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IRE SNOW STOPS f UFTINGFREIGHT LID Storms Prevent Railroad Offi cials From Removing Em bargo on Eastern Lines. IS HIT BY BLIZZARDS I I Just as railroad administration offi cials, encouraged by rising tempera [ tures over most of the country, had be ; gun yesterday to discuss removal of j. a the general freight embargo on three | * eastern trunk lines, reports reached i J them of new snowstorms with their I i train of disastrous affects on rail trans portation. : It was the beginning of the third ' week of abnormally low temperatures 1 * and heavy snows with which the rail roads have struggled since their con [ T trol by the government. I* The immediate result was the tempo rary abandonment of hope of removing the existing embargo on some eastern [; trunk lines, and the intimation that it I ? might be necessary to extend it further. Hit by Blizzards. p-- The New York Central, the principal * trunk line between New York and Chi \ , cago not covered by the eastern em- | bargo, was sorely hit by blizzards yes terday, both about Chicago and in ! \ northern New York state. In* the lat- ; ? ter locality its tracks were piled hi>rh | * many places with snow drifts deeper i ' than the locomotives, which were help- J ? , less before them. Reports from A. H. ' Smith, regional director for the east, f * Indicated only a sluggish freight move !" ? ment over the main line. ? i Passenger trains were many hours t late, and some were withdrawn. * About Chicago, the reports said, from . teven to ten inches of snow had fallen and was being driven over tracks and ? trains by a high west wind. More snow was forecast for most of the ?rf country eastward for today. Coal Kept Moving^. In the face of discouraging weather ;i reports, coal was kept moving, and ? neither the ^uel nor railroad adminis tratlons had any reports indicating any | -more serious coal shortage than has prevailed for the past week. Michigan : -? the blizzard s grip, was fairly well supplied with coal, it was said, and this r-? }rue a^so of Ohio, Indiana and i; ? Illinois. i ? The zone system of distributing coal yet been worked out fully, and * Probably will not be put into effect for another week. Bv that time of Bcials look for a cessation of abnormal winter weather. 1 Wage Commission Decides | Not to Take Up Grievances of flailway Labor Bodies |& The railroad wage commission, Di ^?otor General McAdoo's advisory body, I decided yesterday not to investigate ?< grievances of railroad labor, but to jp its work to wage questions and Ja ^*road matters of policy. A supervisor at labor in the director general's per manent staff, to be announced soon, will handle grievances. The commission announced appoint ment of a board of statistics to gathea Information bearing on wages, and ar ranged a schedule of hearings for the next two weeks. Th?- 1S^Pi of statistics is composed JJCharles P. Neill, former United states labor commissioner; A. O. Whar ton. head of the railway employes de PftrtmeDt of the American .federation ? Vu JT' an<* Burgess of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. A board of examiners will be appoint ed next week to hear minor wage de mands. At the first hearing: tomorrow after BOOD President Perham of the railway telegraphers will explain the needs of telejrraphers for higher wages. On Tuesday T. H. Gerrey, president of the ?mTc?h"ard.?f Wa>" emI>!?yCS union On February 4 hearings will be given to TV. G. Lee and A. B. Garretson, respectively, of the trainmen's and conductors' brotherhoods. On Feh fjfary !. ^ E" Heberli"S. president of! the switchmen s union, will be heard 2? ?eb?ar>; 1\,.V,/lrrt,rl Stone and Ji'. ^ Carter, chiefs of the engineers' I and firemen s brotherhoods, respective aDd Wharton, representing ?nop employes and mechanical trades w|ll present their case. Explains Commission's Functions. Director General McAdoo last nigh't' ' .f eeneral order prescribing the ' i: ad wase commission's functions ft ' commission shaLl make a gen ii# investigation of the compensation '* 1>ers?ns ln lhe railroad service," said ;S 1?' "r?er: the. relation of railroad M *ases to ^ages in other industries; the conditions respecting wages in dif >!; ?rfnt Part? of the countrv; the spe ?LaiU?m^rB,t7Cy. reSPeCti"B wa&es ? hKh ... exists at this time, owing to war con : the high cost of living as well as the relation between different E -classes of railroad labor J"^LC^miSS1Sn sha" its labors " and. make report to the director S22S P"ne its recommendations in ? ??neral terms as to changes in existing compensations that should be made - "Officers, agents and other employes of *** directe(1 to furnish the railroad uage commission, upon request, all infonnation it may require in the course of its investigations." JSUL director general has received a pledge of support of the administration a convention of shopmen at Cincin ? representing i>0,0vti workmen of southeastern territory. Mr. ilcAdoo ? plied. thanking the men for the'r patnotTc "If we become divided." he said, "if we B*nt among ourselves, we cannot suomn' fully fight the kaiser." success Would Abolish Tax on 15-Day Notes Legislation to abolish the stamp tax fifteen-day notes secured by liberty bonds, which are given by banks to the federal reserve banks, may shortly be introduced in Congress. Bankers claim the tax places a heavy burden they would like to have removed or modified. The federal reserve board, it is said, would not oppose it. NOTHING STANDS AS HIGH, as a remedy for every wom anly ailment, as Dr. Pierce's Favorite Pre scription. it's the only j medicine for women cer tain in its effects. "Favorite Prescrip tion" is an invigorating, restorative tonic, a soothing and strength ening nervine, and a complete cure for all the functional derange ments, painful disor ders and chronic weak nesses peculiar to the sex. For young girls just entering wom _ai)hood; for women at the critical ^?fime; nursing mothers, and every ; ''loman who is "run-down," tired or overworked?it is a special, safe and ..certain help. Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets regu late and invigorate stomach, liver " and bowels. Sugar-coated, tiny | granules, ea?y to take as candy. ; ?* How to preserve health and beauty is told if Doctor Pierce's Common t 1 .Sense Medical Adviser. It is free. '?* Send Dt. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y, five et, or stamps, to cover printing ' ?? More Earth Shock* in Guatemala Git/ Fartkw e*rth*usk? ihorka In Guatemala City, capital of Guatemala, were reported yes terday to the State Department by the American embassy there. No details of the extent of the damage were flten. Extensive damage was done to the city by earthquakes last month. CITY NEWS nr BRIEF. A meeting: of the Handle Highlands Citizen^ Association is to be held to morrow evening-, according to an an nouncement from its secretary. A musical for the blind will be given at the Library of Congress Tuesday evening" at 8:15 o'clock in pavilion 7. The program will be rendered by Miss Jessie Masters, contralto, and Albert W. Harned, accompanist. Seats not re- , quired for the blind and their escorts are free to the public Robert G. MacCartee. official stenog- | rapher in the courts of Prince Georges and Charles counties, Md., and a gen eral shorthand reporter in Washington, has been reported as arriving safely overseas. Mr. MacCartee enlisted in an artillery regiment. ITnder the authority of the Depart ment of Agriculture the following com mittee of citizens of Prince Georges county has been appointed to assist James F. Armstrong in the sale of ni trate of soda to Maryland farmers: \V. S. Hill, Upper Marlboro; William Walls, Clinton: Clifton Hawkins. T B; Arthur Ridgley, Marlboro, and Rev. C. C. Nelson, Seat Pleasant, and James Mahoney and Nathan Scott, Brandy wine. A "honsewarmlng" is to be given by the board of trustees and the board of managers of the Presbyterian Home For the Aged Tuesday afternoon at the new Presbyterian Home, 1818 Newton street. Luncheon will be served from 12 to 2 o'clock and tea from 4 to 6 o'clock. Mrs. P. R. Quaiffe is president of the board of managers and Stanton J. Peelle president of the board of trustees. As a result of the heatless Monday order, the free lectures of the Liberty War Kitchen will be held in the audi torium of Woodward & Lothrop's at 2:30 o'clock on Tuesdays instead of on Mondays. All Ionans in the District are urged to attend the meeting of the District of Columbia Iowa Society, which is an nounced for tomorrow evening. February 4. at 8 o'clock. There will be a regu lar business session, election of offi cers and organization for social and relief work in the interest of the war. O. H. Benson, president, and Mrs. C. F. Stuhler, secretary, request all old mem bers of the society to issue personal in vitations to Iowa newcomers. Alumnae members and former pupils have been invited to attend the re treat. beginning tomorrow and closing Thursday morning, at St. Cecilia's Acad emy, 6th and East Capitol streets. The exercises will be conducted by Rev. Wendell P. Corcoran, C. S. C., of Notre Dame University, Notre Dame, Ind. Justice Stafford has sentenced Mary Bolden. colored, to serve ten years in the penitentiary. Mary was convicted of enticing a fifteen-year-old colored girl into a disorderly house for immo ral purposes. The Public Library will be open as usual on heatless Mondays, it was an nounced last night. In making the an nouncement officials of the library pointed <*ut that the institution is exempt from the heatlfcss day order, first, because it is a branch of the Dis trict government, and, second, because it is part of the public educational sys tem of the District. Services of the Church of the As cension are to be held this, morning at 11 o'clock at Children's Hall, 1125 12th street northwest. Rev. Dr. J. Henning Nelms will preach the sermon. Two residents of Culpeper. Vs., one Otto Dolan, ten-year-old white boy. and the other. Mack Slaughter, colored, fifty-eight years old, were taken sick on V railroad train while on their, way to this city yesterday afternoon. They were taken to Casualty Hospital. A 'ball will be given at Rauscher's Febifciary 20 by the Association of Pri vatJ|Fwaiters of Washington for the benefit of the Washington ward in the American military hospital at Neuilly, France. Committees have beep ap pointed to dispose of tickets, and the advance sale indicates a big attendance, according to Charles D. Long, secre tary of the association. The method of use and the care of the Army rifle was explained to mem bers of "the anti-aircraft battalion of the Home Defense League at a meet ing of the battalion in Central High School last Thursday night by Capt. C. Holt of the United States Army. Capt. Holt explained the proper care of the rifle and the use of the sighting de vices for battle ranges. The regular weekly drill of the unit will be held at Central High School January 31, at 8 o'clock. The Catholic Women's War Relief As sociation will hold a meeting in Car roll Hall, 10th and G streets northwest, at 8 o'clock Monday night. All mem bers are urged to attend, as plans for relief work in the District will be dis cussed. ??What the Vote will Mean to Wom en" will be the subject of an address before the Woman Wage Earners' As sociation at 4 o'clock this afternoon at Florida Avenue * Baptist Church, Sixth street and Florida avenue north west. Today is the 'first