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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1918-07-11

How quickly old, familiar sounds at
tract our attention! When the bloody
Hun took the Black Sea warships
from the Russians he promised to
keep them out of the war"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-23
Dr. Edmonds Speaks
 on the Price of Peace

It was to the Gross on Calvary and not to the Manager of Bethlehem that Dr. H. M Edmonds of the Inde- pendent Presbyterian church directed the attention of his congregation at the temple yesterday morning.
 Speaking from the text. "The Chas- tisement of Our Peace Was Upon Him, Dr. Edmonds dwelt upon the world peace, which was bought at such a fearful price, and which makes this Christmas the most joyous in years "We think of the, Christmas as oi glad tidings Peace on earth and good Will toward men, but if we will go a littlef arther into the life of Him whose birth we celebrate, we come to later and darker passages, until we come to the cross, whither he was de- livered, because he insisted upon de- livering the message that he was sent to deliver, regardless of opposition suffering and death.
 Our peace today is the direct out come of the sacrifice of Calvary; the same law operates now as then, it is not new things which we see; the age-old law of suffering. sacrifice, serv- ice and salvation are recurring every day. This world peace was dearly bought, tremendous price was paid for rewhat we now enjoy.
 The appalling figures in point of men and money that this war has cost, and added to that is the desolation and heartbreaks, the cost of universal peace looms large indeed. The price of peace has been exacted not only or
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-23
VON H|NDENBURG
 SMELLS WITH PRIDE 1. OVER PAST EVENTS
Issues Proclamation as He Sees His Country Dismem- bered and Disrupted by
 Her Enemies
By Associated Press

Amsterdam, December 22.-A remark
 able proclamation has been issued by
 Field Marshal Won Hindenburg from German main headquarters at Wilhelm shohe. dated "Christmas, 1918" The Cassel Allgemeine Zeitung pub fishes the proclamation; which refers to the mighty achievements in war of the German nation in arms, trained to warfare, which did not collapse before a world of enemies"
 The proclamation declares: Tt drew this capacity from the holy fire of pa triotism, will to victory and a spirit of loyalty"
 "The German army" it continues,
 "has vanished, dissolved. disbanded, al
 though until the last it was feared and respected by it's enemies. To the off cers, high and low, as trainers and lead CTS of the national army, is undeniably due great share of the glory, and it is petty revenge to deprive them or their insignia and arms and declare
 them incapable of exercising command. "The utter destruction of the nation Ial strength of the German people is
 the intention of those destructive, dis Irupted spirits, who are working to inn pede the reorganization of the empire on sound political and economic basis"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-23
Dr. Scott at South
 Highlands Presbyterian

The Rev. W. Moore Scott of Savannah, Ga. preached two very able sermons at
 the South Highlands Presbyterian church yesterday, his subject at the morning services being The Loom of Providence"
 With Ruth, 1:20, as his text he spoke
 of the troubles and calamities that had come to the world in recent years and suggested that in permitting this suffering God was working out His ways for the salvation of His people. With the life of Naomi as an ex-
 ample, as related in the first chapter of Ruth, he stated that all. things work together to accomplish the pur- pose of God Naomi he said, returning from the land of Moa bites, where she had lost husband and two sons, her all, complained that God had turned against her, yet 500 years later Christ sprang from the race of Ruth, her faith full follower.
 In this crucial period of the world he said, is seen the hand of God, the loom of Providence, working for the good of the world.
 At the evening services his subject was The Greatest Need of the World"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-23
Four Essentials in
 Christmas Preparations

