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7 Z77 7 Today WEATHER: SNOW TO- xjjsht AXD TUESDAY; WARMER Too Mach for Too Few Danger in Bitterness. Excessnre Prosperity- NUMBER 10.394. WASHINGTON, MONDAY EVENING. DECEIBER 31, 1917. dp Wafl Street Prices. raiCB W1TBIX DIITRtCT or COLVXHA. i. EUEWBEEl; 3. Look Ont for Trouble: EDITION ML , of the all ' tc 3 on, to land I1 r If. tn Te , r. i n tot Good-by. 1917 eood riddance to lad rubbish. It is a little after half past si h the morning-, on the last da of muetablc, ding', bloody year, as Jus- -"'written. C.v 1 , pe west a middle-aged moon, joii j down, fights agalnrt thin ouo, and a red lisht cominpr up the east. It is bitterly cold. Those that ust work early for their living, iffer as they stand on corners vept by icy winds, and wait for a ir. Tn Europe, it is midnight The German Kaiser is in bed. ith a hot water bag at his feet -obably, and one ' those thick, ht, very eomfo able German ather beds laid o-.lt him. on ton f several blankets. His wife and all cf his six sons he similarly warm and well cared r. What difference does it make to JEM. that with the risinc of the n, millions of miserable, half- lrvea, nau-irozen creatures, iven to slaughter, must begin e work of murder and carry it i all day? Millions that must firht and suf- hln4 t, endure cold and hunger, bleed LaM H die and rot on the ground erat, e no voice. jrher he mind and the voice that con- I them, sleep warm, well fed. P05e, Lnd what applies to the war of mpi rder, applies also to the war of eight ustry in Eurtfpe as well as in majo lerica. mai there is too much of control and difference on the part of those It it have everything, too xnech of land : early morning cold, the hunger, rider sery, and anxiety for those that wool ve nothing. hour The muttering in Russia, echoed 7? ' England, Germany, Austria, and " this country, should be heeded ;' , those that are asleep and warm 'ti en others go to work. Th Revolutions are not intended for tituc manoff families only, pay rhey are intended for, and reach talne the end, all those that live self Secrtjy end heartlessly on the life parti-,,,,5 0f others whether those 'V arrf be miserable moujiks that and rer eTn to nai, or unhappy ul rking children that never grow in PI," the world's eyes arc opened bv .SUrUs vennnentym the best raetfaj! Aesx. ThediealtoJtreeW CV.aSxas. . . ide bitter bv it. Therfe'l trm. . s ahead for those that have too t :eh, and if they don't realize sir duty, the period of "too :ch" may end for them suddenly. mt yest Prosperous individuals in Ene- ttona" ld are ursed "to buy ,f8ht wines next itead of beer, so that there may has a greater supply of the latter jrag-f rerage Tor the working classes " nary sal's the Associated Press Sin inent flfe Jjave a Ampler pjjm , 11" lerica. The prosperous, well-to-h' class here, represented BV chalKPROCRIBV IN CONGRESS, says the ifhe working classes, "We'll have and It- champagne and other things identjt our sensitive natures require. m19U SHALL HAVE ICE WATER ...IV no beer That Is our idea of pnomlilng, and making you aV.iral." ,! .. tvor '(Hail road employes will get more oc'hney McAdoo says so That is b way to begin Government con fl of railroads, and the way to Ute GOVERNMENT OWNER. HIP certain. The Increase In railroad pay ould begin with men that are paid LEAST (They and their families are Just hungry as the families of bet- r paid men. under prltate ownership the Illroads paid fairly well a select pss of employes abls to tie up enure system, by sending one prd oTer the wire And the railroads paid miserably workers not engaged In Hie Indling of trains and therefore t able to light for their right l Ippling the roads and the nation. Under Government ownershin fd don't forqet that Government y-ncrthip is here now under an- her name men will be paid as EN. not starved when they can'l fend themsehes. and paid falrh- pll, because they happen to hat- power to tie up the natiunii Cesrf ilroad system Down in Texas, a "nunti suud ' Joking for a blind tiger, forced way into