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WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, JANUARY 7. 1918.
TWO CENTS.
DAY DENOUNCE KAISER
BYNG RECAPTURES SAP;
FRENCH LINES RAIDED;
HUN BAGS 15 AIRCRAFT
Crown Prince's Troops Thrown Back in Sev
eral Frays?Petain's Men Repulsed in Hand
to-Hand Combat?Guns Roar in Italy.
??celai tabi? lo The Mas ?last?? HeraM ..d New York Trlb?aav_
London, Jan. 6.?Sharp fighting developed last night and today on
both th? British and French fronts.
Gen. Byng's troops stormed and recaptured in ?ts entirety last night
the Sap east of Bullecourt, which the enemy had occupied during the
morning.
German detachment's penetrated French advanced trenches on the
Aisne and Verdun fronts and returned to their lines with prisoners and
booty. ??
In the air the Germans brought down on Friday and Saturday
fifteen allied airplanes and four captive balloons, some of which were
winged by anti-aircraft gunners, the Berlin communique reports.
(jerrain \ rnloii toltile??.
The German successes against
the French yesterday were won
near Juvincourt, northwest of
Rheims, and near Avocourt. north
west of Verdun. While the Ger
m&n statement says that the thrustr.
were preceded by artillery prep
aration, it also declares that the at
tacks to6*k the French by surprise
"Numerous prisoners and machine
guns" were taken in these two op
erations, the report say?.
North of Chemin-des-Dames the
crown price-s troops were less
successful, being thrown back sev
eral times while attempting to raid
advanced poete, Paris reports. In
the Champagne and in Ailly wood.
in the St. Mihiel .?-ector. Petain's
troops were repulsed in hand-to
hand combat after reaching the
enemy's trench line.*?.
Italian Battle ?Las?.
m Vigorous artillery actions were main
f tamed by both the Italians and the
Auatr0-G.-r.n3ns throughout yesterday
on the mountain front and along the
? ? war Piave, but no infantry opera
lions are reported in the official state
1.tents, except patrol skirmishes be
tween the Brenta and Piave.
Rome emphasises the lively nature
of the artillery lighting between Fos
saltv and the Adriatic, on the Lower
Piave, and within the inundated region
north of Venice. Cannon of small
caliber, machine guns and rifles poured
a steady stream of shot and .?hell into
the invaders' defensive work.??, tho
communique says.
The Berlin war office chronicles only
artillery fichting on both sides of the
Brenta and in the icgion of Monte
Tomoa, scene of the successful initial
attack of the French forces a week
ago today.
Although the aircraft of both sides
carried out reconnaissances, no en
gagements between the opposing flten
resulted.
I Titti extreme cold and the recurrence
of heavy .?now storm?, alotu? most of
the front have pracittded infantry ac
tion-? on any large scale and it may be
jpeek.-i before the bis battle is ie
sumed.
U. S. AIRMEN TO OPEN
NEW OVERSEA SCHOOL
Latest Aviation Graduates, Elager
for Service, Make Grim Bets.
By M.Y*. ION < . I'VHKL
Stag Correspondrai International
RMM Service.
With the American Army in France,
Jan. ?.? The establishment of anome.
corps aviation school was determined
upon today. Officers are selecting a
site for it further behind the lines.
\It is expected to be the most ad
anced school and to be in operation
within two months. It will be Hi
charge of a mijor already experi
enced in turning out airmen in Ad
vanced schooU.
?Urina Masers Made.
The class which has just graduated
from an advanced school is intensely
enthusiastic over the prospect of
being sent to the front next week.
The youngsters are betting on who
will be the first to fly over the Ger
Tnan line and who will bring down
the first enemy machine.
Some make even grimmer bets, of
fering even money that they will out
live their comrades or that they will
not see the end of the war.
The whole class will try out its own
machines on the actual firing lines,
although they will be accompanied by
experienced British and French fly
ers.
Two \ merit-ana A.eaaed.
American aviators have -already
a\enged the death of the two Amer
ican privates killed by German air
bombs last week. American flyers
again have crossed the lines into Ger
many, making the flght in British and
-French machines. Through the cour
tesy of the pilots, the Americans were
enabled to bomb, with their own
hands, enemy barracks, towns and
cantonments. '
22 Shot by Germans
At Ghent as Spies
Amsterdam. Jan. ?.?Twenty-two
persons, among them four from Ant
werp, eight from Ghent and a Dutch
ipkippor, were shot at Ghent, Decem
ber 20 for alleged espionage, accord
ling to the Telegraafa correspondent
|at Flushing.