anniversary of the association. "Colored Soldiers In IT. S. Training Camps" will be the subject of an illus trated lecture Monday night by Thomas J. Calloway at Asbury M. E. Church, j 11th and K streets northwest. The j pictures to be shown with the lecture j were taken under direction of the War] Department. There will be no admis sion fee. The monthly meeting of the Mid City Citizens' Association will be held at 8 o'clock Tuesday night at Flynn's Hall. 8th and K streets northwest. G. A. Lyon of The Star will speak on public utilities in the District of Columbia, i There will also be an address by a rep I resentative of the national committee di recting the sale of war savings stamps. ' l ? The Kqual Franchise League of the District will outline war relief work at a tea at the headquarters of the Na tional American Woman Suffrage As sociation, 1626 Rhode Island avenue, on the afternoon of February 2, from 4 until 6 o'clock. Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt will deliver a brief address. Every member is urged to be present and bring a friend. Hot ashes yesterday afternoon came in contact with trash in the basement of the house of Benjamin Gordon, 618 9th street southwest, and caused a dis astrous fire. A domestic was the only person in the nouse when the fire oc curred, and her call for assistance re sulted in the appearance of several companies of firemen. Firemen suc ceeded in confining the flames to the basement, where a quantity of furni ture was stored. Damage to the house and furniture amounted to several; hundred dollars. j "Strangers* day" is to be observed at 6:30 o'clock this evening by the fourth department of the Epworth League of Asbury M. E. Church, 11th and K streets. An invitation is extended to colored soldiers at Camp Meade and to the visitors to the city to attend the exercises. "The Young Christian Reaching Outward" is to be the subject for discussion. A special musical pro gram is to be given. Miss Sadie E. Col lins, president of the fourth depart ment ot the Epworth League, is to have charge of the exercises. There have been 1,379 Russian medals and crosses awarded to warrant offi cers, non-commissioned officers and men of the British forces during the present war. * ? \ S Evangelist Urges All to Take Stand Now With Jesus Christ. BALTIMOREANS HEAR HIM People who put off taking- their stand with Jesus Christ and becoming Christians were condemned by Billy j Sunday in his sermon on "The Rea- ; sonableness of Christ" last evening at j the Tabernacle. The evangelist an- j swered objections raised against Chris tianity. One of the features of last night's meeting was the attendance of a dele gation from Baltimore, composed of about 1.000 residents of the Monu mental city. The delegation came in shortly before 8 o'clock, led by a band, which played selections at the end of the sermon. A number of "trail hitters" shook the evangelist's hand when he appealed to them to come up and take their stand for Jesus Christ. Just before Mr. ! Sunday's sermon an appeal was made I for contributions to meet the expenses of the campaign. Other special delegations present last night represented the National Geo graphic Society, the Sunshine Home and the Riggs National Bank. Chorister Rodeheaver has become de cidedly popular with the men in uni form. This was evidenced when he sang his patriotic song, "We'll Be Waiting When You Come Back Home." Whenever the chorus leader sings this song, which has become familiar to those who attend the Tabernacle meet ings, he is greeted with stormy ap plause. Evangelist's Sermon. The evangelist's sermon last night follows, in part: "In Isaiah, the first chapter and the 18th verse: 'Come now. and let us rea son together, saith the Lord.' "There is nothing which the average man or woman receives with so much reluctance as advice. We oftentimes look upon the person giving it as of fering an affront to our understanding or treating us as children. And we consider the zeal which anybody shows for our welfare as a piece of presump tion, thinking us defective either in our understanding or them superior in theirs. There is nothing so difficult as the art of giving advice. "A great many who assume this at titude toward God wouldn't think of doing it if it was the advice of a physician with a medicine you must take; neither would they do it if it was a lawyer advising them regarding a law, but they presume to trespass upon the knowledge of God and what God asks them to do. "Moody said a man one time wanted to sell him a book called the Book of Wonders. What a mistake! A book of wonders and the most wonderful thing in the universe left out of it. The won derful wonder is to me that God Al mighty will condescend to give human ity advice, but the amazing wonder is that mankind woiHd resent that advice as a piece of instrusion on the part of God. Those Most in Danger. "I believe that people most in ddnger of being lost are those who think they are good enough people of the Phari see class who boast of their morals and boast of their good works, and you'd be astonished if you only knew what a large class these are in every com munity. 1 never hold a meeting any where that 1 don't find that class much in evidence, and they are here. Not a day passes when the workers go out audience speaking to peo ple but they are confronted by man after man who will say: *1 am all right. I never did any harm I am doing the best I can. I live about right and that is good enough.' i-et s see what the Bible says about V? ilere comes a man who says, 'Well I lead a moral life, that is enough.