the home of Capt. J White of the 62nd Field Ar- 41161- Captain White was shot trough the lungs, and Lieutenant L Clair shot in the bacL bv the funty Squad " It is perhap? just possible to terdo this "Puntj" prohibition smess. If our armj had a decent can en, as all civilized armies hate. here the men could eniov them- 4ves as men do, temperately and :nely, and without dues or alco ilic poison, it uouldr't be neces- try to have ' puntv sauads" lobting officere, or other "purity HI inads" protecting girls bocauM? mencan hypocrisy dncs sol ens away from camp. How long is this nonsense, this nti - Saloon League political ackiiailmg. ;o up- n rA tii nited States ARE WE GETTING NEARER TO PEACE ? THIS LOOKS Cablegrams from London and unofficial statements in Washington indicate that the German peace terms are not to be ignored, bid that official response will be made . s by the allied governments. What that response will be is not certain, although it L not likely that it will be either an acceptance or a flat rejection. The fact that official consideration is to be given gives further emphasis to the question: "Arc we getting nearer peace?" The cable news and local developments are as follows: By ED L. KEEN, United Press Staff Correspondent LONDON, Dec. 31. The allies intend seriously to reply to the Teutonic peace terms as announced from Brest-Litovsk, according to the best information obtained today by the United Press. It is understood that Premier Lloyd George will shortly go to France to confer with Premier Clem enceau, apparently on this same matter. Premier Lloyd George's latest word on the subject of war aims was in his letter of last week to the Iaborite conference in which he laid emphasis on the fact that there would be no restatement of Britain's terms except after full consultation with all the allies. It was pointed out today that this, trip to Paris might well be for the specific purpose of an inter change of views and later issuance either of a joint repledging of allied aims, or possibly a reply state ment issued directly to Russia, pointing out the weaknesses in the German concessions. The answer planned will not be made until the German terms are officially received. M Discuss, in Secret Correspond ence, Best Manner of Meet ina German Offers to End World Struggle. x By DAVID "LAWRENCE. (Ccpyrirbt, 1M7 by New Tori. Erenlnr Port Company ) Confidential exchanges between the allied governments and the United posed by Germany through Russia are now in progress. The situation is much the same as it was when the Pope intervened with suggestions of peace. There is this difference, howeer: at that time it was the moral position of the Vati can in the world which commanded a reply, and today it is the peoples of all the allied countries who must be shown clearly, as well as the Ger man people, just uhat parts of the German peace offer can be treated sympathetically and what parts are objectionable and unacceptable. Attitude Changes. News that Tremier Lloyd Ororgr and Premier Clemenceau are to meet In Paris to dlscups the allied reply produced romewhat or a change In the psch logical attitude here toward tin fjerman offer Ir the last few das the official 5ilencc on the subject of the Ruuo-Gciman negotiation has amounted almost to complete indifference Hot much this ua due to a di io a "" j merican' inclination to let the public believe a basis for peace is at hand when in fact there is no cer tainty that dupllclt and trickery are not still a part of th German proposranda to halt America' war preparations whilo troops are rap idl transferred t) the western front to deal a declslip Mow at the Ilrltlsh and French Is difficult to sa It may be attributed of course to a lack of information as to the meaning of the (,erman terms, which in their rhtms and ague language haw confused our nun oftlclaMsome hat Hut In the matter of territorial term It has been ruitoniary here to await the reaction In Great Ilrltnln and France before expressing an opinion Iteopen lllaeuaaton. The fact that I.lojd Gcorce