Karauky Af aia Near Deatk
London. Jan. 6. ?Former Premier
? e rene ky of Russi? U noftr death,
acecirding to reporta reaching here
by way of Switzerland. The Russian
loader, who has suffered from lung
ajlment for several years, is said to
tea In the last stages of the -disease.
HOUSE REPORT
WINS PRAISE
FROM FRENCH
Newspapers .Express Confi
dence America Will Bring
War to End.
Paris, Jan. 6.?America's part in the
war-.fairly monopolizes editorial dis
cussion in "the French press. A par
ticularly heartening impression has
been made here by Col. House's re
port on the aefflevements of the
American mission. .
?.? Rappel says on this subject:
?The report ?? Col. Hou?? wipes out
| ? umiliali > the idea that President
Wilson, and with him th? American
nation, face with indifference the
? greatness and the difficulties of the
. task before them. They do not un
I dercstlmate the strength and power
I of the Central European bloc. They
? are not caressing the foolish hope of
beating the central powers to their
! knees within a few months. The mili
i tary effort which is indispensable for
' \ ictory will be made by America, no
( matter how formidable that effort
! must be."
??i --..ni.um- Army.**
Ia Radical discusses at length the
' efficacy of the "economic army" of
the allies. "We must make Gei
! many realise," says this newspaper.
| -that the will be shut off from the
? s'ipply of raw materials. This menace
(represents the life and death question
( of German Industry. Germany will
[not be able after the cessation of
I hostilities to produce cotton, rubber
? or those minerals her native soil can
I not produce, nor the lubricants here
[ tofore imported by her from her
colonies.
"These materials, without which
her industries can not exist, Ger
many must get from the entente.
The latter thus commands the de
cisive means to defeat the enemy.
This is not an exaggeration. The
Germans themselves realize these
facts and manifest the greatest
anxiety on this score.
"It is not impossible to practice
this economic policy. President
Wilson has not hesitated to fore
shadow the rupture of economic re
lations with Germany, if that
should become necessary, and four
? English statesmen, Bonar Law, Sir
Walter Runciman. Dr. Addison and
Sir Edward Carson, have declared
with emphasis that the entente
must eventually maJce use of Its
monopoly of raw materials.1'
MRS. KING'S ESTATE
TO BE COURT STAKE
Bitter Fight Over Property Left by
Slain Widow Is Foreshadowed.
?New Tork. Jan. 6.?A bitter/ legal
fight i? to be made for what remain?
of the ?l.COO.OOO estate of the late Mrs.
Maude A. King, it wa? revealed to
day when development? were made
known of a ?uit instituted by Mrs.
Julie Means, , wife of Gaston ?.
Means.
Mrs. Mean?, whose liuiband wa? re
cently acquitted at Concord, N. C, o(
the murder of Mrs. King,, entered suit
in the Supreme Court here against
the Corn Exchange Bank for recovery
of 15,014. Her ?uit wa? started after
a check ?he had drawn upon the
bank had been returned unpaid. Judge
Boyd, of the United State? Circuit
Court, Weatern di?trict of North' Car
olina, had directed that neither Mr.
and Mr?. Means nor Mean?' brother,
Afton, should interefere in any man*
ner with the King estate.
C. A. Peter?, temporary executor
of Mrs. King'? eatate, procured an
order from Justice Platzek substi
tuting him as defendant In Mrs.
Means' suit, in place of the Corn
Exchange Bank. Mr. Peter? declared
S3CO.00O worth of property and secur
ities had disappeared from the es
tate since Means collected them from
the ? Woodruff Tru?t Company of
Joliet. 111.
Means was described by Peter? a?
earning Hi a week a? a private de
tective and living with hi? wife In
a aa. a month boarding houae prior
te hl? associatila with the wealthy
widow, -----.
TWO AMERICAN
SOLDIERS DIE
IN EXPLOSION
Privates Harvey and Jones
Victims?? went y-o ? e
Other Deaths Reported.
General Penning ha? reported to
the War Department the death of
two members of the atevedor? resi
menta of the expeditionary force
from an explosion. The War De
partment la without further details,
but It ia presumed the deaths were
the result of an accident In unload
ing a munition ship. One of the
men died on January 1 ?nd th? other
the next day.
