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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-11-07
U.S.ARMY
AT GATES:
OF SEDAN
German Stronghold Burning;
Crossing Of the Meuse by
U. S. Boys One of Most
Gallant Feats.

With the American Army
on the Sedan Front, Nov. 6.
-CBy Associated Press. -
Reports from the center Of
the American line are to the
effect that the town of Mou-
zon is on fire and that part of
Sedan is burning.
The division fighting in the
center captured today %
IT'S, 200 machine guns, Is
trench mortars, 100000
rounds of ammunition and
much other material.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-16

Billy Sunday has no more pa
tience with 'coughers" than the
Tabernacle hospital boasts.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-16

will wreck your purity and man
hood and womanhood.
Are you a married man? You
don't dance, but your wife does.
You may have won her from a ball
room, and you accompany her and
you see her folded in the embrace
of some man that used to be her
lover, and you see her glide over
the smooth floor beneath the lights
and the fantastic music, talking
about something, you don't know
and you stand there and say you
don't see any harm in 1t!
Parents Should Know Danger.
A friend of mine talked to 200
fallen women and here's what he
tabulated in the way of results:
One hundred and sixty-three of
them fell as the result of the dance,
20 of them from drink. 10 Of them
from wilful choice, Z of them attri-
buted it to poverty, and down they
went.
Now. regarding the public DANCE
hear me!-to the public dance can
The Washington herald., 1918-02-16

mean TO study the things that are
lovely, pure and Of good reputation.
Dancing is usually accompanied by
drinking and drinking produces a
great deal OF evil.
Il am told that dancing is q treat
temptation to young men, and don't
want TO do anything TO lead them
astray.
Dancing would unit the mind for
serious reflection and prayer. and 1
will do nothing that will estranEe me
from my God and Savior.
There are plenty OF graceful exer-
cises and amusements which have
none OF the objections which lie
against dancing, and as everything
Christian does should be done unto
the Lord, feel that dancing would
be an insult to God rather than an
honor. and therefore / shall refrain
from dancing"
I can't find ten more common
sense. better scriptural reasons than
those right there.
Don't think OF what you have to give
up; think OF what you can do for God
in your day. Don't think OF what you
have TO give up; be glad, be glad. Like
my friend Nathan Straus said: ''Give
the roof on your head for your coun-
try in these days and hours OF need. 4"
There are multitudes OF things we
can do for our country and God in
serving our generation. until they will
never forget US in the days that are
to come.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-16

be traced the downfall of most
girls. The probation officers around
this country tell me that. there is
where the majority of them start.
And II parents only knew the dan
gers that they are exposing their
daughters to by allowing them to
dance, they'd keep them away from
these dances where they mingle
with older and more experienced
girls whose ways they try to imi-
tate. And there they meet young
fellows and they drink, and they
viii put dope in their drink and
when the girl awakens in the morn
ing she hnds herself possessed of
secrets that no girl ought ever to
know outside OF legal marriage.
Oh, they go away from God, and
yet they think because I stand up
to defend the virtue of the girl from
the subtle influence of the dance
that I am vulgar. Oh, there are a
lot of people. you turn them loose
and they will do anything; when
you stop doing that. then I'll stop
preaching about these things-take
The Washington herald., 1918-02-16
CHAVINGS FROM THE
TRAIL ~ y

lady as she pushed excitedly to
the platform last night and tugged
at Billy's fur coat sleeve. II hit
the trail In Scranton. Pa, five
years ago."
'Of course I do, sister," respond
ed Billy. Glad to see you"
Billy Is a diplomat as well as an
evangelist.
While everybody at the Taber-
nacle Is talking finances these
nights. these figures covering the
Atlanta campaign might be inter
esting: Tabernacle construction
and equipment. $4,000; incidental
current expenses, $4,000: free-will
offering for Mr.. Sunday. $4,000.
These are official figures. The Her
aid received them yesterday from
Walter l.. Candier, treasurer OF
the Atlanta campaign committee.
The expense fund hore is nut ut
$4,000. High cost O. livin' Is blamed
for increase.
IT Sunday is Sunday on Sun
day." asked one of the ushers last
night. rs Sunday also Sunday on
Monday? Monday is Sunday to
Sunday. y'know!"
Charlie Outlaw blew in" from
Baltimore. Charlie is the "Geor-
gia cracker" who brought Billy to
Dixie.
No, Miss Florence whitbeck
hasn't resigned from the Sunday
party organization. Reason she
hasn't been over at the Taber-
nacle lately Is because she's so
tied up with work figuring out
special reservations over at head
quarters. Miss Whitbeck 10 there
when 1t comes to drumming up
Tabernacle reservations.
Billy Sunday has no more pa
tience with 'coughers" than the
Tabernacle hospital boasts.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-16
Billboards Tell Billy That
Shows Are Not Moral
Evangelist Has Not Been Inside Theater
for Thirty-one Years; Raps
Modern Dance Craze.

