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Has the lowest death rate of
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VOLUME XXII. NO. 229.
AMERICAN HELD
CAPTIVE SENDS
OUT HIS WILL
Leon Friedman, Evideritly Gives
Up Hope And Draws Up
Instrument
STRONGHOLD OF CHINESE
BANDITS IS DESCRIBED
Captives Are Kept On Top of
High Mountain, Where Condi¬
tions Are Anything But Plea¬
sant, Major Writes.
(By Associated Press.)
Tsaochwang, May 25.—Leon
Friedman, one of the Americans
held by the Shantung bandits in
the hills beyond here, today sent
out his will drawn up in legal
form and witnessed by his fel¬
low captives.
Stronghold Described
Tientsin, May 25.—A further des¬
cription of the summit of Paotzuku
mountain, where several Americans
have been held by the Shantung ban¬
dits, was contained in a communica¬
tion today from Major W. Pinger to
the Associated Press.
“Just how high the peak is we are
unable to tell,” said Major Pinger,
“but every morning fog and clouds
are seen hundreds of feet below us,
with mountain peaks sticking t out
here and there. Paotzuku top con¬
sists of two acres, pearshaped, with
a periphery surrounded by a line of
trenches and dugouts. Another lino
defends the inner part. Water is
stored in three tanks, each of a thou¬
sand gallons. Food sufficient to with¬
stand quite a siege is stored in the
dugouts.
Only One Entrance
“The only entrance to the top is on
the west side—a sort of stairway cut
in the rocks—and it is guarded by
three bandits. The prisoners are al¬
lowed to wander, but at nighij guards
sleep near them. The number of Chi¬
nese prisoners I estimate at forty,
half .of them children aged from 5 to
12. Several are but living skeletons,
probably from disease and not far
from starvation. Their clothes indi¬
cate that they are from good families.
Some have been in captivity more
than a year; all are unspeakably fil¬
thy, scabby, listless. Instead of
romping like normal children, they sit
in rags in their miserable straw beds
as if their last hope had fled. I
would like to help them and give them,
food.
Suffer Little Discomfort
, “When the foreigners were taken
to th<- top, they were first assigned
:to a lone building occupied by Chi¬
nese prisoners. Conditions were
hardly appetising. So we protested
to the bandit chief and were given
a dugout eight feet by twelve which
the- chief immediately started two
Chinese to renovating, as apparently
the captives’ fame for cleanliness had
preceded them. Matting was placed
on the ceiling to prevent the roof
from falling in. The ventilation is
surprisingly good, so that we have
suffered little discomfort.
“.The mountain top is covered with
soft earth, although the mountain is
all of rock. It is evident that the
monks who formerly lived there cul¬
tivated the summit. It is understood
that many graves are scattered over
the top. Bandits anil prisoners who
died during the siege recently raised
are buried there, anfl the condition
resulting from that is not pleasant.”
Heavy Firing Heard
Tientsin, May 25.—Considerable
mystery is attached in the direction
of the Paotzuku stronghold of the
Suchow train bandits, according to
advices received here.
It is assumed that the brigands
may have encountered government
-troops and are attempting to escape
to the hills in the rear of Paotzuku
or that more bandits have joined the
outlaws who are holding the foreign
captives in the mountains and the
combine?! forces are attempting to
break the government cordon which
is supposed to have surrounded the
mountain retreat. Another theory is
that the bandits were fighting among
thenxselves.
Although messengers arriving from
Paotzuku informed the relief work¬
ers at Tsaochwang that the captives
had been removed two miles further
back in the mountains, letters receiv¬
ed from the bandits’ stronghold do
not mention the removal. A letter
sent out by John B. Powell, Shanghai
newspapermen, stated the bandits
now demand that the Chinese govern¬
ment enroll ten thousand of their
number in the army. This would give
them control of the Southern part of
Shantung ^province. In addition
was state?! the brigands ask a h “ '
year e pay .which they claim is due
for previous army service.
