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f i.;,.' i'fV f V). AMERICANS GOING FORWARD DESPITE i, . . " -. , - ' : EFFORTS OF Heavy Smoke Lining Plateau and Increasing Noise of Guns In dicates Stiffening Resistance. ' DOZEN VILLAGES ARE TAKtN Germans Move Observation Bal loons and Artillery Far Be hind Aisnej Flyers Praised ' t By Wash XlOir : ITltli the AmerlttM oa the . Aisle, A Seat. U. P.) Xoon) The Amerl- eeat the right of the line are cob tlaalag to advance toward the AUne at tSesje polnti. At other placet hear? - maehlae gan flghtlag ! In progress. " Between Glen nee and Komalm (where ' the line rani aorta and sonth from the Aline to the Tetle), the Americans are Methodically wiping oat maehlae fan . aeatt. Forty -oae prleoaert Including two ' officer were taken. There le eonsider .male German artillery fire oa oar light aad agalast oar posittoaa oa the plateaa. By Fred 8. Fergason ' With the Americana on the Alsne. Sept. 7. (U. P.) Heavy amoke lining the plateau between the Veale and the ? Alsne and the increasing' noise of the J funs today rave evidence of stiffening Qerman resistance. The enemy is fight ing hard at .certain spots, especially r alone the right of the line, where , the Americana have not yet - reached the river. Overcoming the Bocne attempts , to make a atand. the Americans and French are puahing on toward the Aisne. A dosen villages are now in our hands, . including Flamette. Baaochea. Baslleux. fVauxcere, Blanay, Longueval. Revillon, .Merval, Serval, Barbonval, Tillers-En-Prayerea and Glennes. After the Ameri ' cans took; these towns they pushed on. In each case enemy machine gun squads attempted to hold up our troops, but these were cleaned up by the infantry. . with the artillery closely following to , ahell any- troublesome strongholds the - Boches might leave behind. Artillery Moved Far Back A heavy American barrage was laid ' down east of Glennes Friday afternoon and the Yankees attacked to speed up ' the Qerman withdrawal. Apparently the enemy Is getting artillery established , along the line Hindenburg expects to ... hold, as shell fire has materially in- creased. . Strong machine gun nests also guard the line of the canal, which cuts 1 across the terrain between the AlBne and the Veale, along which the American ad v vance elements are pushing the foe. t German observation balloons have now been pulled back four miles beyond the Alsne and their artillery firing, de- spite Its Increased Intensity, comes from j a greater distance back. Reports from the French and Ameri . can right (toward Rhelms) say that - all Prussians have been cleared from south of the Vesle In that immediate region. (The front on the American . right turns at right angles from the .Alsne and slopes sharply southward ( serosa the plateau down to the Vesle. , Observers Win Commendation , The aerial observing squadron was cited by the American corps commander for 'brilliant work in the present oper ations. Observers, constantly risking their lives, flew over the German lines and carried back messages regarding the movements there. These observa- Mlon planes were frequently attacked by German fighting planes. Lieutenant . Bagby of Missouri shot down one Boche when attacked by eight and elud ;ed the others. Lieutenant Wagner was attacked by three Germans, but escaped. : On every trip over the enemy lines the observers were set upon, but they continued the Btruggle In order to keep headquarters supplied with the necessary i Information. In addition to harrasslng American observers, the Hun fliers shot down two allied balloons. Han Strength It Bed need Prisoners taken so far are all from divisions which have been fan no- p.r. shlngs troops for some time, including j mo irarui aivision or the Prussian guard. Prisoners declare the combat strength of their companies had been reduced to Ve ana six machine guns. Re-" t placements are being made from tfie i ; younger elements in the new drafts. I A 1 atood on the heights overlooking I the plateau between the Vesle and 1 AUne, everything In sight gave evidence ! .of Increased German resistance. Con-I I aiani lines or smoke marked the path - of shells breaking on the plateau send ing up vast columns of black vapors .from high explosives while shrapnel , 'above made strings of puffy white balls ; .iln the sky. Towns, which a month ago were, centers of military