and '"lemrnceau m. to ronfer lias had thf efte, l lier of reoi nlns n discus ion uhlth lhre r a eij reuiou to belieed a few iins go hail bvn closed h'n fleiman. lioweer propo.es to HiMsIa terms which. In part, approximate the entente alms though In iarife part the are ol lously linacreptable. the effect on Kussla is to be considered as well as on the Ilrltlsh and French peoples If Riis!t ailvs fi- an expression from the il les us th,. mornlnir di patches militate lint the Totz c,v crnme it will do tin allies cannot nf ford to Ignore ihi request Ain.tn.au attlluili ton nil peie (Continued on I"asc J, olumn s ) MM EXCHANGE OF m. m WITH m Begin Billy Sunday's Sermons Today He Writes on the Text BLUE MONDAY On the Sporrinr Page BRITISH-ADVANCE TEN MILES NORTH OF JERUSALEM LONDON, bee il. General AI- lenbT r vldorloasTSrJtlsh army In the Hoi) Land, has advanced near! ten miles since Jerusalem n captured from the Turks on December 9, salda. dispatch from Cairo today Despite the desperate resistance of Iht Turks north-f Jerusalem, they have again been forced back, Ioslns three Wares and a ridge The British advance is necetsar sarily siow because of the deep sand of the desert, they are crossing-, the Intense heat and the fact that railway lines have to be con structed and water pipes laid as the front Is pushed forward. Crozier Intimation that prosecution j may grow out of the army inves tigation was made today. Sena tor Treylinghuysen urged that all wtnetses be placed under oath. ( "Much of the evidence ob tained here may come before the Attorney General for action," he taid. Great Hntain and France liavc iKreed to supply artlller for all the American troops sent to France In 1018 Thej arc prepared to furnish It even longer if necessar They must 1 furnish it because America has I neither the guns to send nor the fchlps I to transport thcrn In This was the testimony today of ' Mai Gen William Crozier. rhlef of ordnance before the Senate Mllltar) Affairs iVimmlttee Genenl frozler put responsibility for this condition iron the country as a whole for fall . ur to prepare as ions ko ai ih i ana oxner officers persistent! uied larger ap-i pronrtiil.m 101 lleia artUler. me ..in-... (limn ha and heav artlller " said General t'rozier "The responsibility for our failure lo ct It must rest upon the people as a whole General Crozier was recalled bv the rornmlttee to answer charge of mef fit iem and lirk of fore-xlpht made b p Kui4 wltnesse He demanded that h be permitted to make his e pihnalinn under oath other witness bef ire the com mittee ha KUn isuoru ttInionj, but upon th suggestion of Senator frtlinchen thtt the Attorney Gen eral ma later want to ue some of tli eldene given here General Crozier was sworn f.eneral "rozter read from 3 cable grain n tli .r Department from Frame b General IlIU- i-hlcf of siaff, on Dccembei 7 'Ills iblcd tiiit thf tiitmitlontf in nl-iters of FritKc .ind ITnirland hud stated that the expansion of their ar'lllery pro-' duction nude it possible for them to ciulp all Amerlean forces -sent abroad In I'HH and longer If nerei.ry To sae tonnage needed for other thingi the French and English agned to provide this artlller and the ammunition for It Delivery of artil!er t Generil )erflhlnr4 forces ts now e eeding th1 promises of m iiiufaeiui r- IVrhing ha been -n'ting 7 and I" ml Ilmeter h'w l7T In e.nsidrable quantities !nce .rpt'iiiler ALLIES .MUST SUPPLY, ALL M'ADOO WILL GUATEMALA RAISE WAGES QUAKE'S TOLL OFl,MO:OFDEABJffli HHK Qecision Reached Between President and Representa tives of Four Brotherhoods.! Men to Be Treated Fairly. , CLEVELAND, Dec 31, A proposed increase in wages for the brotherhood employes of American railroads will be dls- cussed rai a conteree ot pui- jcrhood .officials urjth. 