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News and Miscellany

Notes and clippings from the daily and weekly press

— On January 24 the Alaskan railroad bill passed the Senate. This authorizes the construction, at a cost not to exceed $40,000,000, of a government-owned railroad in Alaska.

— It is generally believed that President Huerta of Mexico will soon either resign or be forced to leave the capital. In either event, it is reported that 3,000 American marines are ready to land and proceed to Mexico City. This force will not only protect Americans and foreigners from massacre, but guard the city from attack by Villa and his rebel troops. With Huerta eliminated from affairs, it is believed the United States government, to avert a continuance of present troubles, will not permit any man named by Huerta as his successor. A fair election will be guaranteed.

— Surrounded by troops and coast artillery, Miss Fern Hobbs, secretary to Governor West of Oregon, has closed

all saloons at Copperfield. Martial law was declared and saloon keepers were given a few hours to ship every quart of liquor and their saloon fixtures out of the county. There was great excitement when Miss Hobbs demanded the resignations of all members of the city council and other city officials on the ground that they had violated the ordinances regulating saloons. Her demand was refused, and Governor West's representative at once ordered Col. B. K. Lawton, superintendent of the State penitentiary, to declare martial law.

— It is estimated that the Protestant churches of America gave over $16,000,000 for the cause of foreign missions last year.

— Mr. and Mrs. Francis B. Sayre, the White House bridal couple, arrived in Washington last week, returning from a two-month honeymoon in Europe. They will spend a short time with the President's family before taking up their residence in Williamstown, Mass.

— On January 24 London was reported to be in the throes of the greatest industrial crisis the city has faced in many years, with every indication that the situation would become more acute. More than 200,000 men were out on strike in a dispute involving the coal drivers' and building trades' unions. The coal men seized the psychological moment to strike, for the city was in the grip of one of the most severe cold spells of the winter. The resulting shortage of fuel caused much suffering in the poorer sections of the city.

— Henry Ford, of the Ford Motor Company, of Detroit, Mich., a plant employing over 20,000 men, has announced his decision to divide a ten-million-dollar annual bonus among the employees of the firm. Beginning January 12 and continuing monthly, the wages of all men more than twenty-two years of age were doubled, regardless of the length of time they had served the corporation. The working day has been shortened to eight hours. This decision to create a system of profit sharing among their workmen has brought a storm of protest from industrial leaders, and is branded as "an economic mistake."

— Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal, high commissioner for Canada, died January 21. His life spanned nearly a century, and his active career a full three quarters. In his eighteenth year, as Donald Smith, he sailed from Scotland for Canada. His first years in Canada were those of an adventurous youth in what was then a real wilderness. Later he bent his energies toward opening up the West, and he is credited with having pressed the Canadian Pacific Railway to completion across the continent. He also had political experience as a member of the Manitoba legislature and the Dominion parliament for many years.

— A semicontractual agreement among sixteen European nations not to participate officially in international expositions except at three-year intervals, beginning October, 1912, was reached by representatives of these governments at a meeting in Berlin, Oct. 8-14, 1913, according to information made public recently. The American government was represented only unofficially at this meeting, and did not become one of the signatory nations. A copy of the document of agreement—the original is in possession of the French government—has been placed in the hands of the State Department. The understanding, known in Europe as the Berlin agreement, is the sole basis for the recent reputed anti-American contract apparently manifesting itself in a refusal to give official recognition to the Panama-Pacific Exposition at San Francisco, according to the opinion of the American peace committee.

The District of Columbia Conference Association

THE sixth annual session of the District of Columbia Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists will convene in Memorial Church, corner Twelfth and M Streets, Washington, D. C., at 10 A. M., Monday, Feb. 16, 1914, to elect officers for the ensuing year, and to transact such other business as may properly come before the association.

R. E. HARTER, President; A. J. BRISTOL, Secretary.

The "Watchman" for March

By Editor

SOME of the leading articles to be found in this issue are as follows:—

Is the World Growing Better?

Some Signs of the Times.

