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The Washington herald., 1918-01-18
DOCTOR AGAIN
BENCHES BILLY
In AFTERNOON
Sunday Prob ably Will
Preach in Evening Only
Until Sabbath Service.

The doctor 'penched" Baly Sunday
again yesterday afternoon. And he'll
going TO keep the noted evangelist on
the sidelines. probably. until Sunday
afternoon. but Billy expects 10 preach
every evening. Chances are. however.
that he won't be allowed on the taber-
nacle ''neid" this afternoon or tomor-
row ssfternoon.
suffering much from q severe colo
contracted out at Camp Meigs, and
DR.. Charles W. Richardson. who h
attending him. has advised that the
evangelist rest up for a few after.
moons so that he may 20 TO bat each
night in the eigth weeks series
against the devil that's now winding
up its second week.
DR.. Isaac Ward pinch hitted"
again for Mr.. Sunday yesterday aft
ernoon. II was his second time at bat
and DR.. Ward bounced 'em over the
fence for a homer.
Puts IL Up TO Crowd.
Rody put It directly Up TO the audi
ence as to whether the evangelist
should try to get over TO the tabef-
nacle afternoon meetings for a few
days or whether he should rest up al
home in preparation for his evening
sermons II was the unanimous YER
dict that Billy should remain at
home each afternoon until the end OF.
the week. And it's likely the evan-'
gelist will abide by this decision.
The evsngelist's throat worries him.
He suffers much pain. Billy is an
noyed at the thought that possibly he
may have to quite preaching for a
while until he gets back into form.
But the doctor says he won't anu
that all he needs just now is a little
rest
That which we have seen and heard
declare we unto you" He emphasized
that Christianity is the biggest thing
in the world He denied that Il has
failed, since. he said. it's never been
fully tested. The claims Of Christian
| ity. he pointed out. have never been
/ applied. therefore, the world doesn't
know its worth
We have our wireless telegrsphy
and our freless cookers" said DR..
Ward. and now they want TO give
US a bloodless Atonement'
Belief In washington
Because there's nobody alive who
actually saw Christ, argued Or.
Ward. Is no reason for the charge
| that He n$ver existed on earth. He
pointed out that no one slive today
ever saw Washington. and that they
know Of htm and his works from
records left by those VINO did see him.
Then why should we question the
records in the Bible. handed down by'
St John. who actually saw and tslk-
cd with Christ?''
The Washington herald., 1918-01-18
Pulpit Shots at Backsliders.

The Army of God is drafted
God has
in the sight Of God is that which prompted by
The Washington herald., 1918-01-18
God La Not Unreasonable.

tributes of God is reason. think
He is never unreasonable. God only
asks His rights. God only asks
you to do what makes you better
il you do and what hurts you IL YOU
don't do.
believe no law was ever made
for us that we would not have
made ourselves, il we had known
the truth as God knows it. God
doesn't ask you TO do anything tina,
you would not demand yourself tc
90 II you knew everything as God
knows II. God never asks us to dc
anything that you were not better
OF by doing.
God never asks humanity to dc
anything that is not for the good
of il.
Oh. 1 will admit all these things
then / am through. God will ask
some things that are hard things
l will admit that. but never un-
reasonable.
1t was a hard thing when God
said to Abraham, You 20 out with
your son, Isaac" and he took him
upon the mountain as a sacrifice;
but God had reason. Abraham un-
derstands tonight and he is salts.
fed.
1t was a bard thing that God ask
ed OF Joseph. 60 be torn out of the
arms OF his father and mother, sold
to the Ishmaelites, then to have that
miserable lcentious woman trying to
put one over on him: seduce him
froms virtue and truth. When he
stood in the midst of the fires OF
temptations, he looked her square in
the eye and said. How can I do this
great evil and sin against God?"
And God used Joseph TO preserve
the posterity OF the Jewish nation,
although he had to lie In prison for
The Washington herald., 1918-01-18

See the motive that action child will
its best II II kept half IL will be licked
doesn't We aren't commanded. entreated.
The Washington herald., 1918-01-18
Heart Isn't Hunk Of Stone You'll Be Glad for Gods rcies
sinners Are Rebels.

cratic America. where one man is
as much as another.
The Washington herald., 1918-01-18
Give Your Hands to God.

II God had full control of our hands,
how many things you would let hold
OF that you are holding on now with
a death-like grip. What have you in
your hand that God wants you to
drop?
There are things In our possession
that we must let go OF or they will
drag us to Hell. How many dollars
have you raked In that belonged to
somebody else? Oh! give your hands
to God and see how quickly He will
pray open vour fingers
Some people are working so hard
with the muck rake they are going
to lose the crown that God has
stretched above their head.
a friend of mine started to learn
The Washington herald., 1918-01-18
No Barsain-counter Religion.

