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.......... . ................ ... . BRUNSWICK Has the lowest death rate of any city its size in the United . States....... 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 (Continued On Page Eight) THE BRUNSWICK NEWS THE NEWS IS A MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ‘I* ♦ 4- 4- 4- A 4- A 4- 4- 4- ♦ + *1* ♦ ♦ ♦ AGREEMENT FOR PAYMENT ♦ A OF AMERICAN ARMY IN ♦ A RHINELAND READY TO SIGN A - * (By Associated Press.) ♦ 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¬ ♦ lect war damages direct from ♦ Germany. ♦ Sir John‘Bradbury, having 4 ♦ ceived instructions from Prime ♦ A Minister Baldwin in London to 4 ♦ withdraw his opposition to the 4 ♦ elimination of this clause, the ♦ A Allies agreed to go ahead at ♦ 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 ♦ les. 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 « f *?"<"”* * Cl *«° *"« E - tate Board. _ 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. ♦ -4 ♦ U. S. HAS NO JURISDICTION ♦ ♦ IN LIQUORS AS SUPPLIES ♦ ♦ GREAT BRITAIN SAYS ♦ f -- 4 ♦ (By Associated Press.) ♦ ♦ 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 ♦ part of the regular supplies of ♦ ♦ foreign vessels. ♦ 4 •J« ♦ ♦ 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 ,.J« 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 _ , 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. .. . - _ (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 _ 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 ....... ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ 4 * 4 SAVANNAH HELPS ♦ 4- FEDERAL DRY OFFICERS * ♦ CLEAN UP THE TOWN A 4 -- 4- 4 (By Associated Press.) 4 Savannah, Ga., May 25.— ♦ While the state of New York ♦ is “seceding” from the Union to 4 ; 4 show its ?Iisapproval of the fed- 4- 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 4 4 j *;• 4 4 4 4 4 4 ♦ 4 4 4 4 4 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.