The evangelist gave no quarter to
card playing. He declared nine-tenths
of the country's gamblers were taught
to play in their own homes; 81 per
cent of them in homes of processing
Christians" In Billy's opinion, card
playing lis one OF society's contribu-
tions to the forces OF hell"
Billy declared he has more respect
for a saloon keeper than for a dancing
master. He initiated a caller" at a
country dance and emphasized he'd
rather be a ehambermaid in a livery
stable" He denounced the Mobile
Buck, the Jelly Woggle, the Tango
Kitchen Sink. Ballin' the Jack, Polar
Bear Glide, Bunnyhug, Cubanola
Glide-"and hell only knows what
else"-as inventions Of the devil
Hugging Set to Music.
He warned parents OF the dangers
OF the ballroom and declared that
more boys and girls go wrong
over the slippery dance floor than
through any other route on earth
He characterized dancing as "a
hugging match set to music and
the dry rot of society" He de-
clared a dancing church member
is not a soul winner" In bathrooms
he declared, privileges are taker
that would not be tolerated in de-
cent society,"" Then he emphasized
that if a husband came home and
found his wife in the arms of a
man the way she was held on the
ballroom floor, he'd be haulded UP
for first degree murder and there
couldn't be got together a jury OF
married men who would convict the
husband"
I'D like to see the color OF the
bucks hair who could hug my
wife," shouted Billy.
If Billy had his way, he said, he'd
enact a law prohibiting a boy OF
girl from dancing until they were
IL years old, "and then I'd keer
them of the ballroom floor until
after they were married"
Tabernacle collections are now
$4,000 short and a drive is on tc
wind them up by next Sunday
night.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-16

In the midst OF a scathing denun-
citation Of the dance in his sermon
on "Amusements" last night, Billy
Sunday declared that 'ff America
would stop dancing and get on. its
knees before Christ, we can put over
the great fight we are making for
humanity"
He emphasized that while he didn't
EXPECT everybody to agree with his
opinions about the wickedness OF the
dance, he would like to see America
stop dancing, at least for the period
OF the war.
For Gods sake" SHOUTED Billy.
"cut It oIt, at least while the war
is on and our brave boys are dying
on land and sea for your country
and for mine"
Billy asked at the close Of his
sermon how many persons would give
him their hand and pledge to give
up dancing during war times. Nearly
301-mostly young women-came down
the sawdust aisles and accepted the
pledge.
Raps Sunday Shows
Billy raped Sunday entertain
ments in the District of Columbia and
asked those who favor their abolish
ment to stand up. Nearly every one
of 1900 persons in the big audience
arose. Billy said he hasn't been in
a theater for thirty-one years. but
that he knew so per cent Of the mod
ern plays are "demoralizing" because,
he said. 81 have seen the billboards
advertising them" One OF his rea-
sons for not attending the theater,
he said, is because ''of the moral ef-
feet such an act would have on
others"
Billy told Of enormous salaries paid
David Warfield. Maude Adams,
Charlie Chaplin. ]. K. Hackett, Bern
hardt and others. and he added,
they're worth 1t, because they're all
in a class by themselves" He de-
clared that a prizehghter will pull
down $4,000 for a four-minute battle,
yet II an evangelist gets a little
money he's a damned CRATER" At
this, Battling Nelson. who sat on the
platform, loudly "ha-hahed."
The Washington herald., 1918-02-16