A deputation of local gentry re
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THE BRUNSWICK NEWS
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Paris, May 25.—The agree¬ ♦
ment for payment of the cost of ♦
the American army in the Rhine
land is ready for the signing, ♦
which is expected to take place ♦
+' before the day is over. The doc- ♦
♦ ument now is minus the clause ♦
A to which the United States ob- ♦
♦ jeeted, allowing the allies to can¬ ♦
cel the agreement in case the ♦
United States proceeded to col¬ ♦
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Sir John‘Bradbury, having 4
♦ ceived instructions from Prime ♦
A Minister Baldwin in London to 4
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once with the signing. The
point which the British repre¬
sentative thought to- cover
through the clause is regarded
by the other allies as sufficiently
A covered by the treaty of Versail
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GEORGIA-FLORIDA
PECAN GROWERS TO
MEET IN ALBANY
THAT CITY SELECTED FOR CON¬
VENTION TO BE HELD
IN 1921
Albany, Ga., May 25.—Albany will
be the next meeting place of the
Georgia-Florida Pecan Growers Asso¬
ciation, the 1923 annual convention
of which adjourned at Waycross yes¬
terday. J. M. Patterson, of Putney,
president of the association, extended
the invitation of Albany, which was
seconded by Mayor H. A. Peacock and
Gordon E. Reynolds, president of the
Albany Chamber of Commerce.
Mr. Patterson stated that the con¬
vention at Waycross was one of the
most successful the association has
ever held. There were about 200 pe¬
can growers in attendance at Way
cross, but the number at Albany next
year will probably be twice as great,
Mr. Patterson said, due to the fact
that Albany is in the heart of the pe
can belt.
Dates of the 1924 convention have
not been selected, but the meeting
will probably be hel?! the fourth week
in May.
GLTLF-rO-CANADA NON-STOP
I LIGHT MAY BEGIN TODAY ^
Houston, Texas, May 24.—If air
conditions are favorable the Gulf-to- j
Cana?!a non-stop flight of
Harry G. Crocker, will start in the
morning. This was announced yes¬
terday by Col. John H. Howard, com¬
mandant of Kelly Field, where Crock¬
er is stationed.
DR W. F. QUILLIAN AGAIN
TO HEAD WESLEYAN FOR
A TERM OF THREE YEARS
(By Associated Press.)
Macon, May 25.—Rev. Dr. W. F.
Quillian was re-elected president of
Wesleyan Coliege for a term of three
years at the annual meeting of the
board of trustees today.
The board recommended the rais
ing of a million dollars endowment
for the building fund during the next
twelve months.
DESCENDANT OF PRESIDENT
ADAMS DIES AT NASHVILLE
(By Associated Press.)
Nashville, Tenn., May 25.—Mrs.
Amanda M. Ball, S3 widow oE Cap¬
tain Charles Hamilton Ball, of Wav
erlv Tenn., and a great-great-great
niece of President John Quincy
Adams, died here at the home of her
daughter, Thursday afternoon.
CHICAGO’S BIG DEFICIT
Chicago. Mav 25.—There is a ?!e
ficit “' of $5,000,000 “Z in the Chicago
EE?J men or
LAFOLLETTE MADE CHAIRMAN
GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP OF
RAILROADS ADVOCATES
Chicago, May 25.—Railroad labor
leaders and representatives of pro¬
i gressive bloc in congress and mem
I Wbevs of various agricultural organi- ;
za ^j ons> proponents of government!
, ownership of railroads, met here
i organize conference rail 1
^ a on - j
road valuation for the pronounced
purpose of pro , nlo ting and protecting
the public’s interest in the valuation
BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA, SATURDAY MAY 26, 1923.
POINCARE GIVEN
GREAT OVATION
BV DEPUTIES
French Ministerial Crisis Lasted
But Little Over Half
An Hour
PREMIER WITHDRAWS
HIS RESIGNATION
Senate Gives Unequivocal En¬
dorsement to Poincare’s Gen¬
eral Policy, And He Will Insist
In Repressing Communists. .
(By Associated Press.)
Paris, May 25.—The entire Cham¬
ber of Deputies, with the exception
of the Communists, gave Premier
Poincare a great ovation when he en¬
tered the chamber today for the con¬
tinuation of yesterday’s interpella¬
tions on the Ruhr. The Communists
hooted the Premier, but this seemed
only to increase the enthusiasm of the
remainder of the deputies.
Crisis is Short One.
Paris, May 25.—Thursday’s minis¬
terial crisis ended as quickly as it
arose, to be exact, it lasted half an
hour.
The senate will take the first op¬
portunity of giving unequivacal in¬
dorsement to M. Poincare’s general
policy and the premier, on his part,
will insist that this indorsement cover
his action in repressing Communist
activities.
Marcel Cachin and the other de¬
fendants charged with illegal acts
against the state are to be tried by
the Assize Court as soon as the ex¬
amining magistrate has prepared the
case.