Rev A. D. Rudolph, preaching on The Four Essentials in \ Preparation for Christmas" at the First Cumberland Presbyterian church yesterday morning said in part:
 An armor is protection from hurtful things and must needs be able to resist the attacking power We eagerly pre- pare the body to the very best of our knowledge against hurtful thing, but do we not forget the real motor of life and leave it unprotected. We need not lessen the importance of protecting the body but we do need to increase the importance of protecting the inner man. Love Is the arnor of light that pro- tects every life that possesses it. When we are endued with this armor we are more than conqueror. Without this armor of light selfishness will destroy the real joy of Christmas. God is love-
 "We need to possess the sword of the spirit Our boys have engaged in the worlds war and we shall long look with pride upon the soldiers who have so gallantly fought with the sword of steel but did the sword of steel con quer the greatest organized power Christian civilization has ever known. We laud the work of the machine guns, etc, but what about the spirit behind
 
 steel but forget not the more. irn- portant thing. the sword of the spirit. The word of God is the sword of the spirit. To us it is composed of the Old and New Testaments Thy word is lamp unto my feet. and a light unto my path
 WE ARE CUSTODIANS
 we need to be aware that we are the custodians of the mysteries of God. TT, l1 nf ,,1of n~io is commendable position for any per son to hold; but does it not also bring responsibilities and enlarge one's op- portunities? We must not discourage the ambition to possess some of the goods of this world. Every man must say to himself: T am not merely a man. but am a man with a divine mis- sion and I am going to find it.
 "It is a great thing to read Paul s appeal to the Corinthians, to recognize their privilege; it Is greater to realize our privileges today and to know that we may be masters of the divine mys- teries of God. What would the world be if everybody was like me? He that judgeth me is the Lord
 We need to rejoice evermore in a satisfying peace. Sometimes we be- come so anxious and restless because we cannot hear rom a loved one; but our anxious. restless soul can be con- fined away from it's loving Father and we claim to be happy. Our efforts alone will never bring to us satisfying peace. Contentment issues from effort plus divine assistance. Peace will come of the care-free life that is guided by conscious reliance on God. The proph- cts, apostles and all Christians peace of mind is composed of two factors opportunity to work at different tasks, consciousness that each is a part of a plan of God. We are laborers together and all"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-23

the battlefield, but men and women have paid in various ways, someone always has to pay.
 "One of the most heroic. touching sacrifices, it seems to me-" said Dr.
 Edmonds, twas that of the English women who went into intuition works
 knowing that their skin would turn! yellow and they would lose their hail .
 They couldn't fight, but they coul1
 take the fighters place at home and they did To woman, the sacrifice of her beauty is almost greater than siv- ing up her life, but they cheerfully sacrificed it for their country. The homes broken, the boys who will not come back, is part of the price paid. What is your duty and mine today in the face of these tremendous facts: Can we go as before, untouched? No. let us have higher idealism, and find voice in service, consecration to coun- try, church, home and the institutions that stand for humanity's betterment Titus shall the Christ be reborn in the hearts of men and women and they shall really live"
 The temple was artistically decorated in palms, vines and painsettia blooms and the music was especially attractive
 The Lyric service consisted of music by the choir and the Christmas carols sung by the congregation, the wol ds OF the old familiar carol being thrown on the screen.
 At the conclusion of the service au- Itomobiles carried several hundred peo- pie to the jail, the Mercy Home and the anti-tubercnlosis camp on Red Mountain, where the sweet old-time airs of the yuletide on the still night air carried the cheer and spirit of Christ mas to. the sick and unfortunate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-23
DRAMA LEAGUE TO GIVE RECEPTION TO
 FREDERICK WARDE

The Birmingham Drama league will assemble this afternoon at 3:3o in the Tutwier ballroom and tender Frederick Warde and the other members of the "Out There cast a reception. It is ex- pected that every .one of the league mem bership will be present.
 Thomas Ross, one of the promoters oi the Drama league, Will preside and the meeting will be turned over to Mir. Ross MT Warde. Mary Shaw and others of .he company to do with as they like.
 Many extra seats are to be provided on the main floor of the ballroom ano also in tho balcony, A very brilliant pro gramme is assured New members and renewals will be received.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-23
TWO MEN CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTING
 TO COMMIT ARSON

Onefis Paladina and o. Schillas, pro prietors of a grocery store at 40 Twenty fourth street, were arrested early yester day morning by Detectives Jones and Long and lodged in the city jail charged with attempt to commit arson A fire was discovered at the store early Sunday morning.
 An alarm was received at the fire de partment, which made quick response After the fire was extinguished officers entered the store and found a portion of the floor wet with gasoline, large amount. of absorbent cotton, which had been saturated in gasoline, lying on the floor and three empty cans that smelled of gasoline A few hours later the men returned to the store, where they were apprehended by the officers
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-23
TRANSPORT BRINGS MANY WOUNDED Out of 1400 Men 905 of Them Are Now HI or
 Wounded
By Associated Press