* , ell now, I will give him credit for saying it frankly and believing that he does live such a moral life, but where a man spends his eternity de pends not upon what he th'inks himself I but upon \frhat God says, and whether I he measures up to God's standard, not | the opinion of his own. "If you go to a bank to borrow money i the bank states the conditions upon which you may have that money. If you are not willing to meet the banker's reouirements. then you can't take a cent out of the bank. You can't go in and make a proposition to the bank and , expect them to loan money upon your 1 say so. No. sir. it Isn't your money, it | belongs to the bank. Salvation on God's Terms. "Salvation belongs to God, it doesn't belong to you, and if you don't want it on God's terms you let it alone. It isn't yours and you can't have it. God Almighty's got the right to say what you've got to do. So it belongs to the Lord, and keep your mouth shut and let it alone, but don't kick about it. "There was no flaw in the rich young ruler. He kept all the commandments that pertained to conduct from his youth up and yet he refused to become a follower of Jesus Christ, and if he never repented because he refused, and the Bible doesn't say that he did, then it is fair to conclude that he Is lost. "There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness. "Like the boy who sroes through the motions of washing his face and yet he never touched behind his neck or behind hih ears. Y?s, there are people who are pure in their own eyes but have never seen themselves in the lipht of God. "When the arc lights were first in vented women kept away from them, because they said it made them look hideous. You've seen a woman going down the street with a black spot of soot upon her face, with her head up. There is many a man or woman puffed up with pride over their morality, thinking they are good enough, and they hang their heads in confusion when they see themselves in the light of God. "A peacock is a perfect picture of self-complacency when he spreads his tail into three feet of splendor, but the instant he looks down at his black feet the parade is all over. So if you can just get one glimpse at your heart, old man. I want to tell you it will puncture you like a bubble. Case of Nicodemus. "There was Nicodemus. He stood very high. Why, he was one of the church dignitaries of his day; he stood ! a? high as any man in Jerusalem ex cept the high priest, and he belonged | to the seventy rulers of the Jews. He ! was a D. P. and he was taught in the | law and taught the law and there was I not a word of suspicion in the Bible I against him. He stood out before the | nation with a spotless character, and yet what does Jesus Christ -say to this I magnificent man. He said: " 'Nicodemus, except you be born again you cannot see the king.' "If Nicodemus couldn't get in with out being born again, I don't know where the average man and woman is going to come in. "The Bible declares that Job was perfect. When God says perfect there is nothing more t*. do. And yet when he saw himself in the light of heaven he says, 'I abhor myself and repent in dust and in ashes.' "Oh! You will need to be clothed in something more than your own right eousness if you ever walk the streets of heaven and sing the song of Moses and the Lamb; not your own morality or you will never stand in God's spot light?that is sure. v "Your self-righteousness of Wblch you are now so proud, will curl tip like BOOTH TARKINGTON ANALYZES THE GERMAN MIND BY MEANS OF QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS t?.? ? ? BY BOOTH TARKIXGTON Of the VlffUaitei. Q. Are wo at war with the German people? A. We wish to be at peace with the German people, but we are at war with the German empire. That is, we are at war with the government which con trols the German nation. The German nation proclaims itself to be the Ger man army. The German nation is com posed of the German people. Our army is fighting the German army. Yes, we are at war with the German people. ! Q. Why do we fight them? j A. Because they support and obey' the German government, which mur-1 dered American citizens and proclaimed its intention to continue murdering? American citizens unless we changed our laws in such a way as woiild as sist the German empire to conquer all opposition and become a power ruling: the world. We*-fight the German peo [ pie in order to have our Capitol in Washington and not In Berlin. Q. Why do the German people op sire6? US ln thiS natural riSht and de A. Because they are obedient to the orders of their leaders. They have been carefully trained to obedience. Q',, "ire. th?y so obedient that they would fight if they believed their lead ers to^be in the wrong? A, Not with the fervor shown by the German people in this war. .k*3' T,hen the Ge?an people believe = ?/>ra? y6S to be fl?hting for a right and just cause? A. Unquestionably. How can that be, since they are fifi . b??ause we would not allow tnem to rob us of our rights? believed that our rights were injurious to Germany. .Pen t!'ey respect no rights et m?ny; which are beneficial to Ger A. They respect no rights excent Germany'Ch they conslder beneficial to t!!l ?erman People believe this to be a selfish state of mind? Selfishness Called Patriotism. A. No. They call It patriotism, and it inspires them individually to make heroic sacrifices. aKe Q. But collectively, do such Ideals make a noble country"* -seff in "order 'SK"1 maUletoIen"ay be laWleSS' ignob,e a"d Q. But does the individual German regard the conduct of this country as ignoble and malevolent? A. No. He believes it to be divine Q. How can that be? .?is Iea<)ers have given him ititer wifiM? 