Preaching today by Billy Sunday
at the Tabernacle at 2 o'clock and
again at 7:so p. m. for everybody.
Because of his intense patriot
ism, Billy Sunday is flooded with
invitations from other cities ask
ing that he address patriotic gath
erings. OF course, he can't accept
them all. But Monday night next
he Is to be the star speaker at q
big mass meeting In New York.
Sixty workers at the Pennsy
freight depot have gone on record
as favoring the "cussless day."
They have pledged DR.. Ward their
intention to keep 3e5 Of 'em every
year.
Billy Sunday has married only
one couple since he was ordained
Presbyterian minister. He's
flooded with requests to perform
wedding ceremonies and baptize
kiddies. But he has tabooed 'em
all.
IF Your Heart Keeps Right,
Brighten the Corner Where You
Are" I'm the Garden" Bring
ing In the Sheaves," Work for
the Night Is Coming and Sail
On"-six popular revival hymns
sung at Tabernacle meetings. And
Wen Be Waiting When You
Come Back Home" Rody's fav-
orite.
There's one thing missing in. the
Tabernacle. That's an 'amen cor
ner." Only seldom do you hear
some good old Methodist brother
let loose his religious enthusiasm.
There are fewer "amens" than 81
bills in the collection pans.
Says Rody: "Tn ask Mrs. Asher
to help me sing In the Garden"
Remember me?" asked an elderly
The Washington herald., 1918-02-16

The citrus industry OF California has
made giant strides forward in the past
year. There were altogether ESQ car
loads OF citrus fruit shipped from the
State, almost entirely from the South.
in the year ending August d This IL
s.SS7 carloads more than were shipped
in 1915 The returns to the growers
show a gain OF ss.sZ 900 In the year.
The total shipments show an increase
OF g per cent over the largest annual
shipments in the history OF the in
dustry.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-16
!" The Guy Who Says I'm CRATER Doesnt
Get Close Enough for Me to Reach Him =

Big Tabernacle Audience Hears Fa-
nous Evangelist Roast Amusements
That Have "a Tendency to Wean
Christians from the Path of Righte-
business to Give Comfort and Loyalty
to the Devil"
The Washington herald., 1918-02-16

races because we want to bet on
them"
When they passed a bill forbid
ding them betting on horse racing
they killed horse racing. 80 they
didn't like the horse racing because
they liked to see the horses run, but
because they wanted to bet on the
races. and when they took away the
gambling feature of racing, they
killed horse racing.
And when you make men and
women quit dancing together you'll
kill dancing. too!
The minute they stop playing
cards for prizes and money you will
kill the card business-that's what
you'll do! All right. you'll see where
it will go.
So you see what 1t is. and you see
my object in talking to you. don't
you? I am not actuated by any
cranky motive or anything OF the
sort. Nobody tries to handle the
matter more reasonably and face
the facts Just as they are as he
goes up and down the land than 1.
A young lady in the West gave me
ten reasons why she didn't dance. !
have never found ten better, IL you
can give me any that are as good or
better. I will be thankful to you.
She said:
Dancing would lead me into crowd
ed bathrooms and late hours which
are Injurious to health and usefulness
Dancing would lead me into close
contact with pernicious company that
would corrupt good morals and man.
ners.
Plenty of Things 20 Do,
Dancing would require me TO per-
nit the freedom of the other sex
which l should be ashamed OF and
which / believe to be wrong.
Ministers and good people In gen.
eral are opposed to dancing, and 1
don't think it is safe to set myself up
in opposition TO them. II there is any
doubt, / want to be on the safe side.
Dancing has a bad name, and I
The Washington herald., 1918-02-16
Haps Critics

Crtainly there is money in tive
wiz admit all that Salaries are big,
all right. and don't begrudge any
actor or actress on the stage one dol
lar OF their salary; don't begrudge
any prizefighter a dollar or a baseball
player one dollar that he can get. II
a fellow can get $1,000 a year, then /
wouldn't play for 5000 II I was q
The Wrangell sentinel., 1918-12-05

In a recent proclamation by Gov. Riggs there appears the following paragraphs to which the Wrangcll school board desires to call the attention of parents:
 There is upon the statute books of Alaska a Compulsory Education Law which requires that all children between the ages of eight and 16 who reside within two miles of any school shall attend this school during the period in which it is in session. It is the duty of school boards, teachers and the officials men, toned ir the law to do their duty regarding its strict enforcement and 1 now call upon them to be- come acquainted with its provi- sions and to perform the duty which is incumbent upon them. |"
The Wrangell sentinel., 1918-12-05
w. T. Lopp, Chief of the Alas

w. T. Lopp, Chief of the Alas ka division of the U. S. Bureau of Education, came in from the West Coast llast Thursday eve ming, leaving here for Juneau Satur,' ay morning. MT. Lopp is making a tour of Southeastern Alaska inspecting the various activities conducted by the Gov ernment for the betterment of the Natives. Earlier in the sea- Mir. Lopp made a trip extending to the westw ard as far as Nome and other Berlnp Sea points. He returned to seattle direct and after a few days in the Seattle office came north again to look over the southeastern field work.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1918-12-05

