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SUSPENSION OF u S. STEEL DIVIDEND

The decision of the directors of the United States
Steel Corporation announced after the close of the
Stock Market on Tuesday, to suspend dividend pay
ments on the common stock, something of a
surprise to Wall Street spectators evidenced by
the slump taken not only by the Steel issues but by
most of the other securities when the market re-
opened for business next day.
At the opening of the Market yesterday Steel
common was freely offered at 4S,-a decline of
more than three points from the last sale before
the passing of the dividend was announced
which represented the official minimum quotation
permitted for this issue on the Stock Exchange
under the special regulations of that body adopted
to prevent too precpitate declines during the pres
ent disturbed financial conditions, due to the war
Later in the day however, the stock sold low as
Al on the unofficial New Street market where Stock
Exchange rules have bearing and after the close
of the market hours the Stock Exchange authorities
established new minimum price for Steel common
at 43. This latter move was apparently a wise one
designed to protect other securities tending to de-
cline under the influence of Steel
While the passing of the Steel dividend was
surprise to many investors and doubtless caught
mapping many of the more speculative class of
traders, the directors of the Corporation took the
''N' N''iSSi
payments 1t must be remembered that when
dividend is declared it is supposed to be based on
the amount of net earnings of the Corporation in
the quarter gone by and does not as least in theory
have any bearing on the Corporation future pros
poets of earnings
Everybody knows that the steel business in gen
eral has been very light in recent months. The
Corporation might, as corporations often do have
taken chance of better earnings in the coming
quarter,-for which it is true the business outlook
is considerably improved and have paid the divi-
dend for the last quarter out of accumulated sur
plus; but to have done SO would have resulted in
the impairment, to just the amount of the dividend
OF the Corporation assets, and this would have
tended to make dividends of the future less likely
to be declared
The wise and conservative plan, in these times of
disturbed financial conditions, undoubtedly is lust
the plan that the Steel Corporations directors
adopted on Tuesday when they passed the dividend.
1t was based on the sane principle that Corpora
tlon S dividend payments from quarter to quarter
should be based on the Corporations business for
the particular quarter under consideration and not
ON the possible amount of earnings that may come
to Corporation in future period
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What We Say 1t Is, IT'S
a Diener Diamond
Is a Fine Investment

In the last 20 years Diamond
values have increased 80 per
cent. to 200 per cent. The larger
increase is in stones over 10
carat weight for the supply of
these decreases more rapidly.
The war stopped Diamond
production abruptly and abso-
lutely. This loss will be made
up in higher prices when the
mines open. AS a choice in
vestment a fine Diener Diamond
now heads the list.
Diener Diamonds are all guar
anteed as to quality, color and
weight. You have excellent Sc
lections in all sizes in both
mounted and loose stones.
AS we purchase direct of the
cutters, we save you the middle
mans profit. All stones are
marked in plain figures. No one
has an advantage you have not.
Come in and let us explain
how easy we make it for you
to own a fine Diamond.
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may sometimes be worth more than bishop; an
algebra task more than Greek lesson.
The teachers taking part in the symposium ex-
pressed little preference, on the average, for any
one subject or group of subjects providing most
discipline. 1t seems that many of them were par
tal to branches which they happened to be teaching
and the total opinions therefore depended largely
on the proportions of teachers in different college
departments who expressed views.
One striking fact about the symposium is that
the disciplinary value of work outside of college
compared with that of prescribed courses Of book
study The general opinion of the instructors was
that student could be more thoroughly disciplined
by actual contact with the worlds every day activi
ties than by poring most college text books.
That opinion is rather common one, but it is not
often that teachers boldly acknowledge holding it.
1t must be remembered that merely disciplinary
values were under consideration. Were the cultural
values OF college studies to be discussed opinions
would be very different. No earnest teacher would
depreciate the worth of college work as a of
developing intellectual faculties, OF for instance of
encouraging originality.
Different school studies have different discplin-
airy, cultural and practical values to be sure and
each has them in different proportions for different
individuals 1t does not that numerical values
can well be fixed so long as students are as vari-
ously constituted they are. 1t is doubtful if
any student could tell just what subject in college
curriculum is doing him most good in disciplinary
or any other sort of way. AS suggested by the
self-made business man in his letters to his son,
however, the student tell if subject is doing
him harm and perhaps that is all the discernment
necessary so long as the other branches are bene-
fitting him to greater or less degrees
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-01-28
KAISER PRAISES SCRIBES
At front ON HIS BIRTHDAY