activity, are ; now deserted by the fighters and civfl . I ana are returning to them. U. S. ARMY IN FRANCE - IS READY TO STRIKE ' (Continued from ! On) r;; used as a mobile force to be shifted back : and forth across the western front and , thrown into action wherever the need ?of heavy reinforcements is necessary. ; . It ' waa pointed out. however, that In f'such n a case the Americana would be - used ' only as reserves, and It was 7 , thought Foch planned some btgger game 7 for. the fresh forces from the United - , States. ; ( The senate committee were Informed that -not over 10.000 men have been ... landed In Italy and Siberia together NORTHWEST CO. PORTLAND, OM, 'stanetaetersra ( BOAT SPIKES , SHIP RIVETS Bolts and Upset Rodsf J I'"- - ante rtM. fMM IM -1 - u ..- 4- aVeVJUUKLCT. HONS STEEL tinees " and that the majority of the American forces are being; concentrated on the western front General Pershing haa withheld : the records of 20.000 slight caaualties In the expeditionary forces that occurred up to August 20, General Peyton C March, chief, of staff, told representatives of the press at his semi-weekly conference today. - , r I These casualties were withheld under authority vested in the commander-ln-ahief in the early daya of the war. Gen eral Marsh 'said, in announcing plans that have been made by the war depart ment to secure the complete hospital records of all the overseas forces. In the early days of the war General March explained. . General Pershing asked for "authority to withhold casu alties of a slight nature. In many In stances, the American commander ex plained, men receiving trivial wounds were back in the line before the records could reach the United States. As a result ' relatives of fighting men have received letters in which the soldiers told of being wounded. No notification has been received from the war department and it was natural. General March said, that -the home -folk should become apprehensive. In many Instances, said the chief of staff, there was a difference of opinion between the soldier and the attending physician as to the seriousness of the wound, and to straighten out all difficulties that may have arisen or may arise in the future, the war department haa arranged for a courier system between the United States and France. These couriers will leave twice a week and bring with them the complete hospital records of the overseas forces. Three Xew Divisions - The additional casualties will be mads public as soon as they are re ceived by the war department, the chief of staff said. General March also announced that he had given authority for the organi sation of three new divisions, making 15 new divisions in all since July 1. They will be numbered the 95th, the 96th and the 97th. The 95th wilt be trained at Camp Sherman. Ohio ; the 86th at Camp Wadsworth, S. C, and the 97th at Camp Cody, N. M. The chief of staff also, disclosed the fact that the; 27th national guard divis ion is now in the line with the British in Flanders and that the 92d is on the line in the Vosges. Reports from Springfield, Mass.,' that the 104th Infantry was to be returned to the United States are without foun dation, said General March, In response to a question. v Asked if there was any truth to re ports that German prisoners of war were to be brought to America, General March said that was a question to be determined at the conference to be held in Berne, Switzerland, pn September 23, at which the treatment and maintenance of prisoners of war of both this country and the central powers would be deter mined, The 89th division, he said, in response Where Geirmaims May Try To Staedl Behind Hkdenhuirgiiinie The leading article in THE LITERARY DIGEST this week September 7th is accompanied by a helpful Map which shows the present Hindenburg line, and also clearly indicates the line behind it at the River Meuse, which, in the opinion of experts, will be where the Germans will make their new stand. It also shows the territory the American troops are holding in Alsace, .Lorraine, and along the Vesle, including cities, rivers, etc. This article analyzes all the important war news of the past week from the Western Front. OtHer features of great interest to the American public in this number of "The Digest" are: , Why American Airplane Production Lags In This' Article Are Presented the Criticisms of . the American