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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
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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
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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.
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W Tl cases; mahogany in- (J 1 f A AA
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