4 STEEL INDUSTRY BETTER -ORY Prices "Well Maintained" He Says After Holding a Conference New York, Feb. 28.—Elbert H. Gary, chairman of the board of di rectors of the United States Steel Corporation, declared that he be lieved himself justified in saying that "the steel Industry is In better con dition than it has in some quarters been represented to be" and that prices are "well maintained" after a conference held in his office yes terday between representatives of , iron and steel interests and George M. Peck, who has been appointed . by Secretary of Commerce Redfield to act as chairman of a conference board on prie adjustment in various industries. Iron and steel interests represent ed at the meeting which had been called to discuss Secretary Redfleld's reported plan of a stabilization of prices on a lower plane, decided to withhold an expression of their at titude on the plan until a later meeting, the conclusion of which would be reported to Mr. Peck. Hog Island Foremen Accept Wage Compromise Philadelphia, Feb. 28.—Foremen of the Hog Island shipyard, who struck last week for higher pay and returned to work pending a decision of their demands, have accepted the compromise Increase in wages of fered by Charles Plez, director gen eral of the Emergency Fleet Corpor ation. Two classes of foremen, one of which received $64 weekly and the other >62, were offered new rates of $66 and 64 with other concessions. Dr.Howanl alwija recommended OXIDAZE FOR COUGHS, COLDS Bronchial Asthma fntssl ilnd, ud etaemtlM MSTiaetl kla it reU ■alaly. qmioklw aa4 aura'* •taw a bad Milk aad lira iaataat relink * Broaebial Altkaa. Gaaraataad kambto Hera la abaalata praal Ires neere. tVatertrurv. Ct.— No aathraa thank* to Oxidajfi Solrm, W. I'a.—We find it all you claim. kendrick. Col.—Am well pleased with results. Circleville, O.— More help than from Somerset, Mass.— lt fires full satisfaction. Detroit. Mich.—lt ha* benefited me freatly. Worcester. 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Therefore, it is but log ical to conclude that the proper method of treatment for pimples, blotches, sores, boiles, rough, red H B&SS&1S s' 217—MARKET ST.—2l7 * ____ ——■■—— SPECIAL SALE FOR SATURDAY ONLY Ladies' $3 to $5 SHOES t;|[Jn Sizes 2 y 2 to 4 Only $1.50 II: \i[/ I Just 460 pairs in the lot, and every I " Jjl \ \ pair worth from $3 to $5 —include the ■[ DA BD Zn I' short lots and samples of our regular ■ Mill . J' stocks. Gun metal and patent colt, . X lace and button; cloth and kid tops. / \ The biggest value in Harrisburg. f/d Come early—only about 460 in all. MEN'S HEAVY WORK SHOES r* A $3.50 VALUE \\ \ FOR SATURDAY A very special \ C l] NC \ \ of men's $3.50 good heavy work V W•Hi %3 jj \ Shoes at $2.45 a pair. Made of stout W ==== v\. tan an( * black grain leather, with extra M V\ S °* es * Wide toe, blucher lasts. DWWi Vw/ S '"x\Men's "Scouting Last" Work Shoes Another wonderful A t om p* fa/ A work shoe value. Scout- M j ing lasts of good strong I pf tan leather. All sizes. A $2.50 values at Girls'Shoes—Worth op to $3.50 Boys' Shoes—Worth up to $3.00 Button models; patent colt and gun- Button, blucher and narrow English metal leathers. All sizes from %y 2 to lace styles. Good strong makes for l ar S e gins 5. Special g school and dress. Special FRIDAY HVENTNG, mJtBISBURG FFRRTT AT? V 2R 191Q SOLUTIONS FOR RUSS PROBLEM First President of All-Russian Government Before Sen ate Committee Washington, Feb. 28.—Three pos sible solutions of the Russian prob lem were laid before the Senate for eign affairs committee yesterday by Nicolas Auxentieff, the first presi dent of the All-Russian government and a member of the former Ker ensky government, who recently ar rived in the United States. Mr. Aux entieff, whoso government was overs thrown by Admiral Kolchak in the coup de etat by which Kolchak pro claimed himself dictator, said Rus sia might be placed on her feet again by: First, sending of an allied force adequate to maintain order through out the country until the* people were able to hold an election and choose a form of government. This, he said, would be the quickest way to end the chaos in that country. Second, furnishing of munitions, food, clothing ahd other supplies to the organized Russian government, which in time thereby would be able to restore order. Third, establishing of commercial credits which would enable the loyal