I tell you pure religion will do
more for the world when God has
something more than nickels and
pennies to work with. Some people
have a sort of skim-milk religion.
There Is no such thing as q bargain
counter proposition with God Al
mighty.
II 1t does not cost you much IL Is
worth more than 1t costs you and II
you get Il and lie down. and take q
The Washington herald., 1918-01-18

And don't utter bitter words. Vol.
taire said, of Frederick the Great, HE
caresses me with one hand and tears
my flesh with the other"
And Samuel Johnson, the English
philosopher. was seated at the table
with his wife and she looked into the
face of her husband as he was about
10 ask a blessing on the food, and
she said to him. Samuel. don't &C
through the mockery of thanking Goo
for the bounties which we have when
m less than two minutes you will
be condemniug the food on the table. y
So what the world needs is little
cheer. The world needs a song. Down
in old Kentucky they are building
monument to the memory of Stephen
Foster. who wrote The swanet
kiver." ''old Black Joe" and my
Old Kentucky Home"
The Monticellonian., 1918-05-10
POPE WILL ISSUE
new PEACE OFFER
TERMS TO BE ANNOUNCED TO
WORLD MAY 19-WiLl PRO-
POSE MEDIATION.

The Hague.-Pepe Benedict intends
to issue new peace offer on Whit
sunday (May 49,, Cologne newspapers
announce. The document, ii is said
will be of more pressing nature than
formerly and will contain concrete of
fers of mediation by the pope. with
the possible cooperation of neutral
sovereigns.
Similar information of the pope's
intention, it is said, has reached Der
lin, where it has bean received SYM
pathetically.
This is not the first report emanat-
ing from Germany recently that the
pope is about to make another peace
move. The Neueste Nachrichten of
Munich, Bavaria. according to Lon
don dispatch of April %, said that the
pope would make peace offer as
soon as the western offensive had as
sumed a new phase. The Bavarian
newspaper declared the move would
take the form of "a word of warning
addressed TO the universal con-
science"
A dispatch from Stockholm report
ed that a message from Basel an
nounced that Emperor Charles of
Austria was making new peace of
fer, appealing to Italy to consider it
in her own interest.
That peace offensive" would be
made by the central powers in the
even the German offensive on the
west appeared abortive mas been pre-
dicted frequently in all capitals. This
may be the beginning.
Pope Benedict's peace proposals
last August were preceded by reports
through neutral countries that he
was about to take such action. The
pope proposed the restoration of ter
ritory captured by the central pow.
ers; peaceful settlement of the Alsace-
Lorraine, Trentino and Polish ques-
tons; reduction of all ornaments,
and freedom of the seas. President
Wilson, in replying for the American
and entente governments, refused the
proposals. The reply of the central
powers, made some days after that of
President Wilson, expressed hope
that the pope's efforts would result
in cessation of hostilities.
The Monticellonian., 1918-05-10
PERSONAL.

". s. Hart, movie bad man." is en-
gagged to marry Miss Margaret Grams,
daughter of Butte. Mont, million
aire.
Henry Ford is being industriously
groomed by certain Republicans to
make the race for senator from Mich
igan, and if successful, run for Presi-
dent in 1920
Anna Held, the patriotic French
actress, i'll in New York, is in such
condition that her life is dispaired of.
Theodore Roosevelt is out in an ap-
peal to congress to declare war on the
unspeakable Turk
Gavril Prinzip. the assassin who
caused the great war, is dead of tuber-
eulosis in fortress prison near
Prague. Austria.
Horace A. Emery. a Memphis boy.
has been awarded the Victoria Cross
by King George of England.
Samuel Gompers. mead of the Amer
lean Federation of Labor, made a STIR
ring address before the Canadian par
lament. urging further was efforts.
The Monticellonian., 1918-05-10
SPECIAL RESOLUTION.
Adopted BY State Council of Defense
at its Meeting Monday, April 20.