Premier Poincare’s position re
mains unchanged,,for he will un
doubtedly get another vote of confi
denee in the Senate and probably in
the Chamber also.
The person who comes out of the
crisis most advantageously is Presi¬
dent Millerand, whose reputation for
“horse sense” has been greatly en¬
hance?! bv the decision with which
handled the incident. He informed
M. Poincare that if the premier per
sisted in his determination to resign
the president would avail himself of
a rarely used prerogative and send a
message to parliament in order to
give the country an explanation of
whv a government enjoying the un¬
swerving support of a majority of
the citizens should withdraw at a mo
ment when the vital reparations ques
t ; otl was approaching a decisive
stage,
Poincare is Criticised.
Premier Poincare’s attitude in yes
terday’s situation called forth con
siderable criticism. His opponents
assert he ma?!e the government ap¬
pear ridiculous, and even some of his
most ardent supporters hold that al¬
though the foreign policy comes be¬
fore everything the home policy ought
not to be left merely to lobby plots
and parliamentary traps.
“Our foreign policy will be all the
stronger in foreign eyes,” observes
the Echo de Paris, “if our Home pol¬
icy is more stable and less abandoned
to the dangerous combines of which
the Senate radicals have given so fine
a sample.”
Yesterday’s crisis arose as soon as
Premier Poincare had been informed
t j, at the Senate had decided that it
was not competent to try the Com¬
munist as a high court. A few min
utes later M. Poincare was at Ely
see Palace with the resignation of the
cabinet.
President Millerand took the posi¬
tion that the Senate vote?! as a judi¬
cial body and that its decision there¬
fore should not be considered as a re¬
flection on the government’s general
policy. The president refused to ac¬
cept the resignations and the premier
withdrew them.
government will slacken and may
stop altogether, Mayor William Dever
told more than 200 of Chicago’s lead
, . Tor, in an address last
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of railroad property.
Approximately three hundred at¬
tended the gathering and named Sen¬
ator ^“"ent La Follette, of * of' Wisconsin, ThiTconference. as per.
chaffman
Representative W. T. Logan of
Carolina, was elected secretary
and Representative George Huddles
ton of Alabama, was named chairman
of the committee on permanent or
ganfzatton.
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♦ IN LIQUORS AS SUPPLIES ♦
♦ GREAT BRITAIN SAYS ♦
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♦ Washington, May 25.—Great 4
♦ Britain’s position on ship’s li- ♦
♦ quor question, as communicated ♦
♦ by the state department today ♦
♦ by the British embassy, is under- ♦
♦ stood to be based on the con- ♦
A tention that American port au- ♦
♦ thorities have no jurisdiction in ♦
♦ international law over the liquor ♦
♦ brought into American waters as 4
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♦ foreign vessels. ♦
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MAINTENANCE OF
WAY WORKERS TO
DEMAND INCREASE
REQUESTS ARE FOR RE-ESTAB¬
LISHMENT WAGES UNDER
BOARD’S DECISION IN 1921
(By Associated Press.)
Detroit May 25.1ncrease in wages
for practically all its approximately
400,000 members throughout the
country h’ave been asked by the
United Brotherhood of Maintenance
of Way Employes and Railway Shop
Laborers, according to announcement
at national headquarters of the union
here. The requests are for re-estab¬
lishment of the wages paid under
the Railroad Labor Board’s decision
Number Two, from July 1920, to July
1921, and the request is made that
the increase be retroactive to Febru¬
ary 15, this year.
Increases already have been grant¬
ed this class of workers on 17 rail¬
roads ..f the country, whi'e 2® other
cases have been filed with the Labor
Board, if is announced.
In announcing the step the Broth¬
erhood headquarters dec'ares that a
recent survey showed two cuts out of
•very three maintenance of way men
to be in debt because of low wages,
that tint one in every seven has a
bank account, and that half of them
are without life insurance. During
the last year, it is declared, the aver¬
age worker of thi. Apss .pent hut,
$28 for clothing, while 6.3 cents n
meal for each person ;n the fami'y
was the average fool allowance of
the average worker.
The statement goes on to say that
since July 1, 1920, Maintenance of
Way Employees hav e accepted pay
reductions of 21 percent, while the
other classe^ of railroad labor have
been obliged to accept reductions
of from 8.8 to 11 percent.
