Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 September 1914 — Page 6

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There Is a Hell. The word "Hell" is,used in the Bible sometimes to denote a grave and then again to signify a place and condition of eternal torments. In order to avoid any confusion in the minds of my readers, I wish to state here that 1 employ the word “Hell" in this article to designate the prace and the condition of eternal torments. Moreover 1 wish to premise that facts exist independent of our likes and dislikes. In other words to deny the existence of "Hell” does not throw it out of existence. Suppose a crowd of criminals agree among themselves that they will not believe in the existence of a state prison. They say, it is too cruel to think that a man should be deprived of his liberty for an act that lasted only a few moments. Does their dislike and disbelieve do away with the state prison? By no means. But they do not want to believe in it, because they have reasons to fear it. They go on denying the existence. Full soon they are in the clutches of the law and confronted with the prison walls, they learn the lesson that facts exist independent of our likes and dislikes. Good citizens are not tempted to deny the existence of a state prison. Good Christians are not tempted to doubt the existence of hell. Their good conduct preserves their good sense.

Every now and then the question is mooted in our public papers: “Does the Bible leach that there is a hell?" All the leading Christian denominations answer in the affirmative: "Yes, there is a Hell. The holy Bible teaches this plainly." The holy Bible records the following pertinent sayings of Jesus: ‘And if thy hand scandalize thee, cut it off: for it is better for thee to enter into life, maimed than having two hands to go into hell, into unquenchable fire: Where their worm dieth not, and the tire is not extinguished. And 1? tty foot scandalize thee, cut it off. If > is better for thee to enter lame into life everlasting, than having two feet, to be cast into the hell of unquenchable fire: Where their _worm dieth not, and the tire is not extinguished. And if thy eye scandalize thee, pluck it out. It Is better for thee with one eye to enter into the kingdom of God, than having two eyes to be cast into the hell of fire: Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not extinguished." St. Mark 9:42-47. In the twenty-fifth Chapter of St. Matthew s gospel Jesus Christ gives us a vivid discretion of the last judgment. He tells us that He will welcome the elect in these cordial words: “Come, ye blessed of my Father, possess you the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world." As reason for their election die assigns their deeds of charity. Jesus continues: "Then he shall say to them also that shall be on his left hand: Depart from me, you cursed, into everlasting fire which was prepared for the devil and his angels." (St. Matth. 25:41.) The reason for their damnation is lack of charity, want or good works. Here Jesus adds: “And these shall go into everlasting punishment: but the just into life , everlasting." St. Matthew 25:4 6. St. John, the beloved disciple of the Lord, tells us in his Apocalypse, also called Revelation, when speaking of the reprobates: "And the smoke of their torments shall ascend up for ever and ever; neither have they rest day nor night.” Apoc. 14:11. As God created a heaven, for the elect for those that serve Him faithfully, thus in equal justice He created a Hell for the reprobate, for those who live and die defying His laws and the graces of conversion. By the practice of charity and in the strict observance of the laws of God, everyone can save his immortal soul and thus avoid eternal torments. It is the wilful abuse of reason, and free will that brings damnation upon the sinner. God has revealed the fact that there is a Hell —FATHER V H. KRFLL, C . PP. C.

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VICTORY OF CZAR’S MEN IS GROWING

Russians Take 180,000 Prisoners Besides Many Guns and Supplies. RAWARUSKA IS CAPTURED » Teuton Army Advance* But Petrograd Later Claims Forces Havo Been Driven Back—Austrians Said to Hav'e Surrendered. London, Sept. 15.—The surrender of the entire right wing of the AustroGerman army beaten at Tomaszow has been demanded by the Russians, according to a Petrograd dispatch. Annihilation will he the penalty of refusal. Russian forces, finding this army of the end in disordered flight, spilt its center and enveloped the right wing. The left wing continues In precipitate retreat. Russ Defeated In Prussia.