4IaIrMl.L ZrrV&&immTf loday by TV. G. Lee, president of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen. l Director General McAdoo will pav his 1,500,000 railroad employes more money. This has been definitely agreed upon between President Wilson and , 'eSr all employes whether members of the brotherhoods or not. The Gov ernment will not meet the full 40 per cent increase demanded by the men, but an agreement is assured. Expected a Decision. At a conference to.li lietween Mc Adoo and tho Tnited Males Board of Mediation and Conciliation a basis of Increase was expected to b finally de termined This question togell m t ill action to relieve congestion at ilte ports of Yew "ork anu New pi it Xews, now bearing th brunt of the heav ex port freight shipments is occuplng McAdoo's attention t the exclusion of other problems now His plan Is Immediate to dltert freight directed to these points and send it to Boston an I I'hlladelphia The long haul of frlght from the central Dart of tlo muntn for which the Uastern r ids have been! actively bidding will he eliminated entlr 1y and al' n. h hlpmrnt will ! K Q lo N Oilean- hi.1 other South .. nnint, ui.1,1. i,,v fl..iv !,- een compara I The Government 1 pay lilcher rm 3ut as it din u hen the fehlp- ping Board udvan. 1 the scale in i Column ) (Continued on rage T t iJtrritoiT iiri, . i.,, ai believed to oe a iilt bi Herman ahenls to cle!,ti Hi. Sltlud.fjOO Dlant of the Libert) Motor Company, which Is the largest cun-ern In the Tnited States building aeroplane motors for the Government was frustrated by emplo)es of the concern toda Workman dlicuterert one of the bulldlnes in rciirx- of construction in flames, and with the help of tho (Ire department lonttned tin hlaze to a limited dIMrii t, the loss being small This is the (.ennui aitmpt In '"r man plotters to destroj plants hating Government contracts an attempt be Ing made Salurda tu destroy the Union Depot (.run, and i:ientor Com pan' largirt granary which con tallied IOihkhhi l,iii,fs 0f grain 17 REPORTED KILLED IN MINE EXPLOSION GERMAN PLOTTERS WOULD RUIN PLAN OF LIBERTY MOTOR firitANT(V. Pa per 31 Seventeen miners are reported killed and U l,r" lleed man) more bodies remain hi the I rv rnoo.1 tin a Throop --ix miles . Milijile 1 I i xn ' ATIM IryWcccU I Martial Law in Effec ed City Suffering , fntgn$e. Shocks Continue! Stead 'Y. U. S. Sends Aid. ! ' ' NEW ORLEANS, La5 Messages to fruit ten; here from Belize, BriWh Hon duras, today estlmatedcttfe-dcid resulting front the GMteaiUpk r - - " - " -li , One thousand dead as a result of the Guatemala City earthquake was the estimate furnished the State De partment today in a cablegram from the Central and South American Telegraph Company The San Jose manager, under date of December 30, related that he H T?.? e- where he found 40 Der cent of the houses demolished, most of the others I uninhabitable, the American lega tion and consulate, the postoffice, and large churches wrecked, martial law in effect, inhabitants quitting the city upon the President's orders, and terrific shocks continuing at fhe-mmute incrvals. Wires Still Down. Telegraph wires in the interior are still broken Much of the region between Guate mala City and San Jose on the Pa cific seventy-five miles awa has been deastated, it was reported here today All lines nf communica tion Inland from han Jose hve been severed and only meager scraps off (Continued on Page 3, Column 1 ) j MAY BE WITHOUT t XEWAUK. X J. D?r II- mu Ijorlty of tht cities and town- In N'en Jcr-e m) b. without Ka within the next tv vnt.v -four hour. I h a. result of the coal Minrtire and I - -, ' extreme cold, tin. Gas Servi. e Com- GAS IN 24 HOURS pan loda) announecd thot it re- Knt, wa. being exhsuMed and What iruiat the gas in W.st llud.on enibrac- Ing the towns of HarrUou, Kearnej, vrllngton. and K ist Newark, would be shut off immediate!) All manufacturing plants burning more than looonti cubic feel of gas dally were closed down this after- noon at the reque.t of the gas com-"""' pan) Tho towns alfected b) the shutting off of gas are pratticall) without coal, and . ill be without heat TEUTONIC AIRMEN BOMB PADUA FOR THIRD TIME I HOMK Dec SI Kor the thirl tun- in I a man j du Ikadua va h imbed tmla by Teutonic airmen. The enem become more Miter in Id bombardment of open elUeV the war officp yald Padua his been