Nation-Wide Prohibition.

The Other Side of Death.

Italy's Bolt From the Blue (Concluded).

Revelation ii : The Kingdom at Hand.

Rapid Increase of Cigarette Smoking Among Women.

Another War Predicted.

Aggressive Mormonism.

A New Catholic Federation.

The Blessings(?) of Militarism.

The Wages of Sin.

The Return of the Jews.

The Change of the Sabbath.

The Mystery of Godliness.

The Mystery of Iniquity.

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The District of Columbia Conference

THE sixth annual meeting of the District of Columbia Conference of Seventh-day Adventists will be held Feb. 15, 1914, at Memorial Church, corner of Twelfth and M Streets, Washington, D. C. The election of the conference officers and various other matters of interest to every loyal Seventh-day Adventist will come before the meeting. Each church is entitled to one delegate without regard to numbers, and to one additional delegate for every ten members. The first session will be held February 15, at 9:30 A. M.

R. E. HARTER, President;

A. J. BRISTOL, Secretary.

Southwestern Union Conference

THE next session of the Southwestern Union Conference will be held in Keene, Tex., April 1-12, 1914.

G. F. WATSON, President; C. E. SMITH, Secretary.

North Pacific Union Conference

By C. W. Flaiz

Association

THE biennial meeting of the North Pacific Union Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists will convene at College Place, Wash., March 2, at 11 A. M. This meeting is held for the election of officers and the transaction of such other business as may properly come before it.

C. W. FLAIZ, President.

The "Watchman"

By Editor

(Religious Liberty Number)

THE Watchman for February, now ready, is one of the best numbers of this magazine ever printed. The cover design is simple yet striking, and will be highly prized because of its excellent portraits of Washington, "the Father of his Country," and Lincoln, "the Preserver of his Country."

From the original, second-page poem, "Liberty," to the closing words of appeal, on page 95, every article rings true as tried steel to the fundamental principles of the gospel and of soul liberty.

The editorials of this month—"Man in the Place of God," "Liberty of Conscience in Tennessee" (the Rooker trial at Waverly), "Italy's Bolt From the Blue," and "The Rights of Man"—are especially able and striking.

The Outlook, our General Articles, Washington Correspondence, and Things Here and There, are all of absorbing interest. In short, the February Watchman is brimful of good things and abounds in selling points.

Order at once through your tract society.

Business Notices

WANTED.—Four men to work at cement work with a mixer, and to dig for cement culverts. Steady work and good wages. No one but Adventists need apply. Address C. M. Cox, R. F. D. 4, Chariton, Iowa.

WANTED.—Good, strong woman for general housework (in the country). Salary four to five dollars a week to right party. Must be Sabbath keeper. References exchanged. R. Finnell, Elkridge, Md.

"BEYOND THE SHADOW," a booklet of poems (96 pages) by Miss Pearl Waggoner, can be procured in dark-brown paper binding for 45 cents; green cloth, 75 cents; undressed leather, $1.25. Address the author, Hinsdale, Ill.

Address Wanted

Will any one knowing the whereabouts of Laura Lund, who accepted the truth at the last General Conference, kindly send her address to her cousin, H. M. Lund, Box 245, Christiania, Norway?

Publications Wanted

THE following-named persons desire late, clean copies of our publications, sent post-paid, for missionary purposes:—

Miss Mae Sudduth, Stonewall, Ga. Continuous supply.

M. C. Strachan, Cocoanut Grove, Dade Co., Fla. Signs, Watchman, and REVIEW.

Mrs. H. J. Groves, 18 Tallman St., Bath, Maine. Instructor, Signs (weekly and monthly), Protestant Magazine, Bible Training School, and Watchman.

Results of the Legalized Liquor Traffic

This legalized, sorrow-producing, property-destroying, and death-dealing traffic costs America each year $5,000,000,000 above all it pretends to return.

It has rendered millions of minds impenetrable to moral conception, degraded, debased, and destroyed legions. It has wrung oceans of tears from widows and orphans, and it has made our land a place of skulls.