Newspaper Press Upon the Recent Aircraft Production Report of the Sub-Committee of the Senate Germany's War on the Children Soldiers Turning to the Bible Food for the War-Winter Wanted: A Million Workers Germany Proposes a United States of Europe Shall We Wear Cotton? Undersea Pipe-Line for All New Words for New Things Ordering a German National Hymn , Current Poetry News of Commerce and Finance Afany September One subject of paramount interest holds today the first place in the hearts and minds, of the. fathers and mothers of, America and of the millions of anxious women here at home, the wives, sisters, and sweet hearts of the gallant fellows who have gone "over there." It is' the question of how the "boys in brown" are faring on the battlefields of France, what they are doing, whether they are making good and holding their own successfully against the on slaughts of .the Teuton. The one sure way to get Read "The .kW ' 'nV I ; t 1 II '':-..... "; ! ' '. t Mm - Sr S7 W nW FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY (Publiaheri of B EP ll&BAr B la-- STAMPS fr Ja The other day a Portland man fat ha cashed In on $100 worth ot War fa has Savings Stamps. But he was ha H properly "up against it." His haa Bwife had Just died; his 1 0-year- htl old -son is a hopeless paralytic; Tss Va two , younger sons . are In the hat hQl army. This man had real need Is ha of-the money. And It was avail- haa Bable when he needed it most, (ha) Persons who think of. cashing 8a th In their War Savings Stamps, tag ha should be eure there is a real Jan. Sneed before doing ' so. - If. they Jag need the money for the neoessi- has ties of life they, can have It for th Btha asking. If not, they should fa leave It with the - government-fc Every stamp cashed in now Is a taj ha blow at Uncle 'Sam's vitals. It pB fAs. takes away the money needed for he hg the boys who are fighting. Cash- haa Esi ing in postpones the hour of final ha hnj victory. s ha Keep your War Savings ha tat. Stamps and buy more. Keep leg. B your pledge to buy War Sav- ha haj inga Stamps. See that your s ha friends do so, too. This Is. no 9B hst time for slackers. ' kg hm c. a jackson, hm State Director W. S. S. ta to another question, is now on the line north of Toul, and has been there since the middle of August. ISM DeHsvilands Delivered Asked whether he had told the sen ate military affairs committee today that 93 per cent of the Americans over seas were now directly under the com mand of General Pershing, General March said that he did not care to be quoted directly, but that he would admit that more than 90 per cent of the men were directly under the American com mander. He would not discuss whether or not troops in the future .would be sent direct to Pershing without first be ing brigaded with the French and Brit ish, but said that due to a "happily thought out pla" of the war depart ment. It would be possible to deliver them in such a way that little of the brigading process would be necessary and so that they would receive their training In the shortest possible time. More than 1200 DeHavlland planes have been delivered to date, and of these more than 800 have been shipped abroad. General Peyton C. March, chief of staff, told members of the senate military affairs committee at their weekly conference with him today. The chief of staff referred especially to the work of the Fisher-Body com pany, which has reached practically a quantity production basis. Heretofore this company. General March said, had been delivering on an average of four planes a week. Last week they delivered 100, this number being Included in ' the total figures for deliveries which General March fur nished the committee. Half 'tone Illustrations, Maps 7th Number on Sale Digest" for Authentic The AMERICANS REACH SWEDEN IN SAFETY Despite Demands of Red Guards for Surrender, Party Crosses the Border. Copenhagen, Sept. 7, (L N. S.) One hundred and twenty-one Americana from the legation in Moscow, Including seven women, and It Italian refugees have escaped from Russia and arrived safely In Sweden, according to news agency dispatches. ( The Bolahevlki demanded the surren der of the American and -Italian refu gees, but the membere of the legations refused and succeeded In eluding the Red guards. According to the refugees, Nikolai Lenlne, head of the Russian provisional government, died from the wounds