Russian government to continue its warfare against the Bolshevik! until they were exterminated. This method, he said, would require many years to work out and in the mean time a large portion of the country would continue in lawlessness and disorder. • Will Testify at Hearing of Mother Traverse City, Mich., Feb. 28. —- Mrs. Mary Flees, of Milwaukee, daughter of Mrs. Stanislawa Lypch inslti, held on charge of murder in connection with the disappearance of Sister Mary Johns, will come to Traverse City to testify at the hear ing of her mother, set for March 11, according to word received hero from Sheriff John Kinnucan, now in Milwaukee. According to the sher i's message, Mrs. Flees gave him In formation that promises to lead to more important developments in the case. Officials said Sheriff Kinnucan also planned to interview the JTelician Sisters in Milwaukee, who, accord ing to rumors here, first divulged the burial place of Sister Mary. On this information, it is said, Father Podlewski, pastor of the Isadora church, and Jacob Flees, the sexton, unearthed the body supposed to be that of the missing nun in the church basement. and scaly skin. Is to purify the blood and remove the tiny germs of pollu tion that break through and mani fest their presence on the surface of the skin. People In all parts of the country have written us how they were com pletely rid of every trace of these disorders by the use of S. S. S., the matchkes, purely vegetable, blood purifier. S. S. S. goes direct to the center of the blood supply, and puri fies and cleanses it of every vestige of foreign matter, giving a clear and ruddy complexion that indicates per fect health. Write today for free medical advice regarding your case. Address Swift Specific Co., 443 Swift Laboratory, Atlanta, Ga.—Adv. BRAVE LEADERS FOR THE NEW PAY The International Sunday School Lesson For March 2 Is, "The Report of the Spies"— Numbers 13:1; 14:38 By William T. Ellis. Shall we follow the forward look ing few, or shall we try to crowa back Into old conditions? That, In a'sentence, is the big social and economic and political question of the hour. Our heroes of the "high heart and audacious hardihood are returning from France. Their vote is "Go Forward." The timid are those who shrink from a new ad venture. There is an interesting analogy between the world's present crisis and that of old Israel on the edge of the Promised Land. A critical point in the new na tion's history had been attained. After a bewildering variety of wil derness experiences it had at last reached a place called Kadesli barnea, at the edge of the Land of Promise. The goal was In sight. The Canaan long before promised to the patriarchs, and the dream and desire of their Egypt-burdened de scendants, was before their feet. Now was their hour of opportunity to go in and possess the land. The I'rencher and the Facts Like a cautious leader, however, Moses wanted first to be in posses sion of all possible Information con cerning what lay ahead of him. He I was a good soldier in that he valued his intelligence department. This was a modern enough procedure to satisfy all those modern scholars who think they have outgrown Moses. This is the day of investiga tion: heaven and earth, the waters under the earth, the innermost workings of the lowest creatures that crawl upon the earth, and even the corporations which rule above the earth, are being probed in the interest of modern science. The fact is king to-day—which is well. Accurate data should be the basis of every advance, a lesson which re ligion should learn from Moses, from the scientists, and from the Teacher who said "Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." But the facts should be facts. I once heard a pulpit demagogue move ten thousand persons to tears and laughter and hand-clapping, with what he called a presentation of the progress of the Kingdom of heaven. Afterward the people thronged him, congratulating hint on his wonderful sermon, and his phenomenal array of facts. Con cerning the latter one hearer had been quoting to himself, "It is bet ter not to know so many things that | are not so." The man's missionary facts had been, to my personal knowledge, mostly gross and ludicrous misstatements. He had, wittingly of unwittingly, misrepresented conditions abroad and at home so seriously as to mislead utterly any person who had not