2"S so*ca"ed "moral law" which direct him to that belief. He ac a "wa?Sw?"Cmi? Ieader a Person called | a war lord who proclaims himself to be actually the mouthpiece of a god. I fn God's!fghhte m"'Ute y?U See your3eIf reason together, saith the "Another man 'says. *1 keen <-.?r? mandmejits, that's "enough.1 God says, 'You don't, and even if vou do you can t get to heaven on that line enough.' " doesn,t reach high "M' have sinned and come short of .e ?rY, of God- B>' the works of the ilght/ n? fleSh be 3ustifled In His ,J'Tbat..throws your ladder down flat so can t Bet in on that ground "Have Never Been in Jail. I There are people that count on going j to heaven because they have never tfen I in jail. God Is no alarmist?no. sir: But he has tilled the Bible with warnings against danger. In cities and on railroads you see red lights and if you go ?? * f.r6i?t^y,.are. repairing the street. ir it is in the daytime there is a red ?hw*?h J !aws are if thev have anv thing that protrudes over three feet in the rear of their auto or wagon thev must tie a white rag on it as a warning " h?n, >ou see a red light, that isn't t.h?re,to <?Care you: ? Is to protect you. A"d lor.th.e same. Purpose God Almighty has flashed warnings through the Bible not to scare people, but to tell you to keep aw-ay unless you are a fool. A man won't fall down twice on the s^me banana skin unless he is a fool "So.warnings are nothing but God's to fr '/h,tS and lhey are put there n?t to frighten you but save you. There fore, when there is danger that you I vo?,Kh!.fn '? fa" into ,he pit God w'arns >ou before you go headlong into it ! warn? h V 3 mKn he" that ??d d'd"'t 1 warn before he got in there. There I if" t a man on the way to hell that God hasn t warned. "So they go contrary to God's warn ' i?^r,aind 8h?t their eyes to His danger | signals and stop their ears to His' cry and from Adam down the! tn h i j" w-orked his hardest trvlng to delude and deceive the people inak ng them think they were safe' when they were in deadly peril. wnenj "He tries to make people deaf ?n,i! anl blind to their own welfare That s why a drunkard drops into a ' drunkard s grave everv tim* ?!,? . . ?1 ticks. When he took th? first ?1?* he didn't look far enough to see ?he serpent that was coiled in th* U t0"Oh k|ir^ w^fdS'td lnj6Ct "8 devil didn t deceWe them! TheYo to ruin and destruction looks as thr.^5^ it leads into Fairyland Pri.'lnhough brothels would soon be' emptv ?f devil wasn't slick enouirh , e black look white And perhL. ? : flatter yourself that you have ?iVed a i pretty- good sort of life, youVe nev " been drunk or guilty of highway rob bery; youve never broken Into a'bank and so you're asking: 'Well what !?? ? keep me out of heaven?' ' an Another Admonition. "This would do It If thfre wasn't another word in the Bible: 'Thou shnit love the Lord, thy God wiih V ' i heart, and with all thy soul and with ? all thy mind, and with all thy strength- I and thy neighbor as thyself ' j "I'll tell you what the Bible does sav ! It says that you have committed the greatest sin and you've kept on yea? after year, for you violated the greatest commandment in not loving God with all your heart and all your mind and all your soul, and. therefore, the man that breaks the greatest commandment doesn't deserve mercy. > "You know which is the biggest thi*f don't you? The fellow that*s?ea,s Ac cents or thePfellow that steals a million dollars don't you? And how cTn yoS expect to reach heav.n when you are not going God's way? "The law is a schoolmaster to bring us to Christ by showing us that we need Jesus Christ The diseasl showl you that you need the doctor- the Are burning shows you that you need the firemen to put it out; war sSows Ss that we need soldiers and need all this That's the proof we need these things' There is no worse sin In the world that you could commit than that. Jesus the Way of Escape. "A horse would never find that ho was in the field if it wasn't for the fence. Jesus is the door. He is the way of escape .the law. Take His life Christ gave His life. ' Jesus " 'Come, tet's reason together.' The carnal mind Is empty against God that is. a man who isn't a Christian 1 who is In sin, his mind is called ^ carnal mind and his nature make* impossible for him to love God be cause he is in a state of rebellion against God and no one can do an? worse than to be content with a nature that hates God. That's the worst th"ng you could do In the world Whit chances have you then for heaven if you reject the only way that you've got to turn to In order to get In It stands to reason heaven must be ? Place without discord, * place wher* nothing but peace and happiness can ever enter, and wltheut these require" In addition, the German leaders have carefully taught the neople to believe that right and wiVng. 1 nt?r"atl?na*7' are question to be submitted to the one test: Whatever works to the material disadvantage of Germany is both spir itually and materially wrong; wnat ever works to the material advantage of Germany Is both spiritually and ma I terially right. . . Q. Have the German people accepted this standard? I A. They have accepted It. Q. But do they not see that such a standard, if allowed to prevail, means servitude to Germany on the part ol uie rest of the world? A. Their leaders desire to bring about such a servitude and believe that their own merits warrant it. The people wor ship their leaders and call them tne state." , Q. But will not the German people some day reject such a standard of right ana wron^ ^ ! A. Our soldiers are fighting them in order to hasten that day. Q. What would prove to the German people that their standard is wrong? A. Proving to them that the leaders who taught them are wrong. Q. What would prove that? Told War Will Benefit Germany. A. The leaders have made the peo ple believe that this war would bene fit Germany. If it fails to benefit Ger