re ceived at the hands of Dora Kaplan. Washington, Sept. 7. U. P.) The Norwegian, Dutch, -Danish and Swiss ministers have protested to Foreign Minister Tchltcherin of the Soviet gov ernment, against his added demands re garding departure of allied consuls and missions from Moscow. Apparent agree ment has been made. Tchltcherin sub sequently made stipulations requiring that the soviet agent Jn London be re turned, Russian soldiers in France be repatriated and other similar demands. Czechs Hold Vast District Washington, Sept. 7. (I. N. S.) AO military opposition against the Czechs in the Vladivostok district is doomed to an early collapse, according to dis patches from Russia reaching the state department today. The Csechs are be ing assisted by Russians in western Si beria, the dispatch adds, and General Hobarth has left "Vladivostok for a con ference with the Czech leaders at Irkutsk. Another dispatch from Consul Harris at Irkutsk, dated September 2, says that the Csechs are in power from Chtf llaklnsk and Ekaterinburg to Chiajj and also west as far as Samara, Orenburg and Kazan. Still another message, from a confi dential source, says that connections have been established between the Czechs operating east of Karemaka and those cut off in the Baikal region, ef fecting the capture of Chita and Ka remaka. Trains are nbw running be tween Irkutsk and the Onon river, it was added. British Driving for Moscow Washington, Sept. 7. (H. P.) Brit ish troops in Northern Russia, assisted How Your War Furnace Can Help Win the War (Prepared by the U. S. Fuel Administration) Britain Appreciates 'Our Efforts The Theological Student of the Future In Berlin Today Saving the U-Boat's Victims Replanting the War Forests Joyce Kilmer A Parson's Lonely Daughter Personal Glimpses of Men and Events and Reproductions of the Best Cartoons Today All Newsdealers 10 Cents this information in an accurate and -comprehensive form is to read from week to week in THE LITER ARY DIGEST the exacf facts regarding our men abroad, their movements, their various activities, their share of the fighting, and the measures that are being taken for their comfort and support facts that drawn from all the authoritative sources-s nd that may be accepted without question, forming a continuous history of our part in the war that is well worth preserving. Begin studying it today. News Regarding American' Fighters the Famous NEJV Standard Dictionary), NEW-YORK . by sailed soldiers " and friendly Rus sians, are preparing- for aggressive action toward Moscow." Bolshevik : outrages ; against British and French . subjects , at : Moscow and Petrograd 'made strong; steps Impera tive, , allied officials say. v . THIRD OF BIG SERIES CAPTURED 0Y BOSTON (Cootimud Fro Pas One) A sprinkle of rain fell whUe Paskert was at bat, but the clood that dropped It was swiftly- passing by. . Second Inning Boston Whiteman singled to left. Mclnnls out, bunting , the third strike, the bunt going? foul. Schang fanned and Whiteman stole second. Scott safe at first on Hollocher's fumble. White man going to third. Thomas filed out to Flack. No runs. One hit. One error. Chicago Merkle filed out to Hooper. Pick filed to Shean. Deal out. Thomas to Mclnnls. No runs, no hits, no errors. Third Inning Boston Mays out, Hollocher to Mer kle. Hooper out. Merkle to Vaughn, who covered first. Shean out, Vaughn to Merkle. No runs. No hits. No er rors. Vaughn Juggled the ball, but got it in time to throw, his man out. Chicago Klllifer out, Shean to Mc lnnls. Vaughn out, Shean to Mclnnls. Flack out, Mclnnls unassisted. No runs. No hits. No errors. t Fourth Inning Boston Strunk fanned on three pitched balls, without taking his bat off his shoulder. Whiteman hit by pltcned ball and went to first base. Whiteman narrowly escaped being nipped off first. Mclnnls singled to left. Whiteman go ing to second. Whiteman scored on Schang's single to center, Mclnnls going to third. Mclnnls scored on Scott's In field hit. Vaughn fjelded the ball, but became confused and did not attempt to make a slay. Schang out at the plate Flack to Klllifer, when Thomas singled tn rleht. Scott went to third and Thomas to second on the throw-in. Mays m-A tn Taakert. Two runs. Four UVM wtm w hits. No errors. Chicago Hollocher filed to Hooper Minn doubled down right field foul line. Paskert filed out to Whiteman. who went to the fence to get It. Merlde out. ottt tn Mi-Tnnln. Scott making a nice stop. No runs. One hit. No errors Fifth Inning Raston Hoooer walked. Shean lined out to Vaughn, who doubled Hooper off first. Strunk fanned for the second time. The third strike was called. No runs. No hits, No errors. Chicago Pick doubled to Scott. The official scorer called It a double when Scott let It go through him. Deal filed cut to Whiteman. Pick scored on Kllli fer's single to left. Vaughn fanned. Ktl- lifer out. Schang to Soot V' trying- steal. una run. Two hits. - No1 errors. Sixth Inning .