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ESCAPE IS CUT OFF MEN CAUGHT IN EXPLOSION IN BIG STEEL PLANT. POT OF LIQUID METAL UPSET Four Men Killed and Twenty Others Fatally Hurt. Were Given No Warning. No Chance to Es cape After Accident. A Uutler, Pa., October (i dispatch Hays: An explosion, caused by the upsotting of tho metal pot in the num ber t cupola of the Standard Steel company tonight caused tho deatli of four men, fatally injured twenty and seriously Injured twenty others. Nearly all the men wore foreigners. Tho large wheel plant was demol ished, causing a loss estimated ut U0O.OO0. The dead: Nick Doma, Nicholas IJlotar, John Storeck, Tind an unidentified man. The condition of tho thirty men in jured is pitiable. Although still alive, live features of a majority are muti lated hcyoiul recognition. The hot metal was showered over thorn, caus ing horrible injuries. Arms, lingers tmd ears were torn off while a number of the men lost eyes, burned out. Several men are in the hospital with their logs burned to u crisp. Tho explosion was caused by the upsetting of a pot in the cupola which contained 5,000 pounds of olten metal loady for casting. A span in the pot broke, allowing tho liquid Iron to spill over tho wet sand. An explosion followed so quickly that none of the workmen In the building had a chance to escape. Streams of the burning metal pourned out on the workmen, some of whom wore en gulfed and literally cooked. Twenty men near tho cupola had every slued of clothing blown off by the explosion. .Many were burled under the wreck age and were not rescued for an hour uftei tho catastrophe. Buildings in the city, from the force of the ex plosion, quivered as If shaken by an earthquake and people .rushed from their homes panlc-strlckon. When Haines shot from the burning car works, 10,000 persons rushed to the .scene, blocking streets and interfer ing with fire companies and ambu lances. Through lack of room, many of the injured were compelled to lie naked for an hour on cots in tho -street cars before reaching the hos pital. At the gate of the car plant men and women struggled frantically to secure admission and wore kept out only by tho assistance of :i force of policemen. In tho rush, many women wore Injured and their cries of pain nnd 7uiguish could be heard blocks away. The car wheel plant was fin ished last" year at a cost of $200,000. Tho wrecked cupola alono coBt $30, 000. The car works proper costing $3,000,000 was in danger of destruc tion but tho tiro department soon had the blaze under control. TO ELIMINATE SPECULATION. Cotton Men Desire to Change Condi tions of the Present. Assembled In Atlantu, Ga., are live hundred delegates to the interna lional conference of cotton growers and manufacturers, representing the industries of growing, spinning and manufacturing cotton throughout tho ntire world. Tho lending men of tho international cotton spinners' absocla tion of Europe, the association of cot ton manufacturers of the United states, tho American inHiiufacturors' association, the farmers' educational and co-oporative union and tho south ern cotton association are present. Many of theBe men are opposed to the speculative element which has at tached itself to the cotton growing in dustry and if tho forthcoming con areas can do it they say II will devise means to eliminate speculation in cotton. Wants a Judge Impeached. Lorrln Andrews, representing the American merchants of Shanghai, sailed from Honolulu on the steam ship Manchuria for San Franciu en route to Washington to urge tho im penohmont of L. It. Wifley, judge of tho United SUites court of China, on the charge of a violation of his oath )l ofllcc. Seven grounds for impeach nieiif are alleged. Rostand Operated Upon. At. Bnyonne, France, Edmund Uo stand, the poet and playwright, was operated upon successfully for appen dicitis. Ills condition is much im proved. Elect Successor to Barr The board of directors of the James town exposition elected Alvah H. .Martin, first vice president, as direc tor to succeed J. M. Baur. resigned. CAN DOUBLE COTTON YIELD. That is What Secretary Wilson Told National Association of Manufac turers at Washington. Washington. The National Assoc! atlon of Cotton Manufacturers coil vencd here Thursday In soml-annual session for a two