Whereas, It is imperative and vital
to the school work of the state that
the needs of the schools be kept be
fore the people of the state to the
end that the schools be kept up to
the highest standards of efficiency
and,
Whereas, The Government has con
sistently urged that the schools be
maintained in these stirring war times
to a maximum of efficiency of work
and,
Whereas, The Government has had
frequent occasions to use the schools
in carrying on many of its war acti-
vities, and.
Whereas, The President and cabi
net members have at different times
urged that the needs of the schools
be well looked after at this time,
therefore,
Be 1t Resolved, That the State
Council of Defense heartily approves
and endorses the idea and plan CT
keeping before the people of the state
the needs of the schools and the i'm
portance of maintaining them at their
usual standards of efficiency.
The Monticellonian., 1918-05-10
GRIM lNAL,

1t is said Carl Muck, leader of the
Boston Symphony orchestra, lately in
termed, received RADIO messages at
his house up to the day of his in
ternment.
Three separate mobs at San Jose,
Cal. took out three separate men,
and tarred and feathered them
Two boys, Il and 10. confessed they
wrecked the Continental Flyer at a
point near Fargo, N. D., in order to
see the accident.
Mrs. W. A. Blackwell Of Sullivan,
Mo, deranged, beat her husband to
death as he slept.
Carl Rodiger. said to be the paymas-
ter of the German spies in this coun-
try, is in jail in New York in default
Of $500 bail.
The Monticellonian., 1918-05-10
DOM ESTIC

Senator Hitchcock says the public
is being duped by the air board in that
the Liberty Motor is not what it is
supposed.
A promoter in North Dakota has a
plan to buy whole flock of tractors
in order to facilitate food produc-
ton.
The census bureau gives out series
of figures showing that church MEM
bership has grown from $4,000 600 to
100000 in the last ten years.
Health conditions at all army camps
are better than at any previous time,
deaths being only PSI. as against 27S
for the week previocs, and an average
of 266.
Speeding up shipments of men to
Europe has developed a need for many
more men in the navy.
President Wilson has bought IL reg
istered Shropshire sheep to Craze on
the neglected lawn at the White
Xenophon z. Whitley, As. was ap-
pointed by Gov. Gardner of Missouri
TO succeed W. j. Stone az senator from
Missouri
A cold wave along the Atlantic coast
has injured the crops as far south as
the Virginia capes.
Carlos de Pena, minister from Uru-
quay to the United States, died in a
Washington hospital.
Secretary McAdoo has organized the
war finance board. with a capital OF
S6O0.00O.000, and appointed four promi-
nent financiers as directors.
Five million people in Texas have
pledged themselves 10 aid the food
conservauonists by cutting down on
wheat consumption.
The Monticellonian., 1918-05-10

New York-Having met with re-
verse in their operations on the north
ern side of the Flanders salient where
the French and British have stood
shoulder to shoulder in defense of
Ypres and the high ground which
forms a bulWark in front of the chan
mel ports, the Germans have, as indi-
Gated by the most recent reports,
turned to the southern side of the
angle in the allied lines in northern
France.
Articles appearing in the German
| newspapers seem to indicate efforts to
prepare the German people for an an
nouncement that there will be no i'm
| mediate attempt 10 take Ypres. EX-
perts writing inspired reviews of the
situation say that nothing would be
gained by the capture of the ruined
city. This may mean that the Ger
mans will turn their attention to some
other part of the front for new eff
fort and the bombardment of the lines
near Merville and further east may
be the first step in an attempt either
TO bore straight through the allied ar
mics or cut through toward the south
and force a British retirement from
the Arras-Lens salient. So far as
known no infantry fighting has &C.
Cured in this sector in the last day
While waiting for the Germans to
make the next move the allies have
not been idle. All Along the line
their patrols have been active and at
lanyard and Villers-Bretonneux be-
fore Amiens they have taken tactical
positions from the Teutons. One of
these positions was Hill 50 north Of
Castel, height which afforded good
observation of the allied eommunica-
ting lines.
The military authority of General
Foch as a result of the Italian adj
hesion has been extended to all of the
western fronts and the general now
becomes commander-in-ehiefo of all the
allied armies in the west, says Mar
eel Hutin in the Echo de Paris.
NJ Hutin saw Premier Clemenceau
on his return from the meeting of
the Supreme War Council at Able
vile. The premier without going in
to details, expressed satisfaction with
the results of the conference.
And the situation at the 'front.'"
asked the writer.
General Foch is very optimistic;
that's all l can tell you" was the
premier's reply.
The Monticellonian., 1918-05-10
WAR BREVITtEs.

Total casualties to the American
forces in France had reached 4,691 on
May 3.
The missing collier, Cyclops, lately
given up, was probably sunk by
bomb in her bunkers, placed there by
German sympathizers.
A Chinese officer. lately landed at
New York. says 100000 of the flower
of the Chinese army is TO be sent to
France in June
The kaiser has made a boast that he
will yet bomb New York with deadly
gas.
London-Brttish casualty lists pub
lished during April showed 1858 Of
fieers killed 4.S4l wounded and 2,459
missing; 8,168 men killed, 35,304
wounded and S14 missing.
Three members of the crew of the
American vessel Chineha were killed
when the ship was attacked by a sub
marine on March 81.
The Germans, using the uniforms OF
slain French soldiers, attempted raid
on the trenches in the guise of friends,
but were detected and driven off.
Ernest Swatkins, So. a British sub
jeet, of Meriden. Conn, has deserted
his wife and five children and gone
to the war
The Monticellonian., 1918-05-10
FOREIGN.