They irti
Pr?vate Albert Harvey. Stevedore
regiment, William Harvey, father,
21 Wood st., Newark, N. J.
Private Cedric Jones. m Stevedore
regimen!. Saille Williams.' aunt, 222
Simmons Alley. Helena, Ark.
Other Deaths Reported.
Eleven other deatha from natural
causes are reported as follows:
Corporal Fred M. Grube, Ambulance
Company, December 31, bronchial
pneumonia; emergency address. Pearl
E. Grub? (wife). 29M Taylor street
northeast. Minneapolis. Minn.
Private Walter Halfhill, Infantry,
January 2, bronchial pneumonia
emergency address. James Halfhill
(father), Alton, Ohio.
Private Howard Flncb, Motor Truck
Company, December 31, cerebro
spinal meningitis; emergency add.res,
Burt Finch (father*. Torrington,
Wyo.
Private First Class Michael J. Mc
Xamara. Ambulance Company, De
cember 31. cerebro-spinal meningitis;
emergency address, M. J. McNamara,
sr. (father), IM North Florence street,
El Paso, Tex.
Private Philogene Bishop, Labor
Company, January -, ?bar pneu
monia; emergency address, Joseph
Bishop (fatherl, Cameron, I?.
Pr?vete Herman ?. Boose, infantry,
December si. lobar pneumonia; emer
gency address, Ed Ireos? (father'.
Odebolt, Iowa.
Private Michael J. Ctdigan. field
artillery, January 1, cerebro-?plnal
meningitis-, emergency address, Mich
ael Cadig-B (father), ?0 Greenwood
avenu?, Beverly Farms, Mass.
Private Oscar McDoodle, Steven-j
dores. January I, intestinal obstruc
tion: emergency address. Celi? Mc
Doodle (wife), Glendora, Miss.
Private Everett R. Kenney, field ar
tillery, January 1, spinal meningitis;
emergency address. Mrs. Mary Ken
ney (mother). TO Dorchester street.
L?? ??enee, Mass.
Private Fred C. Bogle, infantry,
January 2, pneumonia: emergency ad
dress, Joseph R. Boalo (father), ???
Clinton ?treet. Circleivllle. Ohio.
Private Henry M. Chapman, Infan
try. December 27, died suddenly, cause
to be determined; emergency address,
Mrs. G. W. Chapirui ? (mother), 29
Hancock -street, Dorchester, Mass.
Private Col s Berry, stevedore, Jan
uary ?i, pneumonia; emergency ad
dress. Mrs. Babe Berry (mother).
Camp Hill. Ala.
Private Early Harris, stevedoie.
December 4. cerebro-spinal meningi
tis; emergency address. Mrs. Lucy
Harris (mother), Lincolnton, Ga.
Private William E. Klley. field ar
tillery, January 2, cerebro-spinal
meningiti?; emergency address, John
Klley (father), T? Coburn street. East
Lynn, Mass.
Private Norbert T. Wilson, Infan
try, January 5, scarlet fever; emer
gency address, E. V. Wilson (father),
Elliott, Iowa.
Private Edward J. Hates', Infantry,
December 31, pneumonia: emergency
address. Mrs. Maley (mother), 02S
East Twelfth street, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Private Carl E. Moberg. field artil
lery, November 29, pneumonia; emer
gency address. Mrs. Alice Berd (sis
ter). 4701 Fifth avenue south, Minne
apolis. Minn.
Private Harectum Beyajian. infan
try, December 23, gunshot wounds;
emergency address. Dr. Larici? ? ?
???r?an (cousin), 21 West 119th street,
New York City.
Private George M. Leahy, Infantry,
January 4, pneumonia; emergency ad
dress. Mrs. *Mary Leahy (mother),
Northfleld, Minn.
Private, first class, Earless O'Neal,
Quartermasters' Corps, January ?,
pneumonia; emergency address, Mrs.
Nellie O'Neal (mother). Tulla, Texas.
Private Charles Jenkins, field artil
lery, January i, accidentally killed by
treck; emergency address, Charles E.
Jenkins (father). 111 Wilbur avenue,
Cranston, R. I.
SLIP, SLIDE, BUMP!
NATURE PLAYS PRANK
Ice-Coaled Pavements Causes Many
a Sudden Fall.
WashingtQnlans were skidding badly
last night hi spite of its being Billy
Sunday's first day In town.
But it wasn't moral skidding. It
was Just the slippery streets. A fine
sleet began to fall about 8 o'clock
and by 10 the streets began to re
semble a first-class rink.