In Prussia the situation is admittedly much less favorable to the Russian forces, it is officially admitted that the Russians are making practically no progress tjiere, and a dispatch from Berlin says: “General Hindenburg's victorious progress in East Prussia continues. The Russians attempted to relieve the pressure on their defeated left wing by launching the Twenty-second army corps against the German tiqnk, but the Russians were repulsed. Hjndqtihurg has crossed the Russian frontier Snd has taken 10,000 prisoners, 80 guns and many machine guns and aeroplanes.” Reinforcements. One olflcTal message from Petrograd explains the recegt successes of the Germans In Prussia as follows: “The attention of the Russian general staff is directed largely to Galicia. In East Prussia a force wa6 left which was calculated to be just about large enough to hold the position which the Russians had taken. This force was not enougji, to meet the Increasing' German *armieT Te-en-forced there with troops from the west. The consequence is that the Russians have found it necessary to retreat. They have done so slowly and In excellent order. They are ready to resume the offensive the moment that reenfftreements arrive, and these are rapidly approaching. Fighting is in constant progress along the Prussian front.” Rumor Austria Gives Up. London, Sept. 15.—The Russian victory in Austria against the Austro-Ger-man forces grows as more complete reports are received. Reports of Austrian disaster are admitted in messages from Berlin. German re-enforcements are being sent east, but the bulk of them are going into Prussia, a large force being dispatched to Memel. in the northern part of East Prussia. A dispatch to the Central News from Rome says information received from Petrograd announces that 180,000 prisoners were taken by the Russians in the 17 days’ battle just drawing to a close. In addition to the prisoners, the Russians ‘ captured 450 field guns, 1.000 pieces of fortress artillery. 4,000 transport wagons and seven aeroplanes.

Persistent but unofficial rumors are telegraphed from Paris that the larger part of the Austrian armies capituated yesterday. Austrians Le&ve Cannon in Mud. The following official communication was issued in Petrograd: "On the Austrian front the Russian troops are crossing at San river. On taking the position at Rawaruska the Russian troops captured 30 cannons and 8.000 prisoners, and also enormous stores of war material and provisions. "The results of the pursuit of the enemy in that territory are still un known. "In the marshes of Belgoraion the Russians found more Austrian batter ies sunk in the mud, abandoned dur ing retreat. “Czernowitz, capital and chief town of the crownland of Bukowina, and all the neighboring regions have been occupied by the Russian armies with out resistance. Germans Are Fortifying. “The Germans are strongly fortify ing Kalisz, Russian Poland, and the city h,as been,, surrounded by barbed wire entanglements and mines. Kaliss has been renamed Grossgarten. “An energetic attack has begun ir the district of Tchestokhove. whert the Russians toiok a strong Genjnar position by storm Saturday."

Sack Hotel of German.

Nice, Sept. 15.—Seven hundred soldiers arrived here, and while bein* transferred in automobiles from th« railway station the German proprie tor of a hotel at the terminus mad* derogatory remarks. The crowd be came infuriated and completely sacket his establishment. Troops# were de tailed to protect what was left of th* building.

Williams Defeats Louisiana.

Philadelphia, Sept. 16.—Kid Wil liams. bantamweight champion of th* world, was given the decision ove Louisiana of this city, in six rounds.

SAW GERMAN RETREAT

French Aviator Describes Flight of Kaiser's Men. VFlyer Witnessed Scene From Air and Says Troop* Were in Disorder. By GEORGE DRU. Paris, Sept. -15.—The best view of the retreating German armies was oh talned by a French military aviator, who, Ascending from a point near flew northward across the Marne, then eastward by way of liheims to the region of Verdun, and back again in a zigzag course to a spot near Soissons. He saw the German hosts. not merely in retreat, but in flight, and in some places in disorderly flight. It was a wonderful sight to look down upon tens and hundreds of thou sands of the kaiser's picked troops, some marching in northerly, others in northeasterly directions, and all moving with a tremendous rapidity which w'as eloquent of their desire to place themselves beyond reach of the allied armies, who were harassing them , every step of the way.