many, the people must conclude that this war was a mistake, apd they will doubt their leaders and the standards those leaders have taught* them. In other words the people may begin to think for themselves and take the gov ernment out of the hands of their hereditary leaders. On the other hand, if the war ends with material benefit to Germany, the people will believe more stnoogly than ever in those lead ers and' be ready to follow their war lord into more "good" wars. Q. Do all Germans accept the stand ard that evil to others is good if it means material good for Germany? A. Evidently not, because though the German leaders deliberately pro voked and began this war in 1914, when all the world except themselves and Austria wanted peace, they pretended as well as they were able that Ger many had been attacked. Of course this helped to make all the Germans fight harder; and evidently there were some Germans who would have object ed to the war if they were not made to believe that Germany was attacked. Q. Then could not these be reached and the truth shown to them? Most of those who were not blind to the truth saw it from the beginning. Those among them who spoke out were imprisoned or escaped to Switzerland. Q. Does not the suffering- of the world, caused by this war. affect the German people? Taught World's Corrupt. A. No: they are affected by only their own suffering. They have been taught to believe that the world out side of Germany is corrupt and decay ing, and that what happens to it does not really matter. They have been taught to believe that increase of Ger man power is their god's plan and de sire, and that the malignant jealously and money-lust of the non-German world should be punished for seeking Sunday Services Today Three meetings are on the pro gram for the Tabernacle today. The first meeting will be at 10 o'clock, when the evangelist will preach on "Mighty Man Cannot Save"; at 2 o'clock, for men only. "The Devil's Boomerang" will be his subject, and in the even ing, at 7:30 o'clock, "What Shall the End Be?" ments which maintain this condition and keep heaven free from the infec tions that would poison its joy, heaven would not remain heaven that long.' J. Dawson Williams' Resolu tion Urging U.S. Control of C. & 0. Waterway Passed. ADVANTAGES ARE CITED The Maryland senate, in the first resolution passed at this session of the j legislature, has gone on record as sup porting the proposal made in a resolu- j tion introduced in Congress by Repre- j sentative J. Hampton Moore and a bill by Representative Fred Zihlman of Cumberland that the United States government .should take over and oper ate the Chesapeake and Ohio canal. Both Representative Moore, who is president of the Atlantic Deep Water ways Association, and Representative Zihlman, who represents the district | whose chief product, coal, would be brought to market through the govern ment operation of the canal, were en thusiastic last night over the support which the Maryland senate has so promptly given to this war measure. They feel that prompt action by the Maryland legislature will have a strong influence on awakening Congress to a realization of how great a service the operation of the canal with a fleet of boats will have in relieving conges- | tion and bringing coal and foodstuffs i to the National Capital for distribution all along the Potomac iver. | Provisions of Resolution. The resolution, fathered and intro duced in the Maryland senate by J. Dawson Williams of Kensington, who represents Montgomery county in the upper house, requests the senators and representatives of Maryland in Con gress to use all honorable means to have the government take over the canal. Senator Williams agrees with Repre sentatives Moore and Zihlman in their desire to have the canal used by the government upon an extensive scale in the carrying of coal from the Cumber land district to Washington and also in transporting the farm products of west ern Maryland and the fertilizers used by the farmers of that district. He also hopes that a way will be found to carry out the plan that has often been dis cussed of building a railroad along the canal level between Washington June tion and Washington. Senator Williams' Views. i * In discussing his resolution, which asks the Marylanders in Congress to get behind Mr. Moore and Mr. Zihlman, Sen ator Williams said: "Time was when the Chesapeake and [Ohio canal was a factor in the commer cial, industrial, agricultural and political life of the state. No one would desire jany political rejuvenation of this sleepy 'waterway, but western Maryland and the National Capital would benefit great ly, if the lasy banks of this great inland waterway would again become the scene of commercial and industrial activity. ?'I can reniember when one might in terest himself every few minutes of the day watching the barges and boats pass through the locks. Then there was a fleet of S00 boats on the canal; now tbera are less than 100, and these are to prevent the consummation of that divine plan. The leaders allude to this plan (partly in order to incite the sim pler folk under them) as "the exist ence of the fatherland," or "the nat V1*^ rigrht of a nation to attain its just development." Q? -And the German people will keep their leaders in power until it is clear that the war is disadvantageous to Ger many? A. Yes. Q. But if Germany were already losing- the war, would not the leaders represent it to the people as winning? A. Yes, the leaders must do so or risk losing their power over the people. Q. Will the leaders ever voluntarily surrender that power? A. No. ? Q- Do not the German leaders claim that they have now won peace with victory? A. Yes, but they have neither. Q. Then the