LA FOLLETTE CALLS BIG
PUBLIC MEETING PROTEST
AGAINST RAIL MERGER
Chicago, May 25.—A public confer¬
ence, fathered a number of Progres¬
sive congressmen, headed by Senator
Robert M. Laollette, of Wisconsin,
opened here today in an effort to
crystalize public sentiment (against
the reported proposal Interstate Com¬
merce Commission to allow railroads
of the country a combined valuation
of $23,000,000,090.
The commission has been at work
on the matter for ten years. Three
years ago it announce?! a tentative
valuation of $18,000,000,000. Should
the $23,000,000,000 valuation be plac¬
ed, the Progressives contend it will
cost the American people $1,500,000,
000 annually as a result of excessive
freight and passenger rates.
Foremost among those who are ex¬
pected to attend The meeting are the
governors of eight states, four United
States senators, twenty-five congress¬
men, representatives of a number of
public interests, heads of practically
all rail unions, William Jennings Bry¬
an and Mayor Hylan.
DRILLING OPERATIONS
IN FAMOUS OKLAHOMA
OIL POOL SLOW DOWN
Tulsa, Okla., May 25.—Drilling op¬
erations in the famous Burbank oil
pool of Oklahoma slowed down to¬
day under an agreement reached at
a conference here yesterday of repre¬
sentatives of eleven of the fourteen
producing companies in the field. It
was agreed to close down drilling on
279 wells.
The voluntary action of the Bur¬
bank producers in enforcing a shut
?!own, it was indicated, might induce
operators in other midcontinent
fields to curtail drilling. Announce¬
ment was made by E. R. Perry, gen¬
eral manager of Cosden & Company,
who presided at yesterday’s confer¬
ence, that the lid would be “clamped
down and kept down until the con¬
sumption demands for crude warrant
resumption of drilling.”
The inability of the operators to
market the present production, be¬
cause of inadequate pipe line an?!
storage facilities, was said to have in¬
fluenced the shut-down.
FIRST VICTORY
GOES TO STATE
IN TABERT
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,
Judge Campbell Sustains Mo=
tion Change of Venue
Yesterday
HIGGINBOTHAM, WHIPPING
BOSS, ON TRIAL LAKE CITY
Presiding Judge Did Not Set
Date For Trial—Death of
Martin Tabert Being On A
Number of Charges. .. . -
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(By Associated Press.)
Cross City, Fla., May 25.—Judge
A. J. Campbell today sustained
motion of the state for a change of
venue in the case of Walter
botham, Putnam convict whipping
boss, switching the trial from here
to Lake City, Columbia county.
Judge Campbell did not set the ?!ate
for the trial of the accused. Higgin¬
botham has been indicted for first de¬
gree murder in connection with the
death of Martin Tabert, North Dako¬
ta youth, who, it is alleged, died as a
result of an unmerciful lashing given
by Higginbotham while he was serv¬
ing a three months’ sentence in the
convict leased camp of the Putnam
Lumber company, of which
Knabb, at present a member of Flor¬
ida’s upper house, is president. Hig¬
ginbotham was employed by the lum¬
ber company.
The death of Martin Tabert has
brought about an end of the convict
lease system in the state of Florida,
has cause?! two or more county offi¬
cers to be asked for resignations by
Governor Hai'dee and has brought to
light many acts of cruelty to the
state’s prisoners who were so unfor¬
tunate as to be among those leased
by private corporations.
In the large Baptist church, where
the motion for a change of venue for
Higginbotham was made, people
were packed from practically every
section of Florida and many came
from other states. I* fact young
Tabert’s death focused national atten¬
tion to Cross City and Florida’s con¬
vict system.
SOUTH CAROLINA HAS
DAMAGING CLOUDBURST
(By Associated Press.)
Carthage, S. C., May 25.—Streams
were out of their banks, train ser
vice was at a standstill and highways
virtually were impassable today as
the result of a cloudburst late yester
day, which flooded basements
first floors of approximately 100
homes and business buildings
Heavy loss to crops and live stock
was feared. Although no accurate
estimate was available early
the damage was expected to reach
many thousands of dollars. The rain
fall was nearly 10 inches.
AMERICAN GOVERNMENT
DEMANDS ...... INDEMNITY FOR
MAN SHOT BY CHINESE
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Peking, May 24.—The American
Legation has transmitted to the for
eign office a demand of $250,000 as
indemnity for the death of Charles
Coltman, an American, who was shot
by Chinese soldiers near Kalgan,
cember 11, 1922, in an alleged dis
puut over the export of silver.,
DETROIT ATTORNEY
ORDERED TO JAIL
FOR THIRTY DAYS
_
St. Joseph, Michigan. May
ter Nelson, a Detroit attorney, was
sent to jail for thirty days today by
Judge Dingerman, of Detroit, follow
ing Nelson’s appearance before the
State’s one-man grand jury
gation here into the House .of David
colony.