Crowds coming from the movies
were amazed, so amazed that some
of them sat right down. It wss ao
slippery that rubbers didn't help.
Automobiles laclnk anti-skid equip
ment were In a sad fix. If one of
them attempted to turn a corner It
waa as likely as not to And Itself In
the opposite direction.
But the weather man haa predicted
a material rise in temperature today,
so nice, oosy slush may replace the
ley pavement coating.
The mercury, is due to drop again
tonight, but It Is not believed It will
again reach the low mark of the past
week.
Gas KM. Three Children.
Philadelphia. Jan. 6.?Three children
of Herbert Roth were killed this
morning by gas that escaped from a
radiator. The victims were Fiunie, ?;
David, 4*. and John, 4 - ?? ^
"wIb'11
Soon Lick that Kaiser and His
Bunch of Cut-throats." ii
How the noted evangelist loo??.,) >-e?t<rd?v tn hi- bi-r nudante? when
he ?va? patriotically ?tirred to a ?itter denunciation of (.ermanv and it?
"Cod-forsaken gang of hot -oo hafpntii'l?." Illilv Sundav wa? parti.
tilarly vehement at each of hlsV*,.? vealerdav in his repudiation ..i t In
so-called 'Kultur. that Kai?er HiMv ,, trying to cram duwn the throats
of American??but he II never do f^??
SEVERE STORM 1
HITS CHICAGO;
BLOCKS TRAINS
?
- I
One Death Reported; Fuel
Administrator Prevents
Threatened Famine.
Chicago, Jan. ?.?Chicago was strucki
by the most severe etorm today.
Snow drifts fifteen feet or more were
common and all forms of trafile was
demoralized.
Railroads to the South, North and
West were tied up early In the day.
Telegraph and phone wires, especially
in the open country, were wrecked.
There was no automobile traffic.
Hundreds of car? were abandoned by
their owner?, some buried by the
drifts. The ?treet cleaning bureau
found It impossible to work in the
blinding snow.
The temperature was eighteen above
zero today and up to 6:30 o'clock
there were no casualties reported.
One death due to the storm was re
ported late tonight. Joseph H. Hill
erman. TO was overcome by the
struggle with the snow while on his
way home.
Careful work of Raymond Durham.
Cook County fuel administrator, has
protected Chicago from a coal fam
'inc because of the blizzard.
I This statement was made tonight
by George II. Cushing. editor of the ?
Black Diamond, a coal journal.
The storm proved too much for the '
street cleaning bureau. Three hun
dred men responded in the loop to |
I Superintendent Aicbell's call for aid. ?
but found it impossible to work.
Mexicans in Battle
Near Border Line;
U. S. Troops See Fray
El Paso, Texas, Jan. 6?A battle
has been in progress since 10 o'clock
this morning between Mexican gov
ernment soldiers from Juarez ar.d ban
dits who last night seized the San
Augustin Ranch, opposite?. Fab?n?,
Texas, thirty mile? southeast of El
Paso. Mexican government troops are
using artillery In an attempt to dis
lodge the bandits from an old mill on
the ranch. Fabens' residents have been
watching the battle from house tops
and American troops of the Seventh
Cavalry and a detachment of Texas
Rangers have gone to "the Island.''
a point on the American side close to
the scene of the batti?.
Bandits, supposed to be Vllllstas.
have been gathering opposite Fabens
and Clint. Texas, for several days
threatening to raid the Texas towns
Additional American troops were sent
tonight to Fabens from patrol camp?
to rem and Socorro) ?^
[ERVE WARNS
.OF HUN SNARE
JSTOCKHOLM
;h Socialists Told Ger
mans Plan Allied Bolshe
?i as War Measure.
Spec'?' J able I. V?n?Mn-v(on Herald
?.?? ?or!. Trlbnnr.
Paris. Aln t;.?Gustave Herv? warns
the Social?st, 0f prance against the
appeal fo* ? conference at Stock
holm, whiih, he declares, ia another
German srL10. ? diversion intended
to further Vici-man purposes at the
very moment when ,?? conversations
at Hrest-LirV,v.|- tahc to be re
newed. \
? The Plan ?s lio attract to Stockholm
the Socialist.) gf allied countries,
many of whoni\arc contaminated with
German Social?sra. once thev are
time, he says. i\ is the Gem-an plan
to provoke througV, ,llc Russian Maxi
malists and the Socialists of neutral
countries-all tainted bv German So
cialisra-a Maximalst movement tn
the allied countries (0 bring about
corruption in the enhCnte armies.
llerve concluded bf- pronouncing the
snare too coarse to cikmesh the Social
ists of France.