A statistician in England has fig.
ured out that Germany has lost 90O.-
600 men in this war.
1t is reported from Rome that the
pope is preparing another peace pro-
gram for submission to all belligerents.
1t is said the German hold upon Al
sace-Lorraine shows signs of becoming
weaker.
King George and Queen Mary enter
tanned loo American aYiators at tea at
Windsor Castle.
A call is out from the British that
the U. S. must I'll the gaps made in
the ranks by the recent battles.
Two British destroyers defeated
seven similar Austrian vessels in a
recent engagement in the Adriatic.
An extraordinary crisis has deyeL
opeo in Austria. Thousands of the ma.
tiyes are asking the emperor's resig.
nation because OF his peace letter To
Prince Sixtus.
Germany's expected peace offensive
against the allied morale is said to
have begun.
English women are coming to the
front and asking proportionate rep,
resentauon in the British parliament
The Monticellonian., 1918-05-10
AUSTRIAN BLOW At
ITALY IS INDICATED
BIG TROOP MOVEMENTS IN TYR
OIL AND TRENTlNO is
REPORTED.
EMPEROR CHARLES AT FRONT
Decision To Launch An Offensive il
Italy Was Doubtless Forced BY Po-
Iticai and Economic Conditions
Prevailing in Austria.

New York.-Over the battle lines
along the Piaye river and in the
mountainous region in northern Italy,
where the allied forces have been
holding their positions since last No
vember, after the great Italian re-
creased tension and the long threat
ened blow at this front may be launch
ed by the Teutonic allies within few
days. For many weeks the Italian
War Office has been aware that Aus
TRANS have been assembling the 1e-
gions withdrawn from the Russian
and Rumanian fronts for a drive at
the Italian armies, and it is believed
that it will not be long before the cen
trail powers will make another attempt
to reach the plains of Ventia, break
through the allies lines and seek 10
bring about a decisive combat in that
theater of the war.
Emperor Charles of Austria. accom-.
panied by his chief of staff and high
German and Austrian army officers
is reported on his way to the Italian
front, and the great movement OF
troops in Tyrol and Trentino would
seem to indicate that vast bodies OF
men are being taken from other
fronts to be hurled at the Italian posi-
tons.
The blow, it is generally believed
will fall somewhere in the mountain
Gus sections of the front, probably in
the La Garino and Astico valleys
These sectors face the north, and il
broken would permit the foe to pene.
trate into the lower foothills of the
mountains, or even reach the plains
If this should occur the armies along
the Piaye river would be compelled 10
fall back, probably as far as the
Adige river. This would entail the loss
of Venice and vast expanse of coun.
try to the enemy.
The decision to launch an offensive
of grand proportions in Italy was
doubtless forced by political and eco.
nomic conditions prevailing in Aus.
tria An offensive campaign that
yields gains of ground might serve 10
still the elements which are seething
throughout the dual empire and would
postpone the day of reckoning that
seems in store for the rulers of Aus
tria.
The Monticellonian., 1918-05-10
LABOR.

Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
have invested 100000 in the last Lib
erty loan.
Thirty thousand iron workers all
over the country will receive an ad-
vance in wages based on the high
price which steel products bring, as
the wage scale in based on the price
of the commodity.
Samuel Gompers urges workers
everywhere not to strike If compro-
mise or Cancellation can avoid it.
The Western Union Telegraph Co.
defies the war labor board and insists
on firing operators who are members
of the union.
Seven thousand cigarmakers at
Iampa, Fla, are ON strike asking a
wage increase of 81 per cent.
Trouble In the ranks of the COM
mercial telegraphers, it is believed.
mas been averted by raise In wages.
The Monticellonian., 1918-05-10
GEN ERAl

An army balloon exploded at Omaha
and two soldiers were killed and IS
injured.
Commerce between the United
States and the Dutch East Indies ia
to be resumed at an early date.
Citizen Nivergel, a Swiss. was exc
cuted at Paris as spy after convic-
ton and a protest by his native coun-
try.
Mooney. the convicted bomber of
the San Francisco peace parade, is out
In an appeal TO labor not TO strike on
his account.
A British contractor has brought
suit against John d. Rockefeller Tor
$4,500,000 for failure to live I'D to hIs
promise on certain railway construc-
ton work.
Bones of an immense prehistoric an.
imal were excavated at Denver while
digging for new public building.
The Monticellonian., 1918-05-10
Marks Value Declines,

Washington. = The German often.
sive has had depressing effect on
the value of the mark in neutral
countries. An official dispatch from
France says that in Holland and
Switzerland the mark after having
been slightly higher has reached a
point below that which It held at the
beginning of the offensive.
The Monticellonian., 1918-05-10
COURT PROCEEDINGS.