war will go on either until .Germany conquers the world or until the German leaders are unable to convince the German people that Ger many is, or can be, victorious? Yes. We could make a truce with Germany which we could call "peace," and it might last for several years of intense military preparation, training and invention on both sides. Great im provement would be made in liquid Are, poison gases, torpedoes and airship bombing, and devices for terrorization by atrocity. Then the struggle would be resumed. Q. When can we make a real peace? A. We have this choice: we can make peace whenever we are ready to sur render our liberty to the German leaders, whose orders to us, violating our sov ereignty, we ar| now resisting?or we can make peace when we surely know that the German people will be glad to keep the peace we offer them. Q. What sort of peace shall we offer them? Kind of Peace Desired. A. A peace which will Insure to our selves, and all other peoplee, I in depend ence of German rule and freedom from the fear of German conquest?a peace which will insure all nations, including the German nation, against the fear of invasion of rights and against the de sire to make foreign conquests. Q- When will Germany accept such a peace ? / A. When defeat has taught the Ger mans that the desire for conquest is harmful to Germany. Q. But if they offer to make a peace that restores everything as it was be fore the war, should we not accept it? A. "Everything as it was before the war" (or "status quo" by the German definition) was precisely the condition which produced war under the same German leaders* Q. Then what peace terms would be safe? A. Only those which compel Germanv to make all the reparation possible for what she has destroyed, to restore everything she has taken and retains by force, to reduce armaments in com mon with other nations, and to respect just international laws between Ger many and other nations. XI. What will America gain by en forcing terms so mild? I A new enl'ghtenment for the i whole world and safety f or posterity. !f-n^Kedi R0,leIy carrying coal from tumberland to Washington. In the old days large mercantile stores, large ware houses for grain and fertilizer were lo cated every few miles along this water Trc inruin ?mery county' Toda>' the5" Suggestion Deserves Support. Representative Moore of I?" 3- President of the Atlantic Ueep w aterways Association, and &S.?rtatiie u'hlman have interested . havins this waterway taken over by the federal government I frr'"!ar,iy or l!!e tr:lnsPortation of coal' from t^ie Cumberland region to break ton ?th/\mine in the cit^ of WasmS ,The suggestion is a splendid one Po?t of'Th?" the recognition and sup fand general assembly of Mary. whiV'f???wi0ni0 that end soes some at rurther and would have the *nv ernment if it should take over and oner faf tVf Waterwa>" not only /o equip it ston r h pu/pose of carrying coal but re ' cSe transportation thereon of agri I ' " 'ra' Pr?ducts, grains and foodstufTs ThenU?oontfor produted a,?sr its tanks, i fieri, too, for years plans for railwav? along the level of this waterwav frnl i All Catholic Churches to Open Each Heatless Day, Some to Use No Coal. Catholic churches throughout the District of Columbia are expected to e open today and the next two Sun days during the. closing period ordered b> Fuel Administrator Weaver. This action was expected to follow a state | ment of Cardinal Gibbons in Baltimore I yesterday. | Following the edict of Mr. Weaver I that two-thirds of the churches of each denomination be closed for three Sun days to save coal, Mgr. Thomas S Lee pastor of St. Matthew's Catholic j Church, wrote to Cardinal Gibbons calling his attention to the order of the fuel administrator. Mgr. Lee fo!lowed up his letter by going to BaltimoFe yesterday and con ferring with Cardinal Gibbons. At the conference, according to the Washing on pastor. Cardinal Gibbons said he thought the churches should remain open and conduct services without coal. ! of the ciosing' o r d e r * h c onferred?ith xrss. oil Ti T?--^^at" ' churches on Isu^ ^ Mgr. Lee said that Mr. Weaver formed him he proposed bv Hia ,1 that sever.1 of ,hPe ^^ofX"^ no.?i.n.atlon un'te in their services This would be iniDnss'hia ?? ., Mgr. Lee, "as there are S S: said the congregations of the^Cath" olic churches for them all in ... i union services on Sunday 'tend He stated that Mr. We-.ver r?i?rf .. , Lie ^a"edt?LS?Uent?io?hof0theefu I Hi ministrator to the factth?t^? ,k ' ad" by the same plarot. warm Mgr. Lee said he believed that serv ices would bo held in all ?f the cftho" lie churches today, although not all of them would be heated. He said he talked with several of the ,>riesJIn this city and they had decided to ho d services tcday. noia Make Woolen Socks For the SOLDIERS 0n? hand knitting machine. ?*?.? a "?Jk ln 20 minute.. Knitting aocks by hand is too slow and tedious. * Have machines on hand for im mediate delivery. Woolen Tarn ?applied. , New Branson Knitting Machine Co. Washington People Urged to 6uy for the Benefit of Fighting Men. ASSURES CAMP RECREATION "Smileage books" go on sal? in Wash ington tomorrow. The books contain tickets of admission for soldiers to the liberty theaters established by the gov ernment at camps and cantonments in the United States. Washington banks will have supplies of "smileage books" on hand early tomorrow and appeals will be addressed this week by the com mission on training camp activities to District citizens, urging support of the movement to furnish entertainment for America's troops in training. * Rotary clubs in practically every city of the country are lined up behind the movement. Prominent citizens will give their personal attention to the "smileage