other and more trustworthy sources of information. That sort of thing has been entirely too common in the pulpit and in the religious press. All sorts of pleasant Action has been passed around as facts, for "the sake of the cause." Illustra tions that illustrate nothing but re ligious gullibility are common, as every reader knows. Isolated Instances of missionary success are magnified until they convey a meaning that 1* equivalent to falsehood. A veteran Peaking mis sionary wrote to the missionary maga zine of his own denomination protesting against the misstatement in its columns that China had ordered the observance of Sunday. So loath was the editor to surrender so palatable a morsel of news that he suggested that perhaps the mis sionary at Peking did not konw as much about conditions there as did the man in Boston! In the same class in the famous temperance anecdote which nakes ex-President Harrison say that the members of his college class who had been moderat drinkers had died drunkards—a cruel slander upon honor able and successful men which Prosldent Harrison never uttered. This point might be enlarged upon to the extent of a column, but it is enough to say that there is grave reason why all represen tatives of religion should look well to their facts after the manner and admonition of Moses. . Entering New Countries One characteristic which marks the western portion of North America from the eastern is the pioneering spirit of the former. It is much on the move. Change does not affright it. Upon oc casion it is willing to pull up stakes and start for a better country. The oldest section of the United States has been seriously affected with a contrary spirit. Now the pioneering people, as the pioneering individual, is great. Those old Pilgrims and Puritans had plenty of faults, but we forgot these in contemplation of their imperial work. Cecil Rhodes was not exactly the sort of man to hold up us a model to a Sunday school, but nobody can with hold admiration for that splendid cour ageous and audacious spirit which conceive in world-terms. Everybody anticipates that the return of the sol diers will result in new migrations and new tnterprises. those old Jews had in plenty, but they were moving on to possess a new land, ai d that is what makes history. If a study or this lesson shall inspire sonic joung spirits with a new vision cf daring and conquest on behalf of the Kingdom of heaven, Joshua and Colcb will have repeated their success of mil lenniums ago. For the Christianity of today sorely needs to move out and cap ture new countries, Even geographical ly that statement is true. Tile sphere of missions is sinfully restricted by the unherolc and unlmaglnatlvo sp'rlt of the Church at home. Similarly, in the day's soc'al life, there is manifestly an opportunity for religion to dominate new and import ant sphere. The powerful labor move ment should be captured by religion. The rapidly growing movement toward Socialism awaits the control and di rection of Christianity. The daily news paper press, the most potential agency of the times, offers a sphere of influence to which religion has been singularly blind. A more broad-minded prlicy of religious administration would endeavor to exercise its influence over the school teachers of the continent, nnd. in another direction, over the iron who are the scouts of civilization—travel ers sailors, soldiers and business repre sentatives. While the Church is tender ly cherishing some archaic institutions whose present usefulness consists chief ly in furnishing a livelihood to pious in competents, she is ignoring great and vital opportunities. Unquestionably, the Church is not as con temper, ir.oous in her organization nnd institutions as in her teachings. And a deal of this "conservatism" Is called by another name when exhibited by such as the ten spies who reported to Moses. The day of opportunity is usually likewise the day of destiny, Kabeshbar p.ea was the opportunity of Israel: be cause it failed to measure up to that opportunity it had to undergo a destiny of forty years in the wilderness—years filled with funerals, until every man who had reached maturnity ere Kadesh barnea was attained had been buried be neath the hospitable soil of the wilder nets. Such was the cost of being afraid. but that is to anticipate, In order to ascertain the resources and obstacles of