Arthur Henderson, leader of RrHi.-:i
labor, has announced ihM? plan of as
sembling labor delegatAs of all coun
tries, including bellig?rants and neu
trals, in a neutral ccnttr as soon as
possible to discuss a mi-ans for end
ing the war. ,
He announced In Parliaimcnt Satur
day night that in ess ntlv-i? British
labor and the Russian Bolsheviki were
in accord. V
Alexandria Nabs Six,\
Of Five Nationalities
Possessing Six Quarts
Alexandria, Va., Jan. fi.-Six A?.
ployes of a New Torkrr, who errivi,!
here in a big touring car en route tjs
the winter Lome of their employer a?
Fort Myer. Fla., ?pent an uneomfort-j
able half hour at police hcadquai ters
at 1 o'clock this morning explaining
why they had six quarts of liquor. |
Including wine. Scotch whisky and
llquers. in their possession. Their ex
planation satisfied Sergt. Scott ana
they were promptly turned loose.
Included in the party were an
American chauffeur, a German, butlei,
a Japanese cook, a colored footman,
an Irish maid end a German maid.
The party put up at a hotel here
and before retiring went to a lunch
room. One of them placed a bottle
of wine on the table. Thi? caused a
policeman to take them to headquar
ters. There a search of their luggage
revealed a total of six quarts. Kach
party claimed ownership of a causi-}
and Sergt. Scott directed their re
?V-aae.. -r- ?S
400 PASSENGER
TRAINS TAKEN
OFF IN EAST
Engines Relieved Will Haul
Coal; New Demurrage
Rates Announced.
? More than 400 passenger traina had
been taken out of service in the north
eastern quarter of the country up to
last midnight, according to incomplete
estimates made at the office of the
Director General of Railroads, from
the incomplete figures received.
The Pennsylvania system has drop
ped more than 125 passenger trains:
the New Haven. K; the Baltimore and
Ohio. Cu; the New York Central, CO, and
othrr roads varying numbers, from b
to -? or more, according to the char
acter of their service. Some of th?
others are the Philadelphia and Read
ing, the Erie, tae Delaware and Hud
eon, the -Delaware. Lac ka wanna and
Western, the New Jersey Central, the
NeV York. Ontario and Western, the
Boston and Maine and the Boston and
Albany".
Mill Move Coal. ?
Locomotives relieved by the cutting
out of those trains will be turned im
mcd.ately to the hauling of coal and
generally relieving the freight con
gestion.
No more rassenger trains ?111 be
chopped off in the immediate future,
but the Director General may make a
further ruling as to the number of
chair cars allotted some trains. He
said he would allow tour to some
trains; but in all likelihood a single
chair car will he the limit.
On nearly all trains the chair car
?ill be cut out entirely. One of the
chief causes of confusion and com
plaint at railroad stations baa been
brought about by the chair car sit
uation. When trains have been
cancelled, persons holdinjr chair
tickets were told to take the next
train. Duplication and endless
squabbles ensued. Mr. McAdoo*.?
plan- make it impossible for anyone:
to obtain an advantage in travel.
\fir Demurrage chargea.
Director General McAdoo made
public the demurrage rule?, ? esu
la tions and <-harpes, effective Jan
uary _1. as follow?
"?. il) Forty-eight lioui? itwo
day?-? free time for loading and un
loading on ?11 commodities. <_)
! Twenty-four hours tone day) free
j time on cars held for any other
? purpose permitted by tariff.
? "??Demurrage charries per car P?r
day or fraction of a ?lay until ear I?
, ;<>u;rd, as follows: Three dollars for
j the first day. $1 for the second
?day. and for each succeeding ad
ditional day the charge to be in
creased fl in excess of that for the
rreceding day until a maximum
char;??1 of $10 per car per day shall be
reached on tho eighth day of deten
tion beyond free lime, the (barge
'hereafter to be IP? per car per day or
fraction thereof. Th se chargea will
I' supersoi_4? ?ill those named in estela?
ini Iff s applicable to domestic freight,
and >-peril.? ally contemplate th?? ? ..n
i <? -nation of ail ?verag? agreement
provision? of existing tariff?
