registrar of his precinct
so that it will reach that official by
registration day. A self-addressed
stamped envelope should be en-
closed with the card to insure the
return to the absentee of a regis-
tration certificate.
Registration booths will be open
from 7 a. m. to 9 p. m. on registra-
tion day, June 5, 1917.
SENATOR HARRY LANE DEAD
Mitmonal
SOMSOHOL
Lesson
(By E. O. SELLERS, Acting Director of
the Sunday School Course of the Moody
bible Institute.)
(Copyright, 1917. Weitm Newspaper Union.)
LESSON FOR JUNE 3
OLD DR. WU COMES BACK
Former Ambassador to U. S. Heads
New Chinese Cabinet.
Peking—President Li Yuan Hung
has issued a mandate dismissing
Premier Tuan Chi Jiu from office and
naming Dr. Wu Ting Fang, former am-
bassador to the United States, as act-
ing premier and empowering him to
form a new cabinet.
This action probably will end the
deadlock in parliament and make pos-
United States Senator Harry Lane
of Oregon died at a hospital here, as
a result of a blood clot on the brain.
He was 62 years old and a democrat,
SUB SINKINGS ON DECREASE
Germany Poatpone8 Date of Starvation
for England.
London.—Last week's figures of
vessels sunk by submarines show that
the allied navies are keeping up the
good work of the previous fortnight
and the American unit although still a
small one shares the credit for excel-
lent work. Not only are the sinkings
being kept at a fairly low figure, but
the offensive against U-boats also con-
tinues to show favorable results. The
actual figures in this respect, however,
are not known.
The German naval people through-
out the early months of the ruthless
U-boat war freely predicted that Eng-
land would be "on her knees" by June
1, but June 1 is almost here and Ger-
man victory in the submarine warfare
seems as far distant as ever.
The admiralty report of the last
week's U boat toll shows a total of
thirty British ships sunk. This makes
470 Uritish ships sunk in twelve
weeks, as follows:
More Less
Than Than
16,000 16,000 Smaller
Tons Tons. Craft
Week.
First ....
Second ..
Third ....
Fourth ..
Fifth ....
Sixth ....
Seventh .
Eighth 40
Ninth 38
Tenth 24
Eleventh 18
12th (last week) 18
13
19
Totals 254 116 100
Grand total 470
Wu Ting Fang.
sible a declaration of war by China
against Germany.
The provisional military governors
who were attempting to disband par-
liament, left Peking before the presi-
dent took action against Tuan Chi Jiu,
as the president had positively an-
nounced that he would disregard their
demand for dissolution of the execu-
tive body. The president declared par-
liament must not be coerced in any
way
Pershing's Drivers Chosen.
Washington.—Four expert drivers—
Jtay Middleton, Jay Jennings, George
J,mthicum and Elgin Brain—will drive
tho motor cars of Major General Per-
shing and his staff at the front in Eu
•rope. The first two are auccessful
men of Detroit and the two others, re-
spectively, are an automobile driver
and an aeronaut. A headquarters
troop of cavalry has been organized
lo accompany General Pershing ao that
the American officers will have their
own men in charge of all matters
■ "To Hell With U. 6."
j New York.—Police and marine corps
recruiting ofllcera are making an in-
vestigation to find o t who is reapon-
sible for pasting over recruiting post-
ers strips of paper bearing the inscrip-
tion "To hell with the United States."
| Posters in various parta. of the ci.ty
:have been town down, but the appear-
|ance of thiB inscription pasted on them
in one part of the city aroused the au
thoritles. Detectives are trying to lo-
rate the printing establishment where
♦ )w strips were printed.
SUPER BUYER TO BE NAMED
Here's a Job For Man Who Can Spend
Billions
Washington—A program under
which the American government vir-
tually would pool its purchasing for
the sake of attaining maximum effi-
eiency with that of all tho allios, con- American Fights Plague In France,
struct a buying machine into which New York.—The Rockfeller founda
hundreds of experts in many lines tion announced that Dr. Livingston
would fit as cog wheels and place one Farrand, president of the University
man in charge of the whole gigantic of Colorado, had been granted a year's
«Miterprise is under consideration and leave of absence to undertake a cam
fast assuming definite outline. paign against tuberculosis in Prance.