days' meeting. About 200 delegates representing near ly every section of this country nnd over 100 cotton merchants from ling Innd, Germany, Italy, France, Portugal and Belgium were in attendance. The convention here is preparatory to tho International conference of Cotton Growers, Spinners and Manufacturers at Atlanta, Ga., October 7 to !. Sec retary of Agriculture Wilson opened the convention with an address In which he said: "Tlie problem presented to our cot ton growers Is not so much the cost of labor as the intelligence with which the crop is grown. In growing rice along the gulf coast of tho southern states it was found that one American could produce as much rice in a yonr as 400 Orientals, so that our cotton producers do not have to fear lower wages in any part of the world." Mr. Wilson said that lils department has been helping the cotton producers in every way within its power. In overcoming diseases affecting and In sects which ravage the cotton plants and also by developing suporior varie ties through breeding. "By better farming," said the secre tary, "wo can double our production of cotton on the acreage under tillage. The possibilities of cotton production In this country arc practically limit less." ON HIS RIVER CRUISE. President Roosevelt Made An Address At Keokuk and Then Em barked on Steamer. ICeokuk, la. Keokuk put on her Sunday dross to receive the president of tho United States, when he arrived here at 0 o'clock Tuesday, and tho people of the city were assisted in their reception of the chief magis trate by a notable gathering of dis tinguished men, Including tho govern ors of more than a dozen states, a number of members of both houses of congress and the members of the In land "Waterways commission. The oc casion of the president's coming was tho movement In tho interest of a deep waterway down the Mississippi river to tho Gulf nnd this city was selected as the point of embarkation on his voyage down the river, which will end at Memphis next Friday. He was given a drive through the city and made a noteworthy speech at Hand park to many thousand people. The recoptlon to tho president both along tho line of march and at tho park was cordial in the extreme and ha was In excellent health and spirits. Criminal Libel Against Jerome. Whit Plains, N. Y. Frank 13. Xavler, editor of the Yorkors Herald, was found guilty by a jury Thursday of criminal libel against District At torney "W. T. Jerome. Mr. Xavler was accused of publishing in bis papor the allegation that Mr. Jerome had an agreement with Insurance Interests by which they wero to support him for governor If certain insurance men were not indicted. Tolstoi Has No Funds. St. Petersburg. A letter was pub lished here Thursday from Count Tol stoi asking that tha stream of requests for financial assistance addressed to him be discontinued, explaining that 20 years ago lie surrendered his pro perty to his heirs as if already dead, nnd that the sole sums at his disposal now "nre occasional foreign contri butions which I distribute in the neighborhood." Mrs. Perkins to Sue Mutual. Lawrence, Kan. Because the body of Lucius Hiram Perkins, the Law rence lawyer who died June I, was exhumed and dismembered without her consent and against her will, Mrs. Clara Luella Morris Perkins, the widow, has instructed her attorneys to sue the Mutual L'fe Insurance com pany of New York for $75,000 dam ages. Kentucky Drouth Extends. Owensboro, Ky. Another county in Kentucky has gone "dry" In local op tion election. In McLean county Thursday the temperance forces were victorious by a majority of 1,055. Only 19 of tho 110 counties in KonUicky re main "wot." High Priced Alienists. New York. Ten of District Attor ney Jerome's alienists in the trial of Harry K. Thaw, it is announced, have rendered bills for their services. The total of thoso bllb Is slightly In ex cess of $23,000. Denies Mae Wood's Story. New York. United States Senator Piatt made formal denial Friday that ho ever married Mae C. Wood, who Is Biting him for divorce, alleging that she was married to the seuutor No oinber 9, 1901 DAVID'S TEMPTATION "SUn Rncli mUchief for idle hml. todo." STORY BY THE "HIGHWAY AND BYWAY" PREACHER (CupyrlKtit, lwr, Uy ttio .uUmr, v n. Mmi.) Scripluie Authority. 