As Nelson was being taken to the
countv jail by the Sheriff, he said,
“I’ve told everything I know.”
FIFTEEN PERSONS, ALL PRINCES
GENERALS OR NOBLEMEN, HAVE
BEEN EXECUTED BY SOVIETS
Moscow, May 25.—Fifteen
all of them princes, generals, or
noblemen, have been executed as a
result of the discovery of an active
counter-revolutionary plot in the So
viet republic of Georgia, saps a
patch from Tiflis to the pravda today.
The names of those executed are not
given, but it is said all were active
participants in the movement.
The counter revolutionaries activi¬
ties in Georgia are alleged to have
BRUNSWICK
Has a landlocked harbor, the
best on the South Atlantic
Coast .......
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4- FEDERAL DRY OFFICERS *
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Savannah, Ga., May 25.— ♦
While the state of New York ♦
is “seceding” from the Union to 4
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1 4 oral dry laws and different ♦
♦ States and cities are declaring ♦
! ♦ the y intend to let the enforcing national ♦ ♦
I 4 government do all the
! ♦ of these laws, Savannah has tak- ♦
i 4 en another tack. It has organ- ♦
j 4 ized a special squad of local po- ♦
4 lice acting under the orders of 4
♦ Liuetenant Sherrod to join 4
♦ forces with the national dry offi- 4
4 cers fin a new effort to clean up 4
4 Savannah. The new squad got 4
4 busy yesterday afternoon and 4
4 began to run down some blind ♦
4 tigers. Two arrests were made 4
, 4 in the afternoon, one cache of 4
j 4 re?I liquor being found in a hen’s 4
! 4 nest in the yard of a soft-drink 4
4 stand proprietor. The police ♦
| 4 also captured an automobile con- ♦
4 tabling fifty gallons of shine. 4
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j P£QQY LANIER
I WITHDRAWS SUIT
AGAINST HUSBAND
j j - FURTHER ACTION
ALSO ORDERS
AGAINST FATHER-IN-LAW
BE DROPPED
(By Ass,o,dated Press.)
■Macon, May 25.—Lawyers for Mrs.
Peggy Lanier today received a tele
gram from her, they announced to
night, ordering all further action in
her divorce suit against Sidney La¬
nier to be dropped.
The telegram also stated no further
steps be taken against her father, in¬
law, Dr. J. D. Lanier, from whom
she asked fifty thousand dollars for
the alienation of her husband’s uf
; fection.
As Peggy Lewis, Mrs. Lanier figur
: ed in a sensational marriage in At
j ' lanta several months ago, her hus
'band alleging that th e ceremony was
i performed while he was intoxicated.
Sensational suits followed in quick
succession, the affair creating state¬
wide interest at the time.
WENGROW’S GREAT CLEAN
SWEEP SALE STARTS TODAY
j An event of unusual interest today
1 will be the beginning of M. Wen
grow’s clean sweep sale which begins
: this morning at 8 o’clock at his large
store, 1405 Newcastle street, and will
(show the people of Brunswick and
this entire section what real cheap
selling means.
In the tremendous stock is wearing
apparel, shoes, etc., for the entire
j family and it should be remembered
that your dollar will do double duty
! while the great bargains last. Every
j thing will be sold at this great carni
j val of bargains.
CLING TO 12 HOURS A DAY
New York, May 25.—The commit
tee of the Iron and Steel Institute
appointed recently to investigate the
feasibility of abandoning the 12-hour
day in the steel industry reported to
day through Elbert H. Gary, ehair
man of the United States Steel Cor
poration, that it could not at this
time recommend such a sep.
OFFICIAL LIS I OF
BRITISH CABINET
COMPLETED BY BALDWIN
—
(By Associated press.)
London, May 25.—The new admin
istration was completed by Premier
Stanley Baldwin tonight and will be
in readiness to meet parliament w < n
it assembles Monday.
The official list of the cabinet, the
other officials’names being submitted
tonight, include Lord Robert Cecil,
lord privey seal, who was promoted
by Bonar Law as secretary, and John
C. Davidson to a place m the govem
ment—chancellor of the duchy of
Lancaster.
have begun early in 1922 with a com
hination of five n on-Bolsheviki
parties, the plans including a general |
uprising for last September.
rons pj ra tors are asserted to have
been in communication with M. Gor
former Georgian premier, M.