boTibed for the tlilrd time, with capita Hits llmite.1 honeer The rich irtUtlr iatrimon of e tlty -.Uff r-l ptrrl Tlie a. .ult- f ihe f helr.tl I-trt t n The Kaiser agreed that Chancellor Heraing should participate in selecting representatives to tho Brest-Litovsk peace conference, according to a State Department -dispatch from Copenhagen, dated December 26, made public, today. Washington officials placed little stock in the Kaiser's sincerity. They felt that his is still the guid ing power at the peace conference and that he is notyet ready to relinquish to the people his power to control their destiny. "ST This information taken in connection with London. United Press messages that the allies will seri ously answer the German peace overtures caused aireal stir. here. Officials have said privately for some time that it would be impossible for the allies to pas3 up with little or no consideration any genuine peace offer of Germany. A serious answer, however, does not necessarily mean an answer favorable to Germany. Declarations of officials in England, France, and the United States in the past few days have been so emphatically opposed to acceptance of the German proposals, however, that there is no chance of an out-and-out acceptance, so it"is possible that a more specific statement of peace terms than any thus far made will be the outcome of the present peace jockeying. Officials refused to discuss the proposed meeting in Paris of Lloyd George and Clemenceau saying that they had no official information of the meeting. D. Cyi$9y Who Discovered German Torpedo Plot Hg 1S1Bsss1?bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbssbbbbH LIEUT. FRANCIS LEO SHEA, Son of Mrs. William Shea, of American University Park. It was his watchfulness in a United States torpedo factory in Brooklyn, as told in The Sunday Times, that resulted in detecting a German agent tam pering with torpedo mechanism so as to render the missiles dangerous to the vessel which fired them. The man was arrested for treason and is in jail in New York. CHILLY CROWD SEEKS WARMTH AT FUEL BUREAU j A little group of col.l weather victims stood on the steps of the emerjr 1 ency coal distribution office at 1303 F street northv t this morninjr. A 'few others hid themsehes from the frigid attacks of the early morning 1 air in a druu store at the corner of F and Thirteenth streets. A fire bumed brightly in the grate stove in the Fuel Administration office. It was a , coal fire hard coal, lighted by a watchman at the order of an official of the Fuel Administration emergency distribution office. The fire was burning at 7:40 o'clock. The hands of the clock in the drug store mocd around to 8:15. The fire was the only sign of life in the I emergency fuel distribution office. The little group of coal hunters kicked ' their heels and blew on their hands for warmth. The fire bumed brightly, but the door was locked. Door Opens At 8:48. It i.niintii to burn brlclitly until two or thrrr days Orders for soft is .is ..!. fc norn mcmb's of the office force of tut emereenc dulrlbu tlon olTKo if the fuel administration , ,. opened the door and let themselves in Hu about the lire mki ii !- !. ft H!. brlg.'burn! ,ns ,rr nJ WHr,ed his hands Ten . people followed him Into the room 'Tint -ias at 141 The had been ar- , rlmg from SO', oclock on t S 51 o'cloik there were seventeen people In ' m- 'wlu' OI lne ' V , " "' administration. They had '- '" "- I ill llul the lllank. f'oil was what the wante.l A blank application earning pertinent questions was griAl lnnded each as the stepped up t the tounter "Fill that out." was the direction The filled them out. and returned mem io me man ai win counter. wUU In turn handed them to a girl sitting at a table to the rear Nothing but soft col-nothing but "Oft coal, he admonlsnca ilia ruei he admonished the fuel hunters. "Vjur order for coal will be ntH .1 tn . ..it isj uiiiin nM tiiisiMllilt It was a fact There is no hard 1 given this line of Washliigtoniansl with cold homes, at the ofrtce of thejis emergency distribution bureau Aalt For the I'oatmaa. And Instead of emergen . ord1 or ir U pplUants hl -m ' HiisssslilH "oal are elven at once In the mean time half frozen people must look out Th ... .n .