The 1914 Temperance Instructor

so thoroughly exposes this legalized outlaw in every phase of its work, it cannot fail to win thousands away from its support, bondage, and destruction. Who will help us place the Instructor in the homes of all the people?

"It has turned the earth into a place of skulls."

THE NEW BEREAN LIBRARY

By Editor

We are glad to announce that a number of our books heretofore issued only in cloth bindings, and some of our new books just being brought out, will be issued in the Berean Library, with paper covers and printed on thin paper, at very greatly reduced prices. The first ten numbers of this series will be ready within a few days, and some of them are now ready for delivery.

Post-paid      In quantities by freight

1. STEPS TO CHRIST - - - - $.25      $.15

2. THOUGHTS ON DANIEL - - - - .25      .15

3. THOUGHTS ON REVELATION - - - - .25      .15

4. HIS GLORIOUS APPEARING - - - - .15      .09

5. THE SABBATH IN THE SCRIPTURES - - - - .25      .15

6. THE SABBATH IN HISTORY - - - - .50      .30

7. CAPITAL AND LABOR - - - - .25      .15

8. HERE AND HEREAFTER - - - - .25      .15

9. BIBLE FOOTLIGHTS - - - - .35      .21

10. OUR PARADISE HOME - - - - .15      .09

Nos. 5 and 6 are taken from the revised edition of "History of the Sabbath."

At the beginning of the winter season, when the evenings are getting long, the time is very opportune for circulating these splendid new publications among your friends and neighbors. Notice the special price in quantities, shipped by freight. Our churches should order from their librarians, and thus get them at the cheapest price.

REVIEW AND HERALD PUBLISHING ASSN., Washington, D. C.

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An Aeroplane Over Jerusalem

On a post card from Jerusalem, Brother Ludwig Krug writes: "A French airman the other afternoon landed in the road to Bethlehem, just outside of Jerusalem. It is the first time that Jerusalem has seen an aeroplane. Thousands of people crowded to the landing place to see the flying machine, and the usually quiet city was in a fever of excitement. Next day the flier took his departure, flying in the direction of Bethlehem on the way to Cairo."

Newspaper readers will already have heard of this incident. It certainly affords a contrast of the new and the old, this modern flying machine in the roadways of old Jerusalem.

In a letter to this Office, Brother J. J. Wessels, manager of the St. Helena Sanitarium, says: "We have just decided to erect a new building between the hospital and the main building, which we hope to have completed early in the present year."

Protestant Magazine Recommended Reading

THE February number of the Protestant Magazine should be read by every Seventh-day Adventist. It contains important matter.

Stenographers Needed at Takoma Park

THE General Conference desires to secure the services of two experienced lady stenographers for the work at Takoma Park. Application should be made to W. T. Knox, stating the experience and ability of applicant and giving references.

The Crotherses Sail for Jamaica

THIS week Brother W. M. and Mrs. Crothers, of Michigan, are sailing for Jamaica, West Indies, having spent a few days in Washington on their way eastward. While going to that field at their own charges, to seek a climate more favorable for Brother Crothers's health, these workers hope to find many opportunities for missionary service.

Central Union Conference Leadership Change

AFTER years of faithful, untiring service as president of the Central Union Conference, Elder E. T. Russell, at the recent meeting of the union, retired from the presidency to a much-needed and well-earned rest. Elder R. A. Underwood, president of the West Pennsylvania Conference, was elected to the presidency of the Central Union Conference.

Miss Scharffenberg Returns to the Field

By Editor

THIS week Miss Mimi Scharffenberg was booked to sail from San Francisco for Japan and Korea, returning from the furlough which brought her to the last General Conference. We are sure that many prayers will follow her back to the field, where her services have been so helpful in winning souls to the Lord.