"No change is authorized hereby to
the made in demurrage rules, ? - ila
| Hon.? and ? hartes applying on fo:?ipn
[ export freight awaiting ships at ex
j iK>rt points "
; l*ron request of ihe Director Gen
' era!, the Intentate Commerce <*om
; mission has issued an order authoriz
ing the filing of tariff? to accord with
this order, to bre?me effective Jan
uary 51 on one day'? noti-e
??t Terminal Relief.
"An imperative necessity exist.? for
releasing freight car? for further
service and for relieving terminals
which arc now badly congested." said
Mr. MeAdco. ' The.-*e unfavorable
conditions are injuriously affecting
the poveinmcnt's conduct of the war,
its aid to the allies and the supplyin_;
of fuel, food and necessaries for our
' own people.
'On these accounts ? have felt eon.
j nelled to issu? ?? order providing for
! heavy increase in demurrage charges
unless cars are loatiJ-J and unloaded
I with promptness., In making this
order 1 have fully considered the em
borras, ments of shippers and con
signees on account of the sacr^city of
labor, the inevitable weather, the ir
regularity of transportation, and the
[ consequent frequent bunching of
I cars. Nevertheless I am conviti? ed
I that the total inconvenience and
I hardship on these accounts will be far
? rmaller than the inconvenience anil
! hardship which our people as s whole
| are suffering on acount of the undue
! tying up of railroad equipment and
| will be very small indeed compared
; with the menace which the wide?*
? spread tying up of equipment causes
to the health and comfort of the
people and the successful conduct of
I our war operations."
Cold Hamper- Traffic.
Telegraphic report from A. H. Smith,
in charge of the transportation of the
northeastern section of the country,
said accumulations were increasing at
points east of Pittsburgh and Buffalo,
due to extreme cold weather. Train
men and enplnemen have reported sick
in large number?, necesita ting cur
tailment of train service.
The tonnage ratings of trains has
Jfecii redu?-ed on account of the cold,
to expedite transportation of coal and
foodstuff?.
The War Department announces the
successful trip from Detroit to the At
: lantic seaboard of the first United
; States Quartermaster Motor Truck
? train. Beginning Thursday the de
partment will start motor truck trains
each day?from Detroit. Kach truck
V-ariiea two tons of supplies.
'VR?!NIS GRIM
CITY OF DESPAIR"
\
Bos?on, Jan. ?.?Berlin ts a brood
.i;3, ajiira city of ?lespnir today, ac
cordino? to Miss Josephine Marxynakl,
a youn^ Boston soloist just returned
from the? German capital where she
had bee\n studyine music fifteen
months. y3he left Berlin November
15. Miss \_iarzynaki declared today
that th? (iufnians stlil believe in iheir
hearts they tan win the war.
-The ?r-nerAi feelln?; In Berlin." ?aid
?he, -is thst Vhe allies ?r* exhaustei
?nd that a dccVatve blow can be struck
beror* the L'niked States ??.n becom*
?sjs?tor on tbsSwesUrn iront"
EVANGELIST BEGS DIVINE
HELP IN ALLIES' FIGHT
ON PRUSSIAN BARBARITY
Billy Sunday Preaches Three Sermons on
First Day of Revival?Serbian Mission
Members Among 7Motab.es There.
By ARTHUR JOYCE.
Washington has formally met Billy Sunday?and Washington like?'
him!
The noted evangelist made his debut in the National Capital at
? three great meetings yesterday and approximately 37,000 persons heard
him in three of the most strenuous sermons he has ever preached.
Washington saw Billy in his best form. Mentally and phyiically,
' he was in better trim yesterday than he has been in the lait ?be month-.
He preached three rattling good sermon? overflowing with patrioti??
- and replete with the famous "Sundayisms" that haj.e characterized hi?
best work.
ACCUSE HUNS
OF SPURNING
OLIVE BRANCH
Officials Say Germany Is
Not Ready to Talk
Peace.
Goimany is not yet ready to take
the tour.-e to an honorable \vtm ?
which Lloyd George has shown her.
This is tho private opinion of nf
' Acial?, hrro after a rareful perusal
or Frida> '? speech by the Brlti.-h
I Prime Minister.
The allied arnie ha?- been revesl
' ed In dfla.i. \huv ?re hhoun ?o
be based throug ntsh
intere.*-1. but on abstract justice to
? ?. friend, enemy and neutral.
In this respect they contra*-!