Newport News, December 22.
 Bringing, about 14O0 men, 90o of
 whom are Ill or wounded, the trans
 port Zeelandia arrived here from
 Hrance tonight. The transport
 Honolulu also reached port tonight
 but her passenger list vvns small,
 consisting of only 92 civilians and
 two enlisted men. Among the pas
 sengers on the Zeelandia was Mai.
 Gen Harry K. Hodges, who com
 manded the Seventy-sixth division
 in France, and his stan.
 The units of the Zeelangia are near ly all a part of the Forty-third coast artillery corps regiment, which is com posed chiefly of men from New York city. The remainder of the unwound- ed troops are casual company 106, con sisting of two officers and 145 men and 10 casuals unattached.
 The Forty-third left New York in August, 1917. and during it's long stay in France engaged in some of the i'm portant battles of the war.
 Conspicuous among these was St Hilien, the Argonne, and the Mouse rlVer Capt. Alexander k. ones, reg1- mental adjutant, said the casualties in this regiment were comparatively light as French heavy guns, known as 19 Gs were used and the regiment generally was well behind the advancing infan- try.
 None of those aboard either the Zee Iandia or Honolulu will land until to- m orrow morning. except some of the officers. The unwounded will go to Camp Hill and the wounded to the Camp Stuart debarkation hospital
 Major General Hodges will leave to- for Cambridge, Mass, to spend Christmas with his family. He is the second Major General Hodges to land here in as many days, Mai Gen. Henry c. Hodges of the Thirty eighth division +lao Ma.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-23
Aircraft for Casting Bombs and Submarines
 Must Go, Says Sharpe

Lemans, France, December 22-Speak- ing here today at the Wright-LaFayett ceremonies, when the foundation stone of the Wilbur Wright monument was laid William G. Sharp, the American ambassador to France, deplored the wicked uses to which aviation has been perverted by the enemy, whose sole pur- pose seems to have been to destroy and kill The ambassador continued:
 The very horrors of it's abuses will compel the civilized nations hereafter to abandon forever the employment of air craft for the casting of bombs. As it is d barbarous method of murdering inno- cents and is lacking in military value it should be outlawed by the league of nations. The submarne-that other evil genius of modern warfare and even more should similarly be banished.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-23
Celebration Of Christmas -Anniversary or Christ's Birth-Fumishes Topic For
 Sermons in Local Churches Of the City
Dr. billiard Breaches on
 Best Christmas Gift

Dr. James E. billiard, pastor of South side Baptist church preached yesterday morning on "The Best Christmas Gift. His text was: Thanks Be Unto God for His Unspeakable Gift" A synopsis of his sermon follows:
 Christmas Is our red-letter day. once year we all get in a good humor we express our love for each other, our sympathy for the poor, and our gratltude to God by making gifts We always knew it is blessed to receive; but at Christ mas time we learn that 1t is more blessed to give. Christmas is happy time TOT everybody-at least it ought to belt is our red-letter day.
 All the best things of life are glfts We may buy remedies and nostrums but health Is gift. We may hire cooks and housekeepers. but faithful 1rlend' a congenial companion and mother love are gifts of God. We may buy prints and chromos, but the beauty of the nils the glory of the sunrise and the star bedecked heavens are the gift Of Goo. The music of the trees, the song or the birds and the fragrance of the flowers are gifts. No amount of money can pur- chase peace of mind, forgiveness of sins or a home in heaven. All the best things in life are given.
 BEST GIFT, JESUS CHRIST
 "The best gift of God is Jesus Chrlst This is the supreme Christmas gift. He so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son. Some gifts are precious because they have intrinsic value, some because they represent great love ana sacrifice, some because they are partl- cularly adapted to our needs and some because they bring other gifts in tnelr train. In every way Christ possesses these characteristics. God gives us many gifts every day, but the best gift Goo ever gave is Jesus Christ.
 Jesus Christ is the unspeakable g11t. No words are adequate to express, no standards are able to measure the ln- finite worth of Jesus to soul. Ihe poet has tried and exclaims in despair
 oh, for a thousand tongues to sing
 My Great Redeemer's praise;
 The glory of my God and King,
 The triumphs of his grace.
 The artist has tried to express the un- speakab1e glory of Christ and 10000 pie lures declare his inability to portray that glory which is inexpressible. The mus1- clans have tried, but a choir of angels would be required to rightly sing the Halleluiah chorus The saint has tried and exclaimed:
 T cannot tell how precious
 The Savior is to me;
 I only can entreat you
 To come, and taste, and see.
 Alas, for the tragedy of the blinded eye that cannot see the glory and the tragedy of the closed hand that cannot receive the gift
 Thanks be unto God for his un- speakable gift
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-23
General Kent Dies