Twenty Thousand Subscribers

By Editor

THE REVIEW AND HERALD ought to possess a subscription list of twenty thousand as the least conservative estimate. It already possesses three fourths of this number. Will you be one of fifteen thousand readers to secure the additional five thousand subscribers during the year to come? Learn by inquiry who among the members of your church are regular subscribers to the paper. You will then be able understandingly to begin a campaign in behalf of our church paper. Tell your brethren and sisters the blessings which have come to you through its ministry.

Elder H. M. Kelley, of the Northern Illinois Conference, says of the REVIEW AND HERALD:—

“I am sure there is no paper printed today that fills its place more perfectly than the good old REVIEW. It bears a weekly message of faith and courage to our people everywhere. The REVIEW points the way, and they follow on to success. It is the voice of the church speaking to the church and for the church. For its continued success I shall work and pray.”

Dear reader, will you not do the same? If every one will unite with Brother Kelley in this earnest purpose, the next few months will witness a large addition to our subscription list.

Dr. Sutter Chosen Kansas Sanitarium Superintendent

FROM the Central Union Outlook we note that Dr. L. A. Sutter, of Boulder, Colo., has been chosen medical superintendent of the Kansas Sanitarium, at Wichita, Kans. Since Dr. Sutter's graduation he has spent one year taking postgraduate work in the General Hospital of Massachusetts, near Boston, and at the Bellevue Hospital, in New York City.

Blessings in the Southeastern Field

IN a letter from Elder O. Montgomery, president of the Southeastern Union Conference, he says: "We certainly have great reason to rejoice and to praise our Heavenly Father for the rich blessings he has bestowed upon our part of the field this last year. The Graysville meeting was certainly a season of refreshing and of drawing near to God. Every worker returned to his field with a broader vision, with a new consecration to God, and with a purpose to finish the work in this generation."

Writing for the "Review"

By Editor

WE greatly appreciate the excellent articles which we receive from our workers throughout the field for the columns of the REVIEW. These we acknowledge and place in our files, to be used as soon as our space will permit. We are glad also to receive from our workers reports of their labor. A record of what God is doing in the salvation of souls always proves an encouragement to the entire church.

We are sure, however, that we are not making an unusual or an unreasonable request in asking that the articles and reports which are sent for publication in the REVIEW be prepared especially for the columns of our church journal.

Many of our readers have both the REVIEW and their local paper. It is an injustice to them to have articles duplicated in the two papers.

Then, too, the space in our church journal is necessarily limited. We run each week from eight to ten general departments. We can devote only two or three pages in each issue to reports from the field, and about the same amount of space to general articles. It does not seem consistent for us to duplicate in the REVIEW articles which have already been printed, while we have in our files excellent contributions awaiting space for publication.

There are times when the editors of the REVIEW feel justified in reproducing reports of important meetings which have already appeared in print, but they have access to these reports in the various denominational papers which come to their desk. After the publication of articles in our general church paper, we have no objection to their use in any paper in the world.

Wisconsin Conference Encouraged by 1913 Results

IN a recent letter Elder W. H. Thurston, president of the Wisconsin Conference, says this regarding the results of 1913: "I am pleased to say that the year 1913 closed very satisfactorily with us, and we received the largest tithe for the month of December, I think, that we have ever received in one month. Our offerings for missions were better than for the year before; and while we did not reach the goal, we are thankful for the increase over the previous year. This is very encouraging, for it shows that the people are becoming more willing as they realize that we are in the days of the Lord's power. The message is being finished, and the people have a mind to give. We feel greatly encouraged as we enter the new year, and are hoping and praying for greater results this year than ever before."

Faithful Tithing on Pitcairn Island

IN a letter to the Mission Board, Elder J. E. Fulton, of Australia, reports the receipt of a letter from Pitcairn Island telling of special blessings there in their meetings. "The people here are trying to help one another as never before," the letter said. Ships had not been calling frequently. Elder Fulton adds: "They have a little house to which they bring their arrowroot, fungus, corn, dried bananas, etc., but as they have not had opportunity of disposing of the tithe to passing vessels, much of it has spoiled; and yet the people bring in the tithe. Certainly this shows faithfulness on their part."