Brazil's Neutrality Hangs in Balance.
j Rio Janerio—The Brazilian cham-
ber passed the first reading of the
! government measure revoking Brazil's
neutrality. The measure under con-
sideration by the Brazilian Chamber
was drafted by the committee on for-
eign relations It recommended the
cancellation of the decree of April
25, 1917, which declared the neutrality
of Brazil in the war between Germany
and the United Statea. Under this
bill President Braz is authorized to
take the necessary steps to make the
, measure effective.
CHIEF OF U. S. FLIERS DIES
Captain De Laage Killed When New
Engine Stops.
Paris.—Captain De Laage, com-
manding the American Eacarille, haa
been killed while flying near Ham on
the Somme front. He set out in a
special machine of the climbing type
to attack a German. Mounting almost
perpendicularly, he had reached a
considerable height when the engine
stopped abruptly. The machine
dropped straight to the earth
CALL HALT ON SOCIALISTS
Who Want to Attend Germany's Con-
ference in Stockholm.
Washington. -Emphatic disapprov-
al of the peace propaganda of Euro-
pean socialists was expressed by tho
American government which denied
passports to American delegates to
the Stockholm conference and issued
a warning that any American taking
part in the negotiations would be le-
gally li;.ble to heavy punrsliment.
The government's course will have
the two-fold effe t of discrediting gen-
erally any peace moves by unauthor-
ized peraons and of condemning in
particular the present socialist agita
tion regarded since its inception as in-
spired by Germany.
In making known the decision not
to give passports to the American so-
cialists designated to take part in the
Stockholm conference, Secretary I^an-
sing cited the Logan act of 1799 as
defining punishments which might be
expected by any American now in
Stockholm or who might go there
without a passport, and participate in
the peace discusaionw. Under this law
unauthorized persona who directly or
indirectly treat with foreign agents
regarding controversies of the United
States may be imprisoned for three
years and fined $5000.
The American delegates to the con-
ference authorized to represent the
American socialist party over the pro-
test of some of its foremost members
are Victor L. Berger of Milwaukee
and Morris Hlllquit and Algernon I a*
of New York,
REVENUE BILL IS PASSED
: Will Add Nearly Two Billion a Year
to Treasury.
| ""Washington.—The war revenue bill
framed to bring into the treasury
#1.800,000,000 through new taxation
during the coming year, passed the
i house by a vote of 329 to 76 in almost
'he same form that it was presented
I by the ways and means committee
; two weeks ago.
! All opposing votes were cast by re-
publicans, although there are many
members on the democratic side
! strongly oposed to certain sections
of the measure. Virtual redrafting of
the bill in the senate is regarded as
certain.
Outstanding features on tho bill are
| the greatly increased income, inherit-
ance, excess profits, liquor, cigar and
: tobacco taxes, virtual abolition of the
| present customs free list and a 10 per
j cent addition to existing tariffs, new
taxes on manufactures, amusements,
clubs, public utilities and insurance, a
far reaching stamp tax and a greatly
increased second class mail matter
rate based on the parcels post zone
systom.
In only four particulars does the
measure differ substantially from the
original draft. Surtaxes on Incomes
above $40,000 have been increased
about one-fourth above the committee
schedule. Several articles including
print paper and pulp and gold and
silver, slated for a 10 per cent duty |
have been kept on the free list. Slight i
reductions in the second class mail
matter rates have been made.
Civilians To Pass on Examinations.
Washington—Regulations to govern
exemptions under the selective draft
are being worked out by Provoat Mar-
shal General Crowder. The jury wheel
system will be followed in selecting
those who are to go into the first
army of 500,000, and not until the
names have been drawn and each reg
istration district has provided the
number apportioned to it will exemp-
tions be conaldered. As each indi
vidual drawn reports his claims for
exemption will be passed upon, and if
he is exempted ano'.hei will be drawn
JESUS BET RAYED AND DENIED.
LESSON TEXT—John 18:1-11, 15-17.
GOLDEN TEXT—He waa despised and
rejected of men.—Isa. 53:3.
In teaching this lesson to some of
the younger classes, emphasis might be
placed upon the dramatic scene in the
gnrden of Gethsemane, and Peter's de-
nial at the fire. In tome of the inter-
mediate classes the scholars might be
asked to write short, one-minute es-
says, describing the scene as though
they, themselves, were present. For
the adult classes of course the'central
' theme Is the way that Christ's follow-
ers neglecj hltn today even as the dls-
| clples slept in Gethsemane, and be-
! frayed him like Judas or denied him
like Peter.