-. Boston Whiteman lined out to Mer kle. Mclnnls popped to Deal. Schang fanned. Not swinging at the ball. . No runs. No hits. ' NO errors. Chicago Flack fouled out to Schanr. who made a - pretty running catch. Hollocher out, Scott to Mclnnls. Mann singled to right lor his second consecu tive' hit. Airplanes flew over the field. Paskert singled to center. Mann halting at second, v Merkle. fanned. . awinrinr hard at the third one. . No runs. Two hits. No errors. , Seventh Innlag Boston Scott out on a foul to Flack. who made a beautiful running catch. Thomas out. Merkle to Vaughn who cov ered. first. Mays out. Vaughn to Merkle. No runs. No hits. No errors. Chicago Pick out. Scott to Mclnnla. Deal beat put an infield hit to Thomas. Klllifer out, Maya to Mclnnls. Deal tak ing second. Vaughn out on a fly to Whiteman. No runs. One hit. No errors. Eighth Inning Boston Hooper fanned, the third striae oeing called. Shean fouled out to Merkle. Strunk filed out to Flack. No runs. No hits. No errors. Chicago Flack filed out to Strunk. Hollocher fanned, swinging at the third one. Mann out. Scott to Mclnnls.' No runs. No hits. No errors. Xlntfe Inning Boston Whiteman out. Deal , to Mer- Kie. Mclnnls out. Hollocher to Merkle. SEVEN LAST PLAGUES SOON TO FALL UPON THE WORLD JUDGMENTS PROMISED UPON WICKED TO BE AS REAL AS WERE THE PLAGUES VISITED UPON EGYPTIANS IN DAYS OF MOSES, DECLARES EVANGELIST L. K. DICKSON When These Scourges Door of Mercy That the plagues which are to, be poured "out upon the world Just before the return nf r?hrta win K M.i were the plagues poured out upon Egypt In the days of Moses, was the declara- . . xi- isrciuwn m . lecture at the big tent pavilion, Thlr- .i. nd Morrison streets last night. " J Seven Lat Plagues ; When Will They Fall? He based his remarks en the sixteenth chapter of Revelation, which gives a description of these Plagues, and made it plain that when these plagues begin to fall then the "" "7" uuWmmiu "i m r.i.u vi w... . net a v uuu. - i f - . . i cmpnuiiea uie necessity or sret- . . , . , . unwit iiu UUV11 iildll nuivu wai ting right with God before probation vi. closes, showing from the Bible that when the first plague Is poured out. the door of mercy has forever closed. He said that when this time arrives the Justice of Clod will then be felt by all who have been disobedient to hla commandments. He begged his audience to seek God while he may be found, and call unon him whIU tm n. .-... -. promises wbere the Lord will deliver those in the terrible times that are bound to come upon the earth, if they remain faithful and true to His precepts. Evangelist I. K. Dlekon In his remarks. Evangelist Dickson said In part: My text is found In Revelation 15:1: "And I saw another sign In heaven, great and marvelous, seven angels hav ing the seven last plagues; for In them Is filled up the wrath of God." This chapter Introduces the seven last plagues, a manifestation of heaven's un mlngled wrath, and the fullness of its measure, for the last generation of the wicked. The work of mercy Is then forever past. We read In verses five and eight that the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in heaven waa opened and that the temple waa filled with smoke,' and no man was able to enter into the temple till the seven plagues of the seven angels were . fulfilled. The work of Christ In his intercession In the sanctuary at that time has ceased, and men everywhere will have made their decision for or against Him. These two classes are brought out in Rev. 14:9-12. On the one hand, there will be those who have scorned the warning message of God who are worshlonins: the beast and his image and who have received bis mark. The other class, those who wor ship God. keep the commandments -of God and the faith of Jesus. These hav- I Ing gained the victory over