Berlin, via London, Jan. 2S, 1925
A. M.-Emperor William, speaking to
the war correspondent at the general
headquarters in the field said:
"Good morning pay you my com
pliments. You write famously and l
thank you for it. You accomplish ex-
cellent things and l read your articles
very gladly. Your reports have high
patriotic tone and it is of great value
to our men in the trenches when we can
send them such matter. My principle
and it applies to this war also-is
the words of old John Knox, the re-
former in Scotland, that 'one man with
God is always in the majority "
The Emperor S birthday was OBJ
served at headquarters yesterday with
a simple divine service held in the field.
The auditors included Prince Oscar, the
fifth son of the Emperor; Prince Fried
rich Leopold, of Prussia; Prince Wal
demar, the eldest son of Prince Henry
of Prussia General Falkenhayn, the
chief of staff; Cancelor Won Bethmann-
Hollweg; Admiral Won Tirpitz, the
commander-in-chief of the naval forces,
and other officers.
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Burning of Russellism

The following letter addressed to
Bro. Hills has been submitted to the
Star-Independent with a request that
it be published
eff you can burn and annihilate the
Bible, then you can burn and annihilate
Russellism.' If you cannot annihllate
the Bible, neither can you put out of
existence Pastor Russell's teachings,
for they are the doctrines of the Bible.
Dear, sir, you know not of what spirit
you are
"Woe unto you lawyers and doctors,
for you have taken away the key of
knowledge; we entered not in your
selves, and them that were entering in
you hindered. Luke 11:52.
"You profess to follow the meek and
lowly Jesus, and yet you will command
fire to consume, l. e., God s Holy Word
and persecute and condemn the follow
ers. The loving Master says, Because,
they follow not with us, forbid them
not, for he that is not against us, is for
us Luke 11:49-56.
"This Key of Knowledge, so long
lost, buried and hidden under the
debris of the Dark Ages thank God,
is found, and has, through Pastor Rus
sell, unlock this great inexhaustible
store house of wisdom and knowledge.
Revealing God s wonderful plan of the
ages, and this priceless pearl, and
glorious treasure, that, God is Love!
1t was manifested in the life of our
loving Redeemer while in the days of
His flesh, as He dwelt among men, full
of grace and truth And now revealed,
to those upon whom the end of the
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-01-28
Village on Island To-day

st. Georges is located about two
miles southeast of Lombardzyde, and
formerly marked the point where the
User and Plasschen canals connected.
To-day the village is an island in the
"inundation" district. A small cause
way gives access to the place. Over
this German sailors and marines have
again and again attacked the place to
the accompaniment of German artillery
fire and the rattle of the machine guns
of the Allies. On one occasion German
and Allies heavy artillery bombarded
the place simultaneously, and machine
guns sent halls of bullets into it from
three sides. Why-nObody knows. The
Germans suspected that the Allied
troops were in st. Georges, and the AL
lies suspected that the Germans were
in it, each side taking it for granted
that the bombardment itself was sham
maneuvre.
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Cheaper MEAT and Shoes
Government Statistics Contradict Re-
ports That Prices Will Reach Un-
precedented Figures
By Associated Press.

Washington, Jan. 2S.-The Depart
ment of Agriculture sees cheaper meat
and shoes for Feople of the country in
figures gathered by its agents show
ing that the number Of live stock in
the United States is on the increase.
In statement issued to-day the de-
partment discounted reports that prices
were bound to rise and said that on
January l there were 7,712,000 more
live stock in the United States than
on the same day year ago. This was
the first time in many years, the state
ment said, that an increase had been
shown.
The number of beef cattle increased
3.4 per cent. over the number year
ago, or an actual increase of 1912, 1000
head. Hitherto the number of beef cat
tie has declined steadily since 1910.
There are also more milch cows than
last year, the increase being 2.5 per
cent, or in numbers 525, 900. Swine,
however, showed the greatest increases
of all classes-9.6 per cent. On Janu-
ary l, 1914, there were only 58,933,-
600 swine in the country; on January
l, last, 64,61S,000.
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Unable to Reach the Wounded

When the wind swept over st.
Georges it carried with it the smell of
decomposing bodies. In the stiffness
of the night one heard from there the
groaning of wounded-of men who ven
tured into or near the place, were shot
down, and then We're found to be be-
yond the reach of these who would sue
cor them. To venture into the open
along the causeway meant either to die
or be wounded. The very heaps of
debris seemed animated by the desire
to carry further the destruction of
which they are the result.
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PEOPLES COLUMN
The Star-Independent does not
make itself responsible for opinions
expressed in this column.
AMERICAN RESCUE WORKERS"
Adjutant Lew Smith and Wife Doing
Good Work Among the Poor
Editor independent:

EulIor Otdr-lnuepenuent:
Dear Sir-"There is no place like
nome. How wonderful sound the
words of this beautiful song to the
person who can call one, no matter how
humble it is, his own. But it awakens
only sorrow in one who is either far
away from it or has none at all, going
as a wayfarer through this bleak world.
How many mothers are sitting every
day at twilight near the freside and
thinking of their faraway sons, and
the words of the song, 90, Where 8
Ny Wandering Boy Tonight - 90
through their minds. And then at
once she receives letter from him,
in which he tells that he is well cared
for in one of the homes of fThe Amer.
lean Rescue Workers." which gives
great relief to that mother and brings
gladness to her heart.
The motto which Adjutant Smith
and his wife, the officers of the home
in this city, have taken for their won
derful work is the word of Jesus
Christ himself, "Feed My Lambs
and to this they have kept up, without
questioning nationality or religion. Not
only have they fed, but also have kept
and clothed many wayfarer and some
of the poor in this city. Adiutant
Smith has made many of them forget
their sorrows through his everlasting
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ages have come, 'who have the hearing
ear and the seeing eye
Had all the gold and silver in my
Fathers universe, I would not ex-
change the knowledge attained through
the so-ealled Russellism,' as l find it
revealed in God S Holy Word. I am "A
years old. | wish to witness to these
glorious truths and doctrines of the
blole which Pastor Russell promul.
gates; for | am not ashamed of the
Gospel of Christ Hallelujah. ! am glad
to have the honor of being associated
with and a companion of the prosecuted
Russellites. 1t satisfies my longing, as
nothing else cam do. And so we pray.
Father forgive him, for Ne knows not
what ne does -
E. j. Hoffman,
1888 North Third Street.
Harrisburg, Pa.
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Machine Guns in Action

For some days the English had tho
place, keeping it practically by virtue
of the many machine guns they had so
posted that the narrow causeway was
swept by their fire. This machine gun
fire in and about St. Georges never
stopped. The slow "tack tack" of the
English guns, and the more rapid sput-
ter of the French mitrailleuses kept
up day and night. Responsible for this
were the German sailors and marines
who continued in their efforts to retake
the village.
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Tonaue-End Topics
st. Georges Is in Ruins

st. Georges, one of the points where
the Germans and Allies have fought
not for miles of territory but for feet,
almost inches, is ruin to-day. More
than that, it IS q heap of debris. Other
towns and villages in Flanders are
marked at least by standing walls. st.
Georges is wilderness of bricks, NOR
tar, charred roof timbers and tiles.
There is nobody who knows exactly how
many times the Allies and Germans
have fought in the place, and how often
it has changed hands. The French and
English have it to-day, and the Ger
mans tomorrow.
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Winter Hard on African Troops

At night also one heard the inces.
SAINT coughing of the French African
and Anglo-Indian troops, who seemed
unable to stand the rigors of the cold
and damp climate of Flanders. On the
outskirts of the village stood a littlo
house, upon whose door had been chalk
ed the words: ranctireur-a!ready
disposed Of Not far from the door
lay the body of man with the fingers
still about the handle of an open UNI
brella. The dyke giving access to the
place would not hold the bodies of those
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humor and his wife gladdened many

humor and his wife gladdened many
souls through her motherly ways.
OF course, 1t needs funds for this
great undertaking, and hope the
public of this city will assist them in
every way they can, so Adjutant Smith
and his wife can keep up this wonder
full work Every one Of these way,
farers is one mothers son, who was
once proud of him.
Hoping that the people of this city
will help the good work along, and
praying to God for blessings to be be-
slowed on Adjutant Smith and his wife
and the people of this city, | remain,
An Inmate.
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DISCIPLINE IN SCHOOL STUDIES

symposium was recently conducted by col
lege professor the disciplinary values of various
college studies The results were not especially
startling. One would hardly expect them to have
been 1t is about useful to figure out the relative
merits OF school subjects to estimate the respect
i've values of chessmen. Both calculations can be
made approximately, but when certain conditions
arise, calculations become of no avail A knight
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WAGES In STEEL INDUSTRY
First Move Looking to Reimbursement
Made at Pittsburgh To-day
By associated Press.

by associated Press.
Pittsburgh, Pa, Jan. 2S.-The first
move looking to readjustment of wages
IN the steel industry was made here
to-day when thirty independent sheet
and tinplate manufacturers headed by
W. }. Lynch of Granite City, ILL.,, met
committee from the amalgamated
Association of Iron, Steel and Tin
Workers, under President John Viii.
hams and Secretary Tigh of Pittsburgh.
According to Mr.. Williams the meet.
ing was called to consider with the Of
hcers OF the union a possible reduction
IN the wage scale adopted last July
and to continue for one year. The man
ufacturers declared they were unable
to compete with mills employing non.
union labor.
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who have died in the effort either to
take or retake this island in the "inun-
dation lake.
German Praise for Russian Soldiers
The Russian soldier is better fight
er than is popularity believed, aecopd-
ing to the letter of German officer,
serving with the armies in Poland.
Near l. we took about l.
600 prisoners wrote the officer. $50
the report said. AS matter of fact
we took about 1000. The first lot was
more or less a thousand, and then, dur
ing the day, hundred were gathered
here and another hundred there.
1T is true that out here we do not
think much of a thousand prisoners,
but it seems to be different out in the
West. | read for instance that we had
taken 221 prisoners there, and no
doubt, somebody said one Frenchman
or an Englishman is the equivalent of
ten Russians. But that is not true.
Among the prisoners taken here there
are many well-built and strong fellows
with intelligent faces, who believe the
stories of broken down Russian sol
diers SO generally heard, according to
our way of thinking. The trouble is
that he is too much a part of ma
chime. If the Russian soldiers had our
leaders and commissarat, then France
would have been able to do without her
other allies.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-01-28
THE WHOLE BODY
NEEDS Pure BLOOD