the new land, Moses sent out twelve spies, one for each tribe. Their reports agreed as to the fertility of Canaan • so alto as to the obstacles. Only In their conclusions they differed radi cally. The ten were so impressed by the grasshoppers and giants and walled cities that they reported adversely. They are the kind who magnify ob stacles, always able to give ten reasons for standing still. No doubt they were honest; their caution and conversa tism, however, were really cowardice. It was the fear within their own breasts that constituted the greatest barrier to tlie possession of the promised land. Dread Is always defeated. Coward leu conquers nothing. A heart of fear is life's worst evil. There are giants on evety hand for tho person who 's afraid. The tempermentally timid are never trustworthy. Those ten spies were a majority; but it was a majority of cowards. The great advances made by society arc usually when some man hopelessly in the minority, like Colum bus, is scornfully given his way. Tru*h is generally in the minority until it be mmi to follow Is tho daring, hlgo hearted man who In loneliness Is brave enough to follow God. "Gentlemen Unafraid" Two cut of twelve were "gentlemen unafraid," Caleb and Joshua. They wore not "safe and sane," in the popu lar estimation. They did not belong <o that order of politicians who "go along" wit'i the party. In fact, they had clear head? and stout heart?, and so dared to be different—as, Indeed, the clear headed. stout-hearted man usually is different from the majority of tho peoule. These two spies possessed the same body of facts as the others. They were fully Informed as to the num ber and size of the giants and the walled cities —though they had multi plied neither by their own fears. The scared man sees double. Caleb and Joshua had more than facts. Thel had a right Judgment pf them. They had confidence in the company of the Israelites whom they repre sented. They had confidence in Je hovah, their supernatural leader. Therefore they argued for an im mediate entrance into and possession of the land. They were not afraid of a fight. To them a land won with out effort was not a prize to be covet ed. As to the enemy, they would be but bread for Israel, who could "eat them up." They could master the giants and become masters of the land and also of themselves. That was not one of Israel's brave days however. The minority report was rejected with stones. The craven majority carried the sword with them—and Israel forever had cause to rue the day when slie hark ened to the voice of fear, t-athev than the voice of courage and faith. Army Balloon Breaks Away But Lands With Its Pilot Safely Washington, Feb. 28.—An army captive balloon broke away while rising ab®ve the capital yesterday Just before President Wilson march ed up Pennsylvania avenue at the head of a parade of homecoming sol diers, but landed safely with its pilot. Lieutenant G. H. McMillan, nine miles from Washington. First reports to the War Department said the pilot! was missing when the bal loon came down. Use McNeil's Cold Tablets. Adv. Last Call For the Great February Furnituer Sale v r Open IIOOVED Purchases j Every H FURNITURE CO. •1% Reserved For Evening * * 1415-19 N. Second St. A m Later Delivery I. ' A Sale Continues Until Saturday Evening 10 P. 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Mahogany Fin ish, upholstered in best "I flfl quality Blue Damask, *P * lined, Saturday only, t $9.98 . ® ~ 5-Piece American W / alnut Bed Room Suite, includ cvtd A cnrnur 3-Piece Mahogany Parlor Suite, upholstered in JILJLI A/l \hj\jl/±LJ " • j j 1 • • ii j rw I j i • either best quality genuine blue or brown High Grade Cab.net, Spanish Leather or <fcQ C all roll doors, white .n- Tapestry, 3 pieces J>I7O.UU tenors, porcelain top; the best money can pro- osrvf 4T ' "° 4 V REMEMBER, OUR SALE CON <tQQ 7C TINUES UNTIL SATURDAY / O . EVENING 10 P. M. Round Reed Baby Carriages White enamel, reversi ble body, windshield in eluded, $37.50, $42 & $45.0( STROLLERS, $15.00 2-Inch Post Brass Beds Special for Saturday only $23.75 Colonial Quarteret Oak Buffets, ivell made Saturday only, $39.00 High Grade Couch Spring, roll edge. Stee construction. Tapestry velour or muleskin cover ings, $35.00 STERLING ELECTRIC WASHER AND WRING ER DEMONSTRATION SATURDAY. Spe ci a Terms.
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