the beast ana over nis image, ana over his mark. v?? & 'J ' f " I . y HELP WIN THE WAR GET READY TO BUY A BOND IN THE FOURTH LIBERTY LOAN DRIVE and over the number bf his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God. Rev. 15 -JZ. When the plagues fall upon the earth, as we have found already. Intercession has ceased and probation Is closed, and the awful flat has gone out:-- "He that is unjust, let him be unjust still, and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still, and he that Is righteous, let him be righteous sUll. and hs that is holy. let him be holy stin." Rev. 22:11. After the close of probation there will be a short period of time in which the plagues fall, .and Christ will come. This short period of time Is brought out In Luke 18:24-28, when many will. seek to enter in, dui tne aoor ox eaivauon wiu oa pneray, lor we reaa, verses) i tna , barred, and they will stand , with out rand the fifth angel poured out his vial knocking, at vthe door, saying, ' Lord, upon the seat of the beast : and his king Lord, open, onto us, ; rv," rr. dom was full of darkness; and they f- Again this-period of time Is brought gnawed their tongues for Ptn- . And to -view in which there will be. no in- blasphemed the God of heaven because tercessor. or : the . unsaved -In" Prov. of their pains and their sores, and re-1:24-82; Amos f:ll-12. In the lives of pented not ef their deeds."- " -many this situation In which they are The pouring out of the sixth plague placed comes as result of worshipping T brings to view the. drying p -of the tbelr convenience rather than God. They have frittered away their day f grace. and now they. stand facias; fa stern realities.' f - th Judgments- o; Ood ; hi Schang singled to right, the first hit off Vaughn since the fourth Inning. Schang stole second. Scott faned, miss ing the third one. No runs. One hit. No errors. Chicago Paskert out, Scott to Mcln nls. Merkle out. Mays to Mclnnls. Pick beat out- a hit to Shean and stole sec ond. Mays and Schang consulted. The umpire took the wet ball out of the game after a protest by Mitchell and threw it away. Pick stole third and continued towards the plate when Thomas dropped the throw, but Thomas recovered the ball and threw Pick out at the plate. No runs., One hit. No errors. Gen. Wood -Tells His Men They Are To See Fighting Camp Funston, Kan.. Sept. 7. "You men are going over now, very soon," said Major General Leonard Wood, commanding the Tenth division, here In a talk to the Forty-first regiment, "to take part In the biggest war In the world's history and one of the ugliest ones. A lot of you are not coming back. It is not a war of the eaay kind. There ia nothing whatever to Justify as suming that we are near the end of it. It la a hard, grinding game of killing, with little romance of war as you have read of It. Nothing of the Old battles. Begin Many Wilt Seek Will Be Forever Barred unmlngled wrath In the seven last Plagues. In the sixteenth chapter of Revela- n.we- de,"cr'Pi'on Lth', vlals of the unmlngled wrath of God, poure4 upon the earth. The plagues upon Egypt when God was about to deliver Israel, were similar m character to those more terrible and extensive Judgments which are to fall upon the world Just before the final deliverance of Ood's people. Says the Revelator. concerning the first plague: "And the first went, and poured out his vial upon the earth ; and there fell a noisome and grievous sore upon; the men who had the mark of .v.. w . ...w ""." . TTh. Y'rT. "t 71 earth would be wholly out off. Yet they will be the most awful scourges that have ever been known to' mortals. AH the Judgments upon men, prior to the close of probation, have been mingled with mercy. The pleading blood of Christ haa shielded the sinner from re- mMi th. full n-umn nf hi. mill ' )in TZ YCr -, ... . . ' L 71 '' i In the final Judgment wrath Is poured out unmixed with mercy These plagues will fall In one year according to Reve lation 11.8. and will be the great open ing step In the day of the Lord.'" It Is Impossible for men through the prophe cies to locate definitely the beginning of these plagues ; thei ef ore the Bible writera speak concerning the day of the Lord as coming like a thief In the night. Some morning men w!!l rise from their couches and will find upon their bodies the most grievous-looking sore Imagin able. They may go to