- arrle search SlTTtll'S)l.l!IAItS,ISSS1J?s-.w.! i 0f coal this morning was It. II Tur - ner. an emploje or the boldlers' Home "at W ' ?" druV , ,... .i jno at -q$ Neton street." he 3al(1 an(1 t came n behalf of Mrs ucne jcnett. with whom I board. I ought to be at work at S o'clock, but she s sick and a widow, and we are out of coa, absolutely, o I guess I'll have to wait 1'rrfer Ilulutti. "I came hero from J''ikIi the coldrt plate In th Mt nix 1 riiteti .Mates ay eer ono knows My feel 1 ro there one winter. .i T . . and I nad to leae. hut 111 be tlurned If I don't ;jo back there If this keeps tip I've t suffered nioro in Washington than I -rcr ,Uff,rert there" I TllR ,rcon, ner.on m smt. u-. I... vinla Mun ttho u,e1 u d arj morlllnBll reannr ,lp tie vhite House until "he was inuferred recentlv to Xo. 10 Jni kson plae Held llaby '1 Mght. Man. I got two ihill.n at home an se skeered de) gwine freez- d it I am. she said "Ij" night I done sat up all night holdln' dat )Ounges baby to keep n from freezln and den I wuz k -.1 to 1. iif I house io go to work! in limed o 1'age - Column 3) LIKE IT BILLY'S BIG SUFFERERS Charitable Institutions Flooded With Requests for Aid Snow Storm Promised to Bring Re lief With New Year. TABERNACLE 0PENT0C0LD Temperatures " For Today " . , Weather DowntowS Time. Bureau. Kiosk. MldnUht .. a above. 3 above. 1 a. m.. . 3 above. 4 above. 2 a. m.... 2 above. S above. 3 a. m.. . 3 above. 2 above. 4 a. m.... 2 above. 2 above. , C a. m.. . 3 above. 2 above." 6 a. in.... 3 above. 2 above. T a. m .. 4. above. 3 above. 8 a. m.... 4 above. A above. 9.a. ra.. . b above. A above. 10 a. ra.... 0 above. 7 above. 11 a. m.... 8 above 10 above. 12 noon... 8 above. IS above. 1 P. m.... 10 above, is above. 2 p. m.... 10 above. 18 above. 3 p. m.... 10 above. 14 above. A snowstorm tonight is schedulsd to break the cold wave which today still held Washington in its grasp after more than fonr days of the coldest weather on record. New Year will dawn In a swirl of snow, the Weather Bureau predicts, and will bring some relief. The forecast at 10 o'clock this morning was: "Snow late tonight and Tuesday. Not quite so cold. Minimum temperature about 10 ie greea. Light variable wlnds.".,- The Billy Sunday tabernacle was thrown open today for use of thois suffering from the cold. The cold wave Is accompanied by acute suffering, and every charitable agency in the city has been deluged with requests for aid Shortage of coal U proving a serious problem. Officers Cold, Too. The icy hand of Kinr Winter prov ed no respecter of person and readi ed Into the homes of the wealthy as well as the hovels of the poor. Sev eral larse apartment houses were far from comfortable and la many offlc buildings the workers were forced to I wea- wraps In the early morning I hours ! T.er V.TtT, ? 'V" . tomac rler -ept puffin tug-s busr trjlnv to open a channel, and on the Tidal basin ana upper reaches of the river hundreds ot skaters enjoysith. first reil taste of the sport this year. Today Is the coldest Decenber 31 since 1880. when thn nierU) dropped to "i degrees blow -ero l.er The .o irst la t rer recordu for TVash ingto'i ax Lie Weat ie Hureaj wae Ko'tujo II, ISSS, w-nen 1 jegreti beiow a leached The coldest Jan uar) 1 was In list, when a tempera- luro Oi is urxren uwuw aero was ,,.., Uealker Oareaa lleprt. The Weather Bureau had this te sa in Its forecast today The cold wave which is now pass ing off to -ea over the Atlantic coast gae i In k'jvcst temperatures lecord ed sir . the beginning of the Wea ther Ilureau obseratlons In New ork Ilostun. and other points In New Kngland South of Neir Tork It was less set ere being exceeded by the cold wave of December SO, ltlO. The temperature has moderated west of ,k t nnil.t,-..!. nriil In the 1TS rsir .t,i., .1 nmu.. orer th. irnl. (ir part uf this region , u... ...v. -- . the temperatut "l 4 n 41 S