?strikingly with the German aims,
! as set forth by Count Csernin at
! Brest-L-itovsk. It i?. a?cordingly,
'believed that the buidon of the con
i
?tfnuatton of host.litie?? lias b--n
I definitely siiifted to Teuton .?boul
ders
..rrnni i? Riami- far War.
That Germain- is mine to assume
this burden is indicated by news t
[cet ved in official quarters here ftAct?
? day that Germany haa broken off nc
I gouations with Russia because of th??
? insistence of the Russian delegates
I lhat th*- meetings l*e transferred to
?Stockholm or some other neutral Cat*'.
1 Were <?? nanny ready to proceed in
?th?* path indicated by Lloyd G-<aorge, 11
| is pointed out, she would gladly have
? ? h ? ..? gotiations ?emoved to some
?point where they would b** more ar
j cessible to the entente allies and al
lied opinion.
The features cf the speech which
appai? nily h.?.', e mont deeplv im
?rrlord American officials are:
The greater dann with which
Lloyd George expresses G
WiUons distinction bet wot* ? the Ger
man people and the Gorman go\ern
; ment.
J The skill with which he ha? depicted
- the detail*, of tho eni< nte aims as
based on justice rather than interest.
Officials of the administration have
always t>een chary of defining just
what President Wilson meant in hi?
reply to I o.^e Benedict by his refusal
to treat with "the present masters of
?the Canaan people.'* it has never
been onciali y either d* nied or affirmed
that tho I'nited States would demand
coNTiNttP os raes -U-tcvRit.
SAYS HUNS ENDEAVOR
TO ?MINION
Paris Newspaper Believes Bolshe
\ iki Are Tools of Kaiser.
Sperlal Table to The *? aftMneion
Herald and Maat York Trlbnne.
Paris. Jan. 6.?In the refusal of the
Germans to resume peace negotiations
with the Bolsheviki in Stockholm. L-e
Matin scents a plot to confuse allied
c-pinion.
"Is it certain." the newspaper
queries, "that the Germans dread to
go to Stockholm? They are playing at
this moment a deep game, hatching
new plots every* minute, and watching
always the effect on allied opinion.
'What is their object? Hmdcnburg's
object is known. Ltts to *get th?? Rus
sians out of the *?\\ to hold tho Bat
tle provinces and to start his great
offensive against us as quickly n.-- pos
sible.
"We know from reliable informa
tion that hope of success in this
maneuver is hardly entertained by
the majority of German stai? ? ??,
whose only d?sira is to draw us into
preliminary conversations. They re
gard the Bolsheviki as agents to
transmit and interpret to the allies
the German peace proposals.
"The Germane hope that in letting
us address an appeal through the
medium of the Bolshevlki. while pre
tending themselves to dread cirrytng
the conference to Stockholm, they will
create a favorable opinion In tbe press
toward their suggestiona"
In the same way. the "Gaulois" ex
presses Its astonishment at the Ger
mans' opposition to tue Stock hoi .?
plan and likewise sees In it a piot to
?fcheckmate the all-?*
.?.?table? Altead Servie?. '
Secretary of the Nary Dante:? and
Mrs. Daniels and Speaker Clark, of
the Mouse of Representative?, heard
Billy at the opening service; Mr?.
Marshall Field, widow of the noted
Chicago merchant, was on th? plat
form du ing Ute ?fUrnoon meeting,
and last t.igbt there were present, ia
: full uniform and accompanied by their
wive?, the entire Serbian delegation
th_t h?s come to thi? country t?
thank America for na aid to the*r
.stricken 'ountry, Senator Yardaman.
| of Mississippi. Henry ? Daviaon.
I head of the American Red Croa?, ?nd
Ivy I_.e. his side partner.*?
| Secretary Daniels heard Billy for
the Brag um?- and thinks the ev*_a0e
i Mat i? ? -iter Claarae. think?
; he ?*- "wonderfui " flight off the ber
er Clark "signed up" Billy and
1 "Ma" Sunday for a, luncheon engage
: m Kit ?t the Capitol next Yiiurnd*. .
r which B.il\ i? >r-hedulc? t?
? make hi? bow before < "ongress.
Th? re ? ? t a hit* h *r ywheir in
?the pttH ? *.?????? of the opcniiig ??a.?.
' At the first n?<-etin**r about V.-.'M? men
. und ?????-?? ? ro?d? d t he- hi; taue; -
!na< ?e, f tiling M and erti /
Inch of space m the three b?r corr.
t do.-". la th* aftttr.ot.ii ii-. ;. ?.t*
j about 1*aW pc-rsuiis at it
'and lact n.?vibt ther? ?refe ?bouc
: ? **'*<? perso?? ? a* '???.a iafto ii.?