2 Samuel 11:1-5. ooooaoDoooooaOaoooDOO j) SERMONETTn. "And David tarried." Such is' the Introductory statement to this black chapter in the life of David. The inference is justi fiable that his place of duty was with his army In the campaign against the Ammonites. But David tarried. The first step in many a man's downfall is in tarrying when duty calls to another place. Temptation is almost certain to assail one who lingers in the lap of ease rather than toll by the side of duty. To be. sure the pathway of duty is beset by the snares of temptation, but temptation which comes at such times finds one in the attitude of mind and heart more easily to resist the suggested evil. Thus we find there are really two types of temptation. One which comes through no fault of our own, and the other which comes as a direct result of tar rying in a forbidden place and neglecting to obey duty's call. Of the'first James says In his epistle: "Count It all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. But let patience have her per fect work, that ye may be per fect and entire, wanting noth ing." Of the second he declares that "every man is tempted when he Is drawn away of his own lust and enticed. Then when lust hath conceived it bringeth forth sin; and sin, when it 16 finished, bringeth forth death." Notice in this second type of temptation that the initiative i6 with the man himself. There is the inner desire before the out ward yielding. There is the low ering of high standards before the downward step is taken. There is a neglect of God be fore there can be a partaking with the devil. An Idle moment, and a lust ful eye proved David's undo ing, as they have many another soul. Through the channel of the eye much evil find entrance to the heart of man, and remember that generally the eye is quick to see what the heart desires. Had David's heart been lifted heavenward in communion with God, his eyes would not have lingered on improper scenes. It behooves one in this day of suggestive pictures, and de piction of the human form in various degrees of nudity on bill boards and In newspapers and magazine publications, and on post cards, to take the stern resolve that the eye shall not become the open door through which the evil thought and de sire shall find entrance to the heart, there to germinate and grow until the favorable mo ment gives It opportunity to burst into the full fruitage of sinful indulgence. Set a guard upon the windows of thy soul lest the monster, Lust, gain entrance and rob thee of thy purity and virtue. 8 3 8 OOaODOOOOOOOOODOOOOOO THE STORY. Till) expedition against the Ammon ites had already been delayed be yond all reasonable excuse, and .Toab, the captain of tho hosts of Israel, chaf ed and fumed under tho restraint. Experienced man of war as ho was, he knew that valuable time was be ing lost and tho tlmo of year when tho campaign could lie conducted most successfully was slipping away. Had he had his way, King David would have started three weeks ago, but he did not now seem any nearer tho point of departure than he was at that time when he had informed him that the army was in readiness to move against tho enemy. Joab know that It was not cowardice upon the part of King David which kept him at Jerusalem, for no braver man or more able commander ever led tho armies of Israel than lie. And for this reason it made the situation tho more puzzling. Joab waited as long as lie could, and then sought the piesence of tho king and remonstrated with him. "Kach day that we tarry here but adds to the strength of our enemies !" he eveJnJmod. impatiently "Yon, but with all tho strength they can muster tltoy will but prove as breaking reeds boforo the armies of Israel," rejoined tho king, proudly. "But why place ourselves at a dis advantage because of the advancing season?" persisted Joab. "Let us start to-morrow, then," the king replied, with some of his old time promplitudo and vigor. " 'TIs well," exclaimed Joab, eager ly, and hastily withdrew to make the llnal preparations for the march. Tlie king took an impallenf turn around the roof terrace and then threw Himself wilh a discontented sigh upon one of the soft divans which furnished the sumptuous apart ment. It was a delightful place to bo, he thought, as he looked about him, and then up at the blue sky which was deepening with the even ing