Evening star. [volume], January 27, 1918, Page 10, Image 10

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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t late, and some were withdrawn.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
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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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