Paul Wolff leaves on the mail boat tonight for Bayview to do some electrical work. The town of Bayview has been in darkness for the past two or three weeks.
 The Ripley Fish company shipped eight boxes on the Spo- kane and two on the Jefferson.
 Mrs. Fleesor, whose husband is employed by the Standard Oil company, was a passenger for Ketchikan on the City of Seattle.
 Furs made up to order. Call and see samples of lining and fashion plates and latest styles. All work of high grade and guaranteed. John Tanning.
 The Rex photoshow opened Wednesday, night after being closed for a month on account of the epidemic.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1918-12-05
Princess Mary South Tonight

The Princess Mary will sail south this evening. At 10 o'clock this morning the following per sons had made reservations:
 Mrs. P. C. Mccormack and Peter, for Prince Rupert.
 Miss Daisy Mccormack for Kentville, Nova Scotia via Ru- pert.
 Mrs. Barnet for Chicago.
 Harry Horn for San Francisco.
 N. M. Tate, o. J. Finney, Filip F. Johnson, Otto Nicholson. John Lee, Henry Olson, Gus Erlandson, Olaf Robertson, J. Pinksa, Mrs. P. C. McCue, MT. and Mrs. E. O. Swanson, Mr. John Swanson and Miss Anna Swanson. The Swan son party are leaving for St. Paul.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1918-12-05

Ensign w. J. Carruthers of the Salvation Army this week re- ceived a letter from Adjutant H. C. Habkirk, now located at Winnipeg, stating that every member of the Habkirk family had been down with the flu. He states that there were more than 4,0OO cases in Winnipeg. He said there was one instance where the Salvation Army visiting com mittee went into a home and found the entire family, consist ing of father, mother and two children dead.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1918-12-05

J. E. Evans left this week on the City of Seattle for Tacoma, Wash, where he will spend the winter. Mr. Evans was formerly employed as a saw filler hy the Wilson & Sylvester Mill Co. After their mill burned Mr. Evans went to Craig where he has been en- ployed since last May by the Craig Lumber company. Mir. Evans son. Dr. J. Earl Evans. enlisted shortly after leaving Wrangell more than a year ago. and has been at Camp Lewis eyer since.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1918-12-05
DTduTtN, Federal Food Administrator.

Mrs. Louis Paul received word from Fort Seward this morning that her husband who has been seriously i'll with the influenza is recovering. This is good news to Louis many friends in Wran- gell who have felt great anxiety about him. A letter received last week stated that Louis tenn parature registered 105. 4 and re- mained close to that for three days. The Sentinel is especially pleased to learn that Mr. Paul is convalescing. During the past two years he has a number of times worked a few days in the Sentinel office. He put in his last day in Wrangell before leav- ing for the training camp in set ting type on this paper. He came so near being a part of the Sen tinel force that we felt that we were almost entitled to put anoth- CT star in our service flag when he entered the service of his country
The Wrangell sentinel., 1918-12-05

Miss Daisy Mccormack leaves oR.he Princess Mary this evening for uer home in Kentville, Nova Scotia. She will stop over a week in Edmonton to visit her brother in that city. She expects to ar rive home on Christmas eve. Miss Mccormack has spent almost two years with relatives in Wrangell. She leaves many friends here who will always be interested in her welfare and happiness.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1918-12-05

The publisher of the Sentinel this week received a letter from Lars Horgheim stating that the family have moved from Modesto, Calif., to 746 Pacific avenue, Ala meda, Calf. He says Mrs. Hor- gheim is quite ill. The Horgheim family will return to Wrangell in the spring if Mrs. Horgheim's health will permit.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1918-12-05

Dr. c. H. Upton who has been located in Wrangell for the past year, left for the States on the City of Seattle Tuesday evening. The doctor stated that he may be away three or four months. Dr. Upton is a member of Local Board No. 8, and conducted the medical examination of allregistrants who were drafted from Wrangell.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1918-12-05