their wives to find out what It can be, and the wife wilt find the same upon her body. They will hastily seek out their neighbor to find a remedy and m?et the neighbor half way to their hous seeking for the same remedy, and as they stand taxing with ashen laces one upon the other the awful realisation will dawn upon them that the unmlngled wrath, of God Is telng poured out upon them, and the anguish and remorse of a lost soul will be upon them. In that day. What would a man not give for one more moment of probation in which to seek forglvenes for his sins? But before every gateway of hope will be written In that day the words "too late, you have waited too lenr." "As the second angel pours out his vial upon the sea, the prophet sees it tecome as the blood cf a dead man. Every living creature in the sea dies, and Is forthwith cast upon the shore, which no sanitary measures are pre pared to counteract. With the pouring out of the third angel's vial the rivers are also turned to blood, with the foun tains. Terrible as these Inflictions are, God's justice stands vindicated. The angel of God declares. Thou are right eous. O Lord because thou nasr Judged ua For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them the blood to drink: for they are worthy.' Rev. 16 :5- 8. In the plague that follows, power is given to the son to scorch men with heat, verse 8. The prophets thus describe tne conditior or tte earth at this fearful time: The land mourneth : . . . becauso the harvest of the field Is perished 'All the trees of the field are withered ; because Joy Is witnerea away rrom tne sons or men' : the seed Is rotten under their clods, the garners are laid desolate' ; how do the beasts groan? The herds of cattle are perplexed because they have no pas- ture . The rivers snd waters rre dried ui. and the flie hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness.' The songs of the temple shall be bowlings In that day, saith the Lord God ; there Lhall be many dead bodies In every place; they shall cast them forth with silence.' " Joel 1 :10-12. 17-29 ; Amos 8 :2. It Is worthy of notice that every sue ceedlng plague tends to augment the calamity of the previous ones and to heighten the anguish of the guilty suf ferers. We have now a noisome and fcrtevous sore preying upon men, inflam ing their blood and pouring its feverish influence through their veins. In addi tion to this, -they have only blood to. sllay their burning thirst: and, as If to crown all, power Is given unto the sun. snd he pours upon them a flood of liquid fire, and they are scorched with great heat. Here, as the record runs, their woes first seek utterance-In fearful b'.as- waters 01 we Kapnraies nm. m way t the- kings of the East might be pre- : pared." ;.uwe nave zouna in our pre vlous studies Atfcat this dryins; tip of A day of hard fighting, or two or. three days, and something definite comirut out of it, but a straight same of killing. "And the men and the nation which can stand the killing the longest and can smile last la the one to win." General Wood haa addressed every regiment In the new division within the past week or ten days. He has talked to them of their duties as- soldiers and the alma of the United 8ta tea in enter ing the war. He told the men not to underestimate the enemy, but to meas ure them at their true worth and beat them by 'determination. Farmers Urging Conscription of All Big Incomes Washington. 8ept. 7. (I. N. S.) The taking for war revenue of all Incomes above $100,000 by taxation or loans was urged by Benjamin C. Marsh, ex ecutive secretary of the farmers' na tional committee on war finance, be fore the aenate finance committee to day when It resumed hearlmjs on the eight billion dollar revenue bill. Marsh said he spoke for organised farmers and organised labor when he advocated at least half of the country's estimated war cost of $24,000,000,000 be met by current taxation. He favored higher war and excess profits and In come taxes than those provided for In bill. t ii ' Forgiveness of Sins, but Against Them. the river Euphrates fs a symbol relat ing to the diminishing of the Turkish empire, which controls the territory through which the river Euphrates flows. Waters, in prophecy, refer to and multitude, and nations.. and tongues." Rev. 17 :16. The disinte gration of Turkey has been going" on , for many years until now the only