The retreat was not confined to the highways. Many German soldiers W’ere running across fields, jumping over fences, crawling through hedges and wending their way through woods without any semblance of order or discipline. These men doubtless belong to regiments which were badly cut up in the fierce fighting which preceded the general retreat. Deprived of a majority of their officers ans noncommissioned officers, they became a mere rabble of fugitives. Many had abandoned their weapons in their mad haste to escape the vengeance of their French and. British purifiers^ T hese scenes of almost 1 panlestrjeken flight were wjtn|B§ed at tlje end of a week's hard fighting, it is quite clear that the Germans did their best and were beaten in a battle which they themselves recognized as the turning point of the campaign in France.

The retreat developed into flight partly owing to the collapse of the supplies of ammunition and food. -Many German prisoners say they were without food for periods varying from twenty-four to forty-eight hours Scores of German soldiers were found in a condition of complete exhaustion. Apart from the heavy losses which the Germans sustained during the fighting, they have been severely punished by their pursuers during the hurried retreat. Judging from unoffi cial accounts of the great battle which are beginning to come in, there is every reason to believe that the French official communication understated the extent of the victory.

•mmmmmmmrn ■ | |-Q~(~l~rn~»r * V Baseball Results :| **■**»« -■ -i - 1 n _S STANDING OF THE CLUBS. AMERICAN LEAGUE. Club. W.L.P.C.i Club. W.IJ'.O PhiladeUa. .81 46 .554 Chicago ....63 6!) .477 Boston .. .78 57 .595 St. Louis.. ..59 72 .450 1 >etrolt .71 63 . 580 New Y0rk..60 74 44s H ash'ton 6S (2 .513 Cleveland ..48 Sr .333 NATIONAL LEAGUE. Boston .. .74 55 .574 Pittsburgh .61 68 .473 New York. 72 58 .554 PhiladeUa ..60 71 4.5:4 St. Lo'uts:...7l 62 .534 Brooklyn ..58 72 446 Chicago ...71 63 . 53) Cincinnati .56 74 431 I'EDEUAL LEAGUE Chicago ...73 55 .553 Buffalo 65 6.8 ,508 Indta'p'lis .73 58 . 553 Kan. Cttv. 61 71 '4OO Baltimore .68 62 .531 St. Louis.. .58 72 .443 Brooklyn ..67 63 . 623 Pittsburgh .53 .74 417 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Louisville .87 66 .509 Cleveland ..77 74 510 Milwaukee .85 65 . 568 Kan. City... 77 77 .500 IndUap'Us .8.3 71 .538 Mln'apolis ~' r 84 46-* Columbus .80 72 . 527 St. Paul... .51 103 331 Monday’s Results. AMERICAN LEAGUE. Chicago, 6; St. Louis. 6 (12 Innings, darkness). Washington. 8-0: Boston, 1-3. Philadelphia. 2; New York. 1. Detroit, 6; Cleveland. 4. NATIONAL LEAGUE. Chicago, 7; Pittsburgh, 4. Boston. 4; Brooklyn. 3. New York. 3-6: Philadelphia, 2-10. FEDERAL LEAGUE. Pittsburgh, 8; Chicago, 2. Indianapolis. 10; Brooklyn. 0. Buffalo. 12; St. Louis. 3. Baltimore, 3: Kansas City, 2. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Indianapolis, 7; Columbus, 1. Kansas City. 4-5; Minenapolls, 0 0. Louisville, S: Cleveland, 7 (ten Innings) Milwaukee. 7; St. Paul, 3.

MRS. WILSON GETS WISH

House Enacts Bill President’s Dying Wife Requited. Washington, Sept. 15—Mrs. Wood tow Wilson’s dying wish that congress abolish the alley slums in the national capital was fulfilled. The house passed the senate bill which prohibits the use of dwelling houses In Washington alleys after four years from the date of the legislation. The bill now goes to the president for his signature. A few hours before Mrs, Wilson died she told the president she, could “go away" happier if she knew the alley slums would be wiped out. Word was sent to the capitol, and the house district committee promptly reported a bill carrying a large appropriation to clear the slums.