shadows. Tho thought of leav ing tlie ease and comfort of his splen did palace llllcd him with Impatient regret. "Why .should ho go?" he asked him self, Why not let Joab go alone? Yes. lie would lose tho glory of tho victory, but was he not as icing en titled to soelc his own ease and com fort?" thus lie reasoned, and at last the resolve was made and he dis patched one of his servants with a note to Joal) tolling him that he would tarry at Jerusalem and commanding' Joab to lead the army against the Ammonites as had been planned. So It came to pass that tho next day tho army departed leaving King David behind to enjoy the ease nnd comfort of his palace. "1 will join Joab later," he prom ised himself, as he watched tho long defile of soldiers pass down tho val ley. He was In his favorite place on the terrace, and when the last divi sion had passed out of sight, lie throw himself back upon the couch ami gave himself up to dreamy speculation of the probable development in the campaign against the Ammonites. Ho had not the least Bhadow of doubt as to thu outcome. Had he. It is doubt ful whether ho would have been con tent to have remained behind. But with the absolute certainty of victory, he gave himself up to the enjoyment of the luxury about him. So tlie days passed. It had been al most a week now since tidings had come from the army, and while lie did not feel uneasy as to the progress of tlio campaign, tho lack or news served to again raise the question in Ills own mind as to ills place of duly Why should ho tarry there in ease while the men of Israel endured tho hardships and the dangers of bat tle? He felt, hair ashamed of himself, and was almost, on tho point of order ing tlie servants to prepare for tlie Journey, when the impulse was chock ed by tlie inner prompting to delay starting for a day. 'Perhaps," lie said by way of apolo gy, to his better impulses, "tlioy are on tho way homo even now, and delny sending word that tlie whole army may share in the joy of bringing tid ings of victory." In this spirit of self-complacency he settled himself for his midday rest, promising himself by way of compro mise to start fitiroly on the morrow If tidings had not by that time readied him. Little did ho think what his procrastination was to cost him. But tlie promise to start on the morrow served to still the troubled conscience within, and he gave himself up to thu ease and pleasured about him with a fresh relish. T'No," lie said when the sorvnnt. awoke him from ills afternoon slum ber. "No, I will not ttttend the even ing sacrifice," and ho stretched him self languidly and took a turn around tho room. Ease and Indulgences in the luxuries of tho table are not con ducive to piety, and bo It said for David that of lato ho had grown cold In Ills religious life. As he looked about him he could not help think of the contrast thore was between what he now enjoyed and his simple life as a shepherd boy years lie fore. "I, guess that I did live nearer to God then than I do now," ho confess ed to himself as the thought came to him of his harp and the Joy he used to got out of it as lie sang praises to God on tho sides of tlie Judear. hills while his sheep grazed con tentedly about him. "And why not get the old harp out and slug some of the old songs lion and now?" urged tho inner voice. "Not to-night," ho said, half Impu tlently, "else I will miss the delight ful eventide in my favorite nook on the roof terrace," and he started to ward the stairway loading to the love ly spot. Not. oven tin bettor promptings could hold him. Ho had become so accustomed of lato to yielding to the morn physical desires that tlie thought of denying himself was an un welcome one. "To-morrow," he promised himself, as ho reached the roof, "I will got out my harp and worship God in tlie old songs. 'To-morrow!" Ah, fatal mistake, disastrous delay, for that night tlioro came the temptation which swept him off his feet, ami forever linked his name with his companion In sin, the -nlnffiorijiu; und beautiful Batlishobu. Israel Enters the Land of Promise Suaday School Lesion for Oct. 13, 1917 Specially Prepared for This Ptptr LUSHON TEXT Joshua It: C-17. Mem ory vcrne, 17. GOhniON TEXT. "Anil ho led them forth by tho right way that thoy mlKht Ko to a city of habitation." Pnnltn 107: 7. TIME.