? building. Huttdreds ? ?:' other? ?nera
t
roora insidi the ? ?
? ??- nu . * . ifeniaed.
' SO I I
?,
? t - -
t< r drill?: I ?
'- i. '_ 1.' . ' !
? vivai
?: i r.? , ? - *. ?. ? tc been
? used ?
j with meetinc.
: ? its ha ve* VX?!- -
unte, ????- toi Hm fing "?tunis" *
?dartag * ? t w---kf' revival ju?t
? ni* borne out :
. b> Billy* himself; by Rody. the Baa?
jday chortster. and ... individ*.,fl
[member? of the Sunda> p.-??
Th?? climax to ?hat rr-a? i>** aaUv*,
ed a 'perfect- d?>. ' so f.nr a?1
the ? vsnc.lj.-tiv campaign is
?ce*ned, came ??.s: mcht at the
if Billy SunJa> s sermon, which Waa ,
?filled to the brim with patriotic ref- -
?s t? the T'nited Stacca, its war
policy, .*?" fHhtera for humanity."
?and crowded witrr d?nonciations of'
j thef Kai?er and "his bunch ?
? cut-throat*-."' wh.n lb? evangelist
1 kuiarbed into one of h s ?.harac
teristic pray?:-s
rrayer Mir? Vast ihre??
The prayer came unexpectedly. Billyl
Sunday'? prayers aiway? do. He never*
announces thst he ? going to pray.
Billy just vk.sts his e^es. looks up to
ward the tabernacle roof ?nd begin?:
? -Sa>. Lord ?-"
The "prayer inapiration" .arm ap
tly ?t sight of m soldiers lined
up in special reservation? directly be
neath and to the right of th? evan
g? list's pulpit. If there's any one
thing thai gets under Billy s ' skin "
as he saya, it's the fight of s soldier
in the uniform of ? "noie Bam.
".-?ay Jesus." Bihy ?tatted, 'this ??
the day the King of England has ask
ed to be set aside as s day * I pra\er
for the allie? Hut were no. praying ,
now because the King say? so. Kng
lands al.i?s aie our allies. So. listen '
Jesus and stop making world? snd \
?fas in the face? of that dirty gar?;
that's trying to cram H?.*hen_,ollernism
down A merioa n t h roa Ka. It? a es *?
now, l_ord, of the Kaiser against th?
President, the Hohcnsollerns ?g?lnst
the United States, He?, en ?gam?t
Her?
"Bless Hai?. Jesus, and look ?iter
the British. Canadian and Austiahaa
soldiers: bless the }*r>m h ?nd Italian
generals. An?!. O, Isua*, boss thos_
French can tur'* ?Ve*? ? little .dear
in starting, 1-ord. You know thm.
Cut you know, too, that we didn't
Witnt this ligia Bo, I.oid. hats Itum
all to bold on 'nil ve * ?a? M? 1*
Russia, which ?eeaas to have Batten
cold t?H Deli? s-t1.i.i. Miai is?
Am? Rasaaaaa and ?i? the ?H
??And Matea, J cesas' I?o/.'t tercet
PeraUM. H? Ip the fellow at the ma
chine gun not to Dstea tara** And if
one of those dirty Mbmarinca poKr?
Ua nose out nf the v. a'-i? Bay, ??? I
? minute; Ii tl
Bats n?Kjvc water, help the man nt the
?iun to hit end hit sfaipht And th. a,
i-ord. it will be g ?rd nisht for thst
sub.''
^\elr??ne? **erbrans.
Pilly ??id "statai G Bjll has An
'? eked off the may " Ha <i* ?
? hired him to l?e a ?.?orabloation at
N? re. Caesar ?nd the Scoarge of Cod
Billy prajed for l>?-^deat Wilson ?nd
for Congress; for the army ?nd the
navy. At.<W.e prayed with emphii?.
?\ en he ?as through the perspira
tion was r-'-rtng from him Ever*
?titch of clothes he wore had to be
changed before he left the Tabernacle.
TU? night servie? opened with the
'.CD?* ?sen and women in the audience
on their feet singing in unison tba
"Star Spangled Banner." It was a
wonderful chorus. And it was heard
blocks ?way from the T?hernacle.
, The? Billy "?potted the Berbiaa
| co.vm-TjBD on f?\Qan jucvm