MT. Corser returned Tuesday on the Princess Mary. He reports that up to the time of the armis- tice that the whole country was
 thrilling with war work. A vaude- vile could not get applause from the audience without some patri- otic exercises. The play and the opera had to be all patriotic in its
 nature or few came. Labor
 unions strove to do their part. Men of wealth and large corpora tions gave in proportion to their
 resources. Churches were all decorated with flags of the Allies
 and made the love of country the
 continuous theme of their ser vices. It was an example of a whole country being, for awhile at least. Christian.
 The Y. M. c. A. was doing a
 most exemplary work. The best way to get up a row with boys in the service was to suggest that the "Y" was no good. Again
 and again did they testify We do not know what the boys in the camps would have done with out the ''Y."
 The peace celebrations were
 thrilling. With shouts, and tears
 of joy the coming of victory was hailed.
 The problems of reconstruction are being taken hold of, and will
 be satisfactorily solved. Mir. Corser was proud to tell of Alaska's work in all the war en terprises, and what Alaska has done has been held up by others
 as an example for other parts of the country.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1918-12-05
Will Develop Copper Property

John T. Towers arrived from Seattle this Week on his beat { ni- luco AIr. Towers came north to develop copper mining property on kuprearof Island at the bead of Duncan canal.
 several years ago operat Nns were begun on this property by the kupreanof Copper Mining com- pany. The management was poor and the company went lnlo the hAi. .ds ot d receiver. A short time ago Mr. Towers bought the prop erty at receiver sale through the United States District court at Juneau
 Mr. Towers expected to reach Mrangell in October and sent two draft horses here during that month. He spent Monday and Tuesday in WranSell getting his outfit ready to leave for the prop erty. He took with him a crew of ten men from Wrangell, among whom were Ed kalkins and Char lie Olson.
 The first work will be the build iEg of d road from the water s edge to the mine. MT. Towers thinks there IS some ore on the island he would like to ship as soon as facll- ities are put in.
 Mir. Towers is by no means a stranger in the north. He has re- sided in Alaska at various times since the early days. He was with the Treadwell people for some time several years ago. During the past seven years he has been con- nected with gold dredging proposl- tious in the Caribou district in British Columbia.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1918-12-05

The Redmen's lodge will give an entertainment and dance on New Years eve. The proceeds will be donated to the Red Cross. This will be the fourth time since war was declared that the Red- men have given the proceeds of an entertainment to the Red Cross.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1918-12-05

School re-opened Monday, after an enforced vacation of over two weeks. with a fair attendance. While the flu epidemic is no doubt over, humps are keeping several children confined to their homes.
 In order to make up some of the time lost so that the work planned for the year will not suffer, the school day will be heightened by 30 minutes for the older pupils. Other schools are following this plan. In Portland, Ore., the day will be heightened by 40 minutes and will begin at S:30. In our neighbor city of ketchikan the day will be made 45 minutes lon- ger for those who need it. Most schools will have no Christmas vacation. The Wrangell school will be given Christmas Day and the remainder of that week but only New Years Day of the fol- lowing week.
 Parents are earnestly requested to send the children to school promptly and regularly and not to keep them home to perform trivial tasks. The only acceptable excuse for failure to attend is sickness.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1918-12-05

A suit was filed in the District Court at Juneau last week by Peter and Ole Knutson under the firm name of Knutson Bros., to recover from the Petersburg Packing company the sum of $3, ,OA. 15, balance claimed to be due for barrels and barrel heads sold to the company between April 22, 1918, and June 29, 1918.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1918-12-05

Dr. William Pallister, a we'll known physician of Juneau who recently entered the service of Uncle Sam, is now at Camp Greenleaf, Georgia, engaged in facial reconstruction. and plastic surgery work. Dr. Pallister is a cousin of Walter Waters of Wran- gell.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1918-12-05
RESTRICTIONS ON SUGAR
 REMOVED

F. E. Bronson. district food administrator, yesterday received the following telegram:
 Juneau. Dec. 1. 1918. Bronson, Wrangell..
 Telegram from Washington this morning rescinds four pound lim- it on sugar for households and pubic eating places, this leaves no restrictions on sale and con- sumption of sugar.
 However, hoarding and profit eering will not be toe ated. Su- gar ration cards and speclal sugar permits, now in use, may be dis continued.
 Bradley.
 Federal Food Administrator.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1918-12-05
New Doctor for Wrangell

Dr. Anna Brown of Petersburg was in Wrangell Sunday. She returned home on the Jefferson. Before leaving, the doctor stated that she had decided to locate here and would occupy the quar- ters that have been used by Dr. Upton.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1918-12-05

Mrs. Wm. Lewis is in receipt of a letter from her son, Freddie F. Lewis, now in training at Camp Lewis, in which he states that he expects to be discharged in the near future.