"Wets" in Arkansas were too liberal
in their construction of recent SUI
preme court ruling, as 20 are now I'm
der indictment.
A. Mitchell Palmer, alien property
custodian. now holds nearly 100000
600 of stuff owned by enemies.
Claus spreekles, the sugar magnate.
was forbidden to enter one of his own
factories at New York, on the ground
that he was an enemy alien.
The Monticellonian., 1918-05-10
NEWS OF WEEK
Ted Herewith in Tabloid
Form
Condensed Items of Interest
for Every Member OF
the Household
MISCELLANEOUS.

London.-William Pedlar, an Ameri-
can. was found guilty of melting and
drilling Sim Feiners at Dublin and
was sentenced to four months i'm
prisonment and recommended for
deportation.
Mrs. Roger Newman. Roger Case
ments sister. has invested her last
dollar in the Third Liberty loan.
America is to send missionaries TO
Ireland to make a tour in the interest
of the CONSUMPTION plan.
Four men held as spies at Walnut
Ridge. Ark, were taken from Jail and
tarred and feathered by Jealous pa
triots.
Germany is said to have a fleet of
super Uboats of 1900 tons and a
cruising radius of 10000 miles.
Louis A Celia. 90, famous race
track and theatrical man, worth sew
eral million dollars. died at ST. Luke's
hospital. St Louis.
Gen. Verraux, air expert for the
French, says that if the Allies cannot
break through the German lines thew
can at least fly over
Many towns throughout the nation
are abolishing the study of German in
all the schools. Kirksville. Mo, is the
latest recruit
French regiments in action on Mt
KENNEL, seeing no chance of escape
or victory. refused to surrender and
died like the "old guard"
Small towns in Germany are much
disturbed over the recent casualties
on the western front. as the war is
showing that no family can escape its
deadly toll
The Monticellonian., 1918-05-10
Germany Needs Metal.

Amsterdam.-The German minister
of war has ordered an inventory of all
bronze statues throughout Germany,
directing that the list indicates those
which can be spared" with view
to their requisition for military use.
He also has ordered an inventory of
church bells which hitherto have es.
capped military confiscation
The Monticellonian., 1918-05-10
$4,000 LOSS IN
1, PARAGOULD FIRE
ONE OF THE LARGEST STAVE
MILLS IN THE STATE is DE-
STROYED BY FIRE.
EMPLOYED NEARLY 100 MEN
Loss of the Plant Is Great Blow To
Business Men of Paraeould, as the
Concern Had a Large Weekly
Payroll-May Not Be Rebuilt.
Para gould.


Fire destroyed the stave plant of
the Henry Wrape Company Of Para
gould 1t is stated the fire originated
from hot box. The dry kiln, large
workroom, machinery. engines, boil
ers, in fact, everything, are total
loss.
The mill employed nearly 100 men.
All H. Wrape, manager of the plant,
stated that all the papers of the com
pany were in st. Louis, and he was
therefore unable to give any informa-
ton as to the amount of insurance
carried or whether it will be rebuilt.
1t is known the plant was one OF
the largest of the kind in this sec
ton and its value was more than $7o,-
600.
The loss of the plant is great blow
to the business men of Paragould, as
the concern had large weekly pay
roll.
The Monticellonian., 1918-05-10
Build Still More Ships,

Washington. : Construction of so
wooden barges of $500 tons each for
use in the coastwise coal carrying
trade was authorized by the Ship.
ping Board. The vessels will be bull
at New England and South Atlantic
shipyards. They will aid materially
in solving the problem of keeping
New England supplied with coal.
The Monticellonian., 1918-05-10
each Men Swim

Washington. - Swimming is to be
taught soldiers in the training camps
this summer as a military require
ment, under plans announced by the
Commission on Training Camp Actiyi-
ties Instructors will be provided at
each cantonment and where adequate
water facilities do not exist they will
be provided.
The Monticellonian., 1918-05-10

Stephen Bensall, veteran war CORE
spondent. is a major attached to the
general staff in Washington. He has
covered for New York newspapers
wars in almost every country in the
world for the past thirty years. Later
he has been In the diplomatic service.
and then was commissioner of public
utilities in. the Philippine islands.