The bones, the muscles, and all the
organs of the body depend for their
strength and tone and healthy action on
pure blood.
Hoods Sarsaparilla makes pure
blood. 1t is positively unequaled in
the treatment of scrofula, catarrh, rheu-
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that tired feeling There is no other
medicine like it. Be sure to get Hood s
and get it to-day. 1t is sold by all
druggists. Adv.
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LIGHTS OUT

Assemblyman- elect George Dennis Donovan told this
story of of his constituents: The last moment had
come They stood at the open door For "a long hours
they would not meet again.
Light of my life,' she murmured Light"
Matilda, said gruff voice from above "put ont the
light and go to bed."-New York SUM-
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REVENGEl

contributor to Pearsons 'Weekly tells us that after
Jmmys tooth was drawn he from the chair held ont
his little hand and said: "Give it to me, please"
With an accommodating smile, the dentist wrapped the
tooth in paper, and extended it to Jimmy.
But what are you going to do with it?" he asked
Il am going to take it home, the reply, "cram sugar
into it, and watch it ache"
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ONE OF US

Cnmistakably he Yankee, and the shailke move.
ment of the train ritaed him almost beyond endurance
Vouby he demonstrated with the guard
fSlow?" said that worthy stung to retort. "Do YOU
want the train to fyf If you don't like the speed then
get out and walk"
WalkG" drawed the Yankee. "Oh, I'm not in such a
hurry all thati"--London Tit-Bits
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Stay Vigorous
at Seventy
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TOLD IN LIGHTER VEIN
IN YORK

York County Farmer bursting into the village nn)-
What dye think Sas7 The bones of prehistoric man
have been found in Jim Whites FARM"
lnnkeeper-'Great gosh! / hope old Jm'l be able to
clear himself at the coroner's inquest. ."-Exchanse
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-01-28

How much influence the senior United States Senator
from Pennsylvania has with the Pennsylvania Legislature
may be determined when the lawmakers vote on the
plan to call the proposed new county "Penrose"
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WARFARE BESIDES THAT WITH GUNS

1t is of interest to note some of the many ways
In which the belligerents opposing each other
aside from the actual firing of guns
The trade war between England ard Germany
has assumed large proportions. The Powers are
fighting vigorously in the economic field. England
has fairly well succeeded in driving from the seas
German commerce to the value of five billions of
dollars and has forced German firms doing bust
ness In its possessions, to liquidate.
Strict measures have been taken to prevent Eng
hsh capital from being used in any way that might
directly or indirectly be an aid to the Germans
Even IN the smallest details, precautions are taken
to keep money from reaching the Kaiser's land
through channels of English trade
The is being hotly fought. too. on paper.
Different nations have been eager to shift the
blame for bringing the conflict and to excuse
themselves for their participation in it that the
battle OF words has become lively one and il might
even be interesting if it We're not getting so monot
onous.
1t is also on paper that the cartoonists have been
making war. Caricatures of the warning sover-
eigns have been rather plentiful in European Jour
nails. The Kaiser especially, seems to have come
IN for much rldicule in English newspapers al
though the latest accounts are that King George
has ordered the suppression of all insulting car
toons of his kinsman
The lighting of armed men on European battle
helds is the clash of merely the military forces of
nations, and although it is commonly understood to
constitute the war, it appears to be only one part
OF the great conflict which is in progress
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John d. Rockefeller Jr got Sc for three days service
in testfyng before the Federal Industrial Relations Com
mission in New York Don't spend it all in store,
John!
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J A N u A r Y
WEATHER FORECASTS

Harrisburg and vicinity; Fair and
much colder tonight with a cold wave,
lowest temperature tonight about de-
grees. Friday fair and colder.
Eastern Pennsylvania: Unsettled
and much colder tonight with a cold
wave. Friday fair, colder. Moderate
northwest to north winds
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After ALL will it be of making the coat fit the
cloth or of making the taxpayers produce enough cloth to
fit the coat?