Celebrate Defeat of Germans.

London, Sept. 15.—With the tide of battle favoring the allies, London exhibits a jubilant frame of mind. According to well-known hotel men, the demand for expensive concoctions has followed in the path of victory.

BELGIANS CLASH WITH GERMANS IN RUINED CITY

Battle Raging in Louvain Reenforcements on Way for Teutons. PEACE SCORNED BY BELGIUM Newspaper in Paris Declares That Kaiser's Offer of Concessions to King Albert Have Been Rejected, London, Sept. 15. —In order to cope with the heavy attacks of the Belgians, the Third and Ninth German army corps, which were destined to re-enforce the German right wing in France, have been hurriedly returned to the Belgian war center. A Reuter dispatch from Amsterdam conveys this information; The same dispatch says that all day and night there was heavy fighting in the ruins of Louvain, between the Belgians and the Germans. Twice the Belgians penetrated to the center of the town, the Belgian cavalry delivering fierce charges. Both sides lost heavily. The Belgian position is considered hopeful. A Taube aeroplane flew over Antwerp. according to the dispatch, and one officer was killed and another wounded. An Exchange dispatch from Antwerp says the government appointed a commision to refute the German calumnies against Belgians for atrocity committed by the themselves. Count Goblet Dab-fella", minister of state, declared refutation was necessary onier that foreign opinion be not misinformed and that assurance be given to the world that Belgium is entirely unresponslble for the horrors caqsed by the German invasion. Belgium Scorns Peace. Paris, Sept. 15. —The Figaro asserts that Germany is already making overtures to Belgium for an agreement whereby in return for certain concessions the war between Belgium and Germany can be ended, but that her suggestions have been brusquely rejected. The Figaro says General Von Der Goltz, who was named by the kaiser as the military governor of Belgium after Germany announced the annexation of the captured territory, has been in Antwerp. He went there, it is stated, under a safe conduct and presented a definite proposal, the nature of which is withheld. In view of the agreement between the allies, the Figaro says the Belgian government positively refused to consider any proposals of any sort from Germany.

ZEPPELIN KILLS 23

60 Russians Are Wounded by Bombs. Germans Alleged to Have Thrown Explosives After Hoisting White Flag. London. Sept. 15. —The correspondent of the Daily Telegraph at Moscow, quotes the assistant station master at Miava, on the Russo-Prussian frontier. as follows: “We were on the platform when a Zeppelin appeared 500-feet above us. Out artillery opened fire, damaging three of its four motors, but it proceeded. "The Zeppelin tben hoisted a white flag and the Russians ceased firing. The Zeppelin immediately hurled a bomb, many people being winded. “Three more bombs were thrown which killed 23 persons and wounded 60. The airship then came to the ground. The crew of eight was captured."

GERMANS HAVE LOST 25.239

i ■ Berlin Issues List of Losses Since War Started. Berlin, Sept. 15, via Copenhagen.— The most extended list of German casualties yet-v. published has been made public. It comprises 784 killed, 2,190 wounded and 814 missing. The total of all published losses to date follows: Killed, 4.184; wounded, 15,985, and missing, 5,070.

Three U. S. Sailors Drowned.

Washington. Sept. 15. Word reached the American navy department of the death by drowning of Stanley McGregor and Marion Birkhold, hospital attendants in the naval hospital in the Philippines. McGregor came from Manistique, Mich., and Birkhold from Payue, O. The department was also informed of the drowning of Florence Carriere. ordinary seaman attached to the cruiser “Chattanooga off the west coast of Mexico. Carriere came from Eunice La.

Davies Quits National Body.

Madison, Wig., Sept. 15.—Joseph E. Davies, here, announced his resignation aB Wisconsin member of t>) Democratic national committee.

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