Troy, N. Y, December 22.-Maj.-Gen. J. Ford Kent. Us S. A. (retired), died at his home in this city this afternoon after brief illness. The funeral will be held Thursday with burial at West Point
 General Kent was second lieutenant ct the outbreak of the Civil war. He was made major in 1863 for gallant and meritorious service in the battle of Spott- |sylvania." and colonel in 1884 for similar services during the campaign before Richmond. He served throughout the Spanish American war and reached the rank of major general in October. 1893.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-23
SELFISH SPIRIT IT

Walk the streets Christmas Eve night. and Christmas day and night and then ask yourself if this is the way to celebrate Christmas, the intel ligent way to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ? Watch their debaucherv and then wonder what we are cele- brating. Why we are cultivating that selfish spirit of taking care of our selves we think-having a good time. Was that Jesus spirit of celebration? !?
 Are worldly and questionable amusements the way of showing the world the real essential and valuable things we want to give to the world 1? The atonement--the blood of Christ should be the great feature of our celebration.
 There are many mothers who are on the anxious seat today--wonder- ing If their sons will pull through Christmas sober--they are affaid that they won't make itz-for they nearly always stay sober until Christmas. then they break over. There are 1Oo,- GOO sons and husbands in America to- day who will be drunk Christmas. who have not been drunk for the en- tire year. What you see about the express offices being full of liquor is just fair sample of what will go on all over the country on Christmas. CHRISTIANITY AND HAPPINESS
 'ls it sad to be Christian on Christ mas? Why, the birds never sang so sweetly, the flowers never bloomed so pretty nor the sun shone so brightly as when you are doing good for others. We have just had the greatest world s war in the history of the world, but while they are ready to listen, they are going to wait until after the celebration of the birth of the Prince of Peace before they. assemble at the peace table.
 Do you thing that this is accidental? I believe that 1t is God in 1t all-for as President Wilson talks to all the for eign rulers and diplomats. and men who will sit at the peace table, the kinks are being gradually smoothed out and 1 think it is on account of his being a representative of this great nation-not the man-it is what he represents.
 "Who was 1t that ever did anything for the Savior? Just one woman, and she was criticised for it by the money mong- CTS. Unselfish lives are the happy ones. Make someone happy and it all comes back to you and you wonder where all of your happiness comes from. Bring this happiness back on Christmas-not the Yuletide, but our Christmas"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-23
WATCHMAN KNOCKED 7 DOWN AND ROBBED
Trio of Negroes Attack Night Watch
 man at Southside Plant

s. N. Obar, night watchman for the Cruise & Crawford Automobile Man ufacturing company, Twenty-second street, south, was knocked in the head and robbed of S55 his pistol, watch and chain Saturday night by three negroes, who made their escape. He was seriously injured He identified Willie Bush, q, negro who was arrested last night by Detectives Richardson,A Burge and Pitt man, as one of the negroes who attacked him. The negro had the watchman's s gun in his possession at the time of his arrest. MT Obar was making his rounds Saturday night when the negroes darted from behind an automobile within the plant, grabbing him from behind, one of the negroes dealing him heavy blow on the head. He recognized the negro arrested last night as the one that struck him
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-23
IDr. Simpson at First
 Christian Church