land, which she controls In Europe Is the city of Constantinople and a little strip of territory called the back door Of the city beside the territory hi Asia Minor ' through which the river Euphrates flows. And in the present war thrqugh the onward march of the British army this outlaw of the world has been greatly weakened in Ada Minor. Soon she shall be completely, driven from Europe, and shall flee to Asia Minor, and as the "drylng-up" process continues she will be forced to plant her tabernacle In Jerusalem, according to Dan. 11 :45, where ahe shall come to her end or be completely dried up. The fact that this drylng-up process is now going on and that It Is completed under the sixth plague which ushers in the second com- ing of Chrlat gives ua some idea of the nearness of the time when these plagues f . shall begin to fall, and therefore of the nearness of the closing ot the door of salvation, and the end of the world's history. Under this plague, as Turkey is dried up and comes to her end, the., battle of Armageddon Is fought. As we read of the seventh plague it may be said. "The Lord hath opened his armory and hath brought forth the weapons of his indignation." In verses 17 to 21 of Revelation 16, the scenes sur rounding the second coming of Christ are given. "There were voices. Above all will be heard the voice of God The . Lord also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem, and the heavens and the earth shall shake ; but the Lord will be the hope of hla people, and the strength of the children of Israel." Joel 8:16. See also Jer. 25; JO. Heb. 12.26. This will cause the greet . earthquake, such as was not since men ' were upon the earth. The cities of the nations will fall ; universal desola tion spreads over the earth : every island flees away and the mountains are not found, "and there fell upon men a great hall out of heaven." This Is the last Instrumentality used In the In fliction of pun!chment upon the wicked the bitter dregs of the seventh vial. God haa solemnly addressed the wicked saying, "Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plum met : and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall over flow the hiding place." Isa. 28:17. "Every stone about the weight of a . talent. ' weighing according to various authorities about 57 pounds avoirdupois. What could withstand the force of stones of such enormous weight falling from heaven 7 But mankind, at this time, will ha'veno shelter. The cities have fallen In a mighty earthquake. The islands have fled away and the mountains are not rouna. Ana tnere came a great voice out of the temple 0f heaven, from the throne, saying, it 8 done !' Thus all is finished. The cut) of human eruilt has been filled up. Tno last soul has availed Itself of the pian 0f salvation. The books are closed, The number of the saved Is completed. The final period is placed to this world's history. The vials of Ood's wrath are poured out upon a corrupt generation, The wicked have drunk them to the dress, and sunk Into the realm of death for a thousand years. Tne people or God - while this overflowing scourge Is passing over are the special, subjects of God's protection, without whose no- tlce not a sparrow falls to the ground. Ps. 91:2-10, snd In Isa. 82:18-19. Pa. 121:6-7, Isa. 88:16: 41:17 are given the many promises which come erowdmg In to comfort the saints during this awful time. Dear soul, where do you wish to be found In that day? Upon your decision today largely rests ths position in which ou will be placed in that day; whether you will stand with the unmlngled wrath of God pouring over your guilty 1 head, or whether you are abidinsr under the shadow ef the Almighty. "Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee." Job. 12 :2L "Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call ye upon him while be Is near: let the wicked forsake hla way. snd the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord, and -he will have mercy upon him; and to our God., tor he will abundantly par a on." Is. 85:6-7. . The subject for tonight will to:. The . New Covenant It's Relation to the Law and Sabbath.. .. - . " .-. . Free literature on the -subjects "that are being presented la : these lectures may be secured by communicating with Evangelist L. Dickson. 399 East - .: rorty-sixtn : street ; North, . or": tewrhone r Tabor . 228 4 A.Y. .