books" campaign to insure its success. Governors of the various states have issued proclamations, givi-ng official ap proval to the campaign. Business estab lishments and public service companies have already purchased large numbers of the books to send to their former employes now doing their bit for L nele Sam. Mrs. Baker a Volunteer. Mrs. Newton D. Baker. wife of the Secretary of War, will vokmteer her services at the "smileage boftks" booth at the Continental Trust Company. Sales will continue^ in Washington for a week. Leading vaudeville acts and Broad wav attractions will make the tour of the camps to entertain the men in training. Their badge of admission will be the coupons contained in "smileage books." "Folks back home" have been urged bv the commission on training camp activities to purchase liberally of the books in order to allow recreation and amusement to enter the life of soldiers worn out by the monotony of camp ex istence. Character of Services Rendered. Commenting- on the various kinds of services rendered by the Y. "M. C. A., the K. of C. and kindred organizations, Raymond B. Fosdick, chairman of the commission on training camp activi ties. said last night: "There seems to be some misunder standing in the mind of the public as to the functions of the various organiza tions which are all co-onerating under the general direction of the commis sion, such as the Y. M. C. A., the 1C. of C. and the war camp community serv ice. To speed the training of the Army and to build up an effective fighting force some relaxation must be provided' to take the men's minds off military du ties. The hours off duty must be pro vided for. We are taking advantage of the lessons learned by France and Eng land in their training camps. The Y. M. C-'A. and the K. of C. care for the club and religious sides of the work. The American Library Association has charge of supplying the reading mat ter. The Y. W. C. A. provides places where the men ma^ meet their woman relatives and friends. Theatrical Entertainments. "The theatrical entertainments provid ed by the military entertainment coun cil under the commission do not dupli cate any other work.. They fill an en tirely separate field. The men need the theater. Civilians have access to movie shows, concerts and t>lays, to relieve the strain of hard daily wofk. and the soldiers need that relaxation more than the civilians do. When you consider that there are more than a million and I a quarter n*n in the camps you see how much 01 this work is necessary. Just think of that number of men and realize the sum that is needed to sup ply even postage stamps for their daily mail." FIRES INDICATE MMPIOT Activities at Shipyards Along Coast, on Ships and at Plants Suspicious. AIMED AT WAR INDUSTRIES By th* Associated Prtaa. NEW YORK, January 26.?Indications of a widespread plot to cripple the war activities of yi? United State* were seen today in a series of flree In ship yards, on munition ships, In war plants and storage buildings at various p^|nts along the Atlantic seaboard and far ther inland. Nearly all of them were of distinctly suspicieus origin. Fears that the flames may have been set by enemy aliens were given strength by the fact that they started within a few hours at widely separated points almost a week to a day after Edward N. Hurley, chairman of the United States "shipping board, gave warning that the government ,liad been given authoritative warning of a German plot to apply the torch to plants of all kinds, especially shipyards, which are producing implements of war. Ordered Extra Guards. Mr. Hurley ordered the trebling ot soldier and police guards at all war plants, and in some cases this precau tion resulted in preventing even more serious losses. It was announced from Washington today that this warning i was issued because a "crank letter" r had not been properly investigated, but government agents in various parts of I the country were inclined to believe [that it was well founded. Guards were again strengthened to make even more difficult the depredations of German agents. Disastrous fires started only a few hours apart in shipyards at Newark, N. J., and Baltimore. The losses will aggregate $2,000,000. On Loaded Munition Ships. ( Fires were discovered on loaded mu nition ships at two Atlantic ports to day, but they were extinguished before serious damage had been done. Eight men were killed and many in jured by an explosion in a powder mag azine in the United States naval tor pedo station at Newport, R. I. It was said, however, that there was nothing to indicate this disaster was the work of enemy agents. There were other fires of a suspi cious nature in New York, Paterson. N. J.; Buffalo. Maynard, Mass., and j Petersboro, Canada. In every case a rigid investigation will be made either by military or mu-' Inieipal authorities in an effort to flr ) the responsibility. I s Governor Stuart Names Secretary. S RICHMOND, Va., January 26.?Leroy i Hodges was Saturday named secretary to Gov. Henry Carter Stuart. His home is in Petersburg. SOLDIERS AND SAILORS Allowed Special Discount at PAINLESS DENTISTS Formerly located at I 7th afrd F sts. n.w., now loeated at nr* 803-5 Pa. Ave. N.W. < Markrt Space) Painless Dental Work at Moderate Prices Dr. D. Harry Moran, Manager. Phone, MAIN 6521 , The Light For the Soldier $1.50 Glare absolutely controlled. Can be used for reading light, searchlight, and can be ex tinguished instantly. Meyer's Military Shops, 1331 F St. Closed all day Monday, v Dependable Military Footwear. Boots, 28 to 36. Shoes, 10 to 14. Puttees, 6.50 to x6. Spurs. Officers' Sox, 75c. ARTHUR BURT CO., 1343 F St. Army Outfitters for 30 Years. 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