1 pr. Robert N. Simpson, pastor of the l First Christian church, used as text for ] his Christmas sermon the statement con- corning the Magi: land when they saw
 the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy"
 | He said in part: About the biggest l thing you can put in a lost-and-found column is a star; and the Christmas story with so many fascinating details is also the story of some men who. lost
 star and found < it again. One night they saw at the rim of the heavens
 where the white sand of the desert and the blue sky met, star of wonderful brilliance and magnitude. Night after night they studied it's movements and then they could not find it. It had slipped
 past the horizon line like an unyoked
 meteor that would have no fixed boun- daries. By way of Jerusalem they came to Bethlehem. Candles lighted the win dows of village homes and a house of many candles proclaimed itself the vil- lage inn. Star after star had come through the blue until the sky was full, but there was no sign of the star they
 had lost. Would their quest be in vain? A light appeared like the glow of a forest fire or distant hill crest town in flames.
 CRADLE OF REDEEMER
 1.-The Magi had found the star and the cradle of the Redeemer. There are stars men find and lose. few years ago the star of universal peace gleamed in the
 Armament of the nations. The world was without a war zone in all of it's inhabited area It's armies were the scat tered garrisons of seemingly unendan-
 gered forts; it's navies the idle patrols of pea aceful waters. Then the star of peace disappeared and we have waited for it's reappearing. Will it stay in our skies? Peace cannot be a permanent fn- ternational asset, unless there is con- stant approach toward Christ ideals in international conduct Approaching the cradle of Christ the wise men found the star they had lost. Approaching the principles of Christ, the nations will find the star of peace that was lost. Let all of the rulers of the
 earth seek the presence of Christ as wise men to worship, and not as Herod s jealous of power, and this star will not be meteoric, but fixed light in the in ternational Armament. But whether it shines for a decade of a quarter cen tury or a hundred years, let~us rejoice with great joy that we have found it again.
 Think what it's gleams mean to the children of Belgium and that Armenia that has bled for the Christian faith.
 Think what it's glams mean to every
 American home where a service star in
 the window catches on it's five bright
 points the light of this star of peace The flight from this radiant new-found star
 robs wars ruins of much of their
 gEastliness as men take heart to build
 and plant and till once more.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-23
PERSONAL

Col. John J. Boniface of the cavalry Lranch of the regular army. is at the Tutwiler as the guest of Frederick Warde. He is stationed at Camp rlke Ark, where he has been in charge of the officers training school
 Charles S. Williams. who has been ill with pneumonia at the Norwood in firmary. is much improved and will leave for his home today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-23
Finland to Get Food

Washington, December 22.--Steady progress in the establishment of a popular government in Finland on a comparatively stable basis free from German control has resulted in a de- cision by the United States and the allies to furnish that country immedi- ately with foodstuffs for civilian re- lief
 In making this announcement today, the war trade board said that the mo- ,ment Russia succeeds in achieving the 'same degree of social and political equilibrium as Finland she will be throwing open for her own benefit a door by which food and many other necessities of life may enter freely from the outside world"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-23
Local Data
Food for Sweden

Washington, December '22.-To relieve what is described as an acute shortage of food in Sweden. ships carrying 14.766,- 800 pounds of foodstuffs are en route to that country from the United States. The war trade board announced today that they should arrive before Christmas day.
 The shipments include 6732,000 pounds of coffee, 2,032,00 pounds of cocoa beans 100000 pounds of dried fruit, 1000, 0Ou pounds of condensed milk and s,OO0,OoO ponds of pork.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-23
THE WEATHER
Weather Forecast

Washington, December 22-The forecast follows:
 Alabama: Fair and colder Monday; Tuesday, probably rain.
 Georgia: Fair and colder Monday; Tuesday increasing cloudiness, colder in east.
 Florida: Fair and colder in central and north local rains in. south Monday Tuesday fair except rain in northwest.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-23
Masaryk Enters Prague

Paris. Saturday. December 21.--( (da- vas.)-Prof. Thomas c. Masaryk, the President of the newly formed repub- lie of Czecho-Slovak. has made his solemn entry into Prague, according to advices received here today from that city.