Tseretelli, a Kerensky cabinet mem
ber, and other anti-Bcdsheviks
abroad, who promised money and
arms. The late General Zulokedze
and Prince Andronikoff are declared
to have been among .the leaders.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
GARY INJECTS
RELIGION INTO
ANNUAL ADDRESS
Head of Steel Corporation De*
votes Time To Defense
Of The Bible.
BECOMES FATIGUED,
SCHWAB READ FOR HIM
Pleads For Turning Toward
Christian Principles In Busi¬
ness, Political and Personal
Affairs.
(By Associated Press.)
New York, May 25.—The religion
of the world vied with steel in the
discussions at the annual meeting of
the American Iron and Steel Insti¬
tute today. Elbert H. Gary, chair¬
man of the United States Steel Cor¬
poration, and president of the insti¬
tute, devoted most of his annual ad¬
dress to a defense of the Bible plea
for turning towar?! Christian princi¬
ples in business and political, as well
as personal affairs. Mr. Gary became
suddenly fatigued while delivering his
address and had to leave the reading
of the last part of it to Charles M.
Schwab.
Had Visited Holy Lands
Fresh from a Mediterranean cruise,
which took him, among other places,
to the shrines of the Holy Land, El¬
bert H. -Giary, chairman of the Unit¬
ed States Steel Corporation, pleaded
fox: a greater turning toward the
Christian religion as a cure for the
world’s ills, in his a.hlress today op¬
ening the 'annual meeting of the Am¬
erican Iron and Steel Institute. Dis¬
claiming any intention to “preach a
sermon,” Mr. Gary declared religion
wag “simple, plain and business
sense.”
“It is in accordance with our in¬
stincts and judgment,” he said, “as
frequently proclaimed, to say that it
pays a nation or an individual to fol¬
low a Christian course.”
Mr. Gary reserved his analysis of
conditions ih the steel industry for
the end of his address, when he as¬
serted, optimistically, that “there is
nothing in sight to indicate that there
will be a substantial ?liminution of
the demand for finished steel in this
country during the next six months,
to say the least.”
He warned steel manufacturers,
however, not to permit prices to go
above a level which is “fair and reas
onabie.” Touching on the Ruhr situa¬
tion. which he declared was unsettling
all Europe, he suggested that Secre¬
tary of State Hughes be named as an
impartial arbitrator to settle the in¬
ternational differences between
France and Belgium and Germany.
Defends Bible
Mr. Gary had scarcely started with
a description bf his foreign tour,
when, mentioning the Holy Land, he
launched into a vigorous defense of
the Bible against its mo?!ernist at¬
tackers and urged a broader applica¬
tion of the Christian principles.
“The moral and religious princi¬
ples of the Bible, both the old and
new testaments,” he said, “have nev¬
er been and can never be successfully
eombattqd. Since the preservation of
history commenced there has never
been anything approaching the Holy
Bible as a literary production, or a
code for a proper and desirabld hu¬
man conduct, or as a foundation for
future hopes.”
“If any here should believe this is
an exaggeration, which is not prob¬
able, read again this book and you
will be surprised- Visit Palestine in
the light of, an?! under the inspira¬
tion of, the Bible. The landmarks
of Palestine are as described in the
Bible. The more we read and study,
we must be convinced of the absolute
reliability of the Book of Books.
God Determines Destinies
“Onej who reads of. or personally
witnesses-' evidences of. the rise and
fall of great nations and communi¬
ties and cities is led to believe that
an overruling God determined their
destinies. Such nations as the United
States, even, or Great Britain,
France, Italy, Japan, China, Ger¬
many, Austria, Russia will do well to
constantly bear in min?! the history of
the past and the possibilities of the
future. ‘Let him that thinketh he
standeth take heed lest he fall.’
“We should if possible, avoid ill
natured controversies, international,
national? state municipal, public,
private political sectarian economic
or otherwise. They are numerous at
present; indeed they seem to be fash
Where or in whom is the
blame? ‘He that is without sin. let
him first cast a stone.’ Let us dili¬
gently search our hearts.
“There has of late apparently been
a deliberate and persistent attempt to
create an impression that there will
be in the near future a substantial re¬
cession in business ativities,” he as¬
serted.