-On tho tenth day of tho una mouth, early hi April, was tho crossing of tho Jordan. "II was tho luintverHary of tho day on which, 40 yours boforo, tho Israelites had been directed to taie up tho lambs for tho tlrst Passover In EH.vpt." Uoano. TIiIk lesson closely fol lows the liiKt. PLACE. -At. Abel Hhlttlm. "Tho Mea dow of tho Acacias," near tho fords of tho Jordan on tho cant bank, opposite .lorloho. At the fool of tho MoaMto mountains, Comment and Suggestive Thought. Tlie Two Accounts. Tho hlHtory of tho conquest of 1'alostlno In Joshua and tho account In tho first chapter of Judges are assumed by certain schol ars to ho parallel accounts covering the same ground. By assuming (1) that Joshua was written at a late date and therefore unhlstoiical; (2) that the fli-Bt statement, in Judges to thu ef fect that thu ovonts described In that clinptetr took placo after tho death of Joshua Is untrue and a late addi tion; and (!l) that tho conquest de scribed In Joshua was so complete that thero need be no further conflict It Is taken for grantod that tho two accounts describe tho sumo period, and are, therefore, contradictory and unhlHtorlcal. Preparation of the People for'Cro Ing the Jordan.- Josh. 1:10 3:5. 1. Tho announcement that the time to cross was at hand to n people who saw an ImpnHBuhlo flood In front or them. 1!. Preparation or victuals; nol merely tho inanna. but tho fruits of. the fort.Ho country In which they were encamped. 3. Spies who could bwIiii tho deep and swift river wore sent across to investigate the condition of things on tiie other side and to report. L Tho camp was moved to tho lower level nearer the river. r. Officers wore sent throughout tho camp to liistriio! the people what to do. 0. Tho people wero commanded to (v. H) sanctify themselves, mako spe cial spiritual preparation, by wasli lug their porsons and their garments, and abstaining from everything that might, indispose their minds to a se rious and devout attention to tlie mir acle about, to bo wrought In their be half. Tho object was to turn their hearts to God in faith, and prepare thorn to oboy willingly, and to under stand tho full meaning and powor of what God was doing for thorn. Compare the "sanctifying" before thoy received the law at, Sinai. See also Lev. 20:7, 8; 1 Sam. 10:5: Joel 2:10. The Training of the People in Cour age and Faith. Vs. 0-11. Boforo the actual ontranco upon the conquest, which meant life or death, and from which there was no possible return over the swollen river for the cross ing was like Cortez' burning or his ships It was needful once moru to teHt tho people nnd prove to them that God could and would make them successful. (1) G. "They took up tho ark of tho covenant." The symbol of God's pres ence and of his covenant promlso and their covenant of obedience. "Wont, before the people." There was to be a space of 2,000 cubits, or nearly three quarters of a mile, between the ark and the people, so that all could see the sacred symbol of the divine pres ence (Josh. 3:4), which could not be done if the ark was closely surround ed by a crowd (2) 7. "And tlie Lord said unto Joshua, This day will I begin to mug nlnfy thee." Make thee great, put. honor upon tlico, as tho leader and commander of tho people. Hence forth ho would be accepted as tlie true successor of Moses. Henceforth uo doubting, no questioning who should bo the leader, nor whether their leader was worthy of trust. (3) The assurance of faith. The Providential Miracle. V. It! ''The wators . . rose up upon an heap very far from tho city Adam." Tho revisions glvo the correct traus hit ion "In one heap, a great way off, at Adam." Adam was probably at tlie Damieh ford Just abovo tho mouth of tho Jabbok, 17 miles above tho In raelitefl' encampment. Hero nre the remains of an ancient bridge. Hero is a sudden break in the geological form atlon, and tho river flows botweoa two ridges of mountains on either side, or, as Vrot. G. F. Wright Bug gosts, tho elevation of the bed of tho river In this volcanic region, where a landslide or tho fall of a cliff could easily block up tho waters, in which caso the waters would accumulate abovo tho dam, and form a groat lako extending far up tho river, while tho wators below would all flow away Into tho Dead sea, leaving the bed of the rivet comparatively dry