I. The Place of Retreat (w. 1-3). In
his emphasis upon the spiritual gran-
; deur of the deity of Jesus, John doee
not dwell upon the agony in the gar-
den. He, however, gives us that noblest
! passuge in the New Testament (chs.
14-17>, the like of which cannot be
found anywhere else in the world'®
writings. Having spoken these words,
Jesus and his disciples went over the
| Brook Kedron (v. 1) to the garden,
I there to bear the awful weight of
agony that was crushing him (Matt.
20:38), while ut the same time he must
; strengthen his disciples, and fortify
them against the coming trials. That
! this place was a place of frequent re-
sort for Jesus, Judas was aware. It was
«i sanctuary In which Jesus met the
j Father, and those who knew him
knew It ns a place of prayer, and the
! most likely place to find him nt that
time of night (v. 8). Rebuffed nt
| Mary's prodigality, Judas had consort-
, ?d with the priests, and now covetous-
ness is to reap its reward. Judas was
not hardened in n day. Ills greed for
money, while nt the same time listen-
ing to the tenchlngs of Jesus, had
gradually hardened his heart.
II. Protecting and Protesting (vv.
4-11). (Sfce Matt. 20; Mark 14; Luke
j J2). Jesus went forth in order to con-
centrate the attention of the soldiers
upon himself, and to prevent a general
, attack upon the disciples. In answer
to his question, they said they were
leeking "Jesus, the Nazarene," a terra
; f>f contempt which Jesus answered by
saying, "I am he." John adds, "and
Judas also which betrayed him stood
j with them." Greed for money, grow-
ing Into theft and falseness of life,
ended with the blackest crime the
1 world has ever known. His salutation
sent them backward (v. 0). Perhaps
nmong the officers were some who had
failed to arrest him on a former occa*
Rlon (ch. 7:40), and who were now
overawed by his marvelous words and
majestic bearing. Again he answered,
"Whom seek ye?" (v. 7), and they
said, "Jesus of Nazareth," the same
words ns before, but probably in a
changed tone, showing that they were
prepared to listen with respect, though
certainly not with reverence, to what
he might have to offer. What a dra-
matic picture—the brazenness of sin,
Judas who stood among the enemy,
and the fearlessness of virtue, Jesus,
facing his accusers. Augustine, com-
menting on this verse, says, "What
will he do when he comes as a guest.
If he did this when giving himself up
ns n prisoner?" His act, however,
shielded his disciples, for not one of
them was to be lost (v. 9 R. V.), and
he knew they were not strong enough
yet to stand the test of arrest and
trial. At this point Peter attempts to
defend Jesus (v. 10).
III. Peter Denying (vv. 15-17). As
Jesus was led away, his disciples for-
sook him. They all left him, and fled,
but Mark adds that a certain young
man followed Jesus. It is conjectured
that this young man was Mark. With
quickness of acthm we are now trans-
ported to the judgment hall. There
we see him bound, with his hands
shackled behind his back, and led
first to Annns (v. 13), which was an il-
legal transaction, "as though some
reformer should he tried at Tammany
hifll In New York" (Robert E. Speer).
Annas was now very old. From him
he was taken to Caiaphas, followed by
Peter "afar off," now in a different
mood than when he smote the high
priest's servant's ear. With him was
that other disciple (John's way of re-
ferring to himself). Now John was
known to the high priest, and he went
In with Jesus Into the palace, hut
Peter was standing without nt the
door. Notice the steps of his failure;
First, he "slept" In the garden; sec-
ond, he followed "afar off" (Luke
22:64); third, he "stood" without;
fourth, he "sat" in the midst.
Then notice the denials, the last ac-
companied by cursing. Attempts to
compromise with the world meet with
the same measure of failure today as
when Peter was In the Judgment hall.
Bad company Is n good thing to keep
out of unless gone Into to witness for
Christ. Peter did not have that pur-
pose. The Lord had only to "look" nt
Peter (Luke 22:01) and he "remem-
bered." We may deny Christ by our
silence, by remaining outside of the
church, by denying his existence, by
profanity, by ridiculing his friends,
by praising his enemies or by living
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