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400 PREACHERS VOTE
TO INVITE SUNDAY HERE
DR.. jefferson DenOunccS Rcyi-
valiSt as n Clown and
BuffOOn.

\ resolution inviting Billy Sunday to come
to New York to carry on revival meetings
was adopted yesterday afternoon at gath
ering uf 400 preachers in the Marble Col
leglate Church. The Rev. DR.. Charles L.
Goodel. Methodist presided and announced
that Sunday will come here il the New
York preachers unite in extending an in
vitation, The preachers of several prom
inent churches. however. were not rep
resented.
A committee VII. be appointed TO call
on Sunday and officially Invite him to
come here to conduct what is expected
to be the largest revival ever held
But before Sunday comes--if he ac-
cepts the invitatlon--5,OOO prayer meet
ings will have to he held in the city
streets prior TO the opening of his work,
and II will be necessary to raise 100000
to defray necessary expenses" That Is
what the ministers were told by George
c, Shane. secretary OF the Philadelphia.
Evangelical Association, which Is conduct
ing the Quaker City revival.
committee of Hudson county, New
Jersey, clergymen will wait on sunday on
February II and invite him TO prelch in
Jersey city.
The Rev. Or. Charles f.. Jefferson,
pastor of the Broadway Tabernacle,
speaking at the twenty-eighth annual
dinner of the Church Club of New York
in the Hotel Aston last night referred to
Sunday as "a clown and bufroon."
Ills remarks" added DR. jefferson,
ARE irreverent and sometimes almost
blasphemous. You would imagine that
every person OF refinement would hiss
him out of town, that men and women OF
civilization would not tolerate such a
man preaching the Gospel" The speaker
gave as his explanation of this outstHnd-
Ing phenomenon Of the present day." as
he characterized Sunday, the wonderful
vitality possessed by the evangelist, add
ing, they say he is 'alive'-so you soc
people will tolerate this clown and buffoon
simply because he Is alive" Sunday
was used as an example in the speakers
address on Life in the Church."
Bishop David ii. Greer and the Rev.
Horace y. Silver, chaplain of West Point.
also spoke Two hundred members were
present
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BULGARIA Is NEUTRAL;
RUMANIA TO INTERVENE
Rome Draws This Conclusion,
Following VI. Ghcnadieff's
Mission.
sptc,a, coaIe Dc.patch 70 tn, srs.

ROME. Jan. 2j.-M. Ghenadier. former
Belgian Foreign Minister, who IS here on
secret mission for his Government. and
who has hitherto been most retcent, has
become significantly loquacious since his
secret conference yesterday with Prince
Won Buelow. the German Ambassador.
NJ GhenadIcn has given interviews to
virtually all the newspapers In Rome,
pointing out that Italian and Bulgarian
interests are Identical. hence Italy's sun
port of Bulgaria's aspirations Is un-
doubted.
The envoy does not say whether his
mission has been successful, but =
lows his interviowers TO draw their own
conclusions, which are obvious. Hence
the conviction prevails that as result
OF NJ. Ghenadieff's mission Bulgaria =
neutrality Is assured and Rumania's in
tervention is imminent. Further and
more Important developments arc ox-
pectcd to follow.
The council of the Cabinet. held to-day,
is considered to he OF the utmost impor-
tancc. owing TO Rumauia's notifications
IN" fact of which are confirmed here
Baron Sonnino. the Minister Of Foreign
Affairs. explained to tho council the in
ternational situation saying that il be-
hooved Italy TO watch affairs most care
fully. especially events impending in
Austria. II is officially stated that the
council took no action on the question OF
Rumanian mobilization
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Russians Estimate Kaiser,
Losses in Second Polish
March at 100000.
HEAVY FIGHTING
NEAR GlMBGNNN'
Au>t"O-GermanS Prepare &
Take Offensive in GaIiria
and BukOwina.
or ruu wan News,

N
i"e herman N"'n''''E '"''''| '"o
loss "t the arlnored cruiser h'u''h'r
but asserts that IL british battle cruiser
was sunk In the NORTH Sea battle ycs-
,oro,, Tbo g,.,,o,,,.,,, ID, ,.,.,,-,,,.,.,,,.d
-. 49,. -. ~, ,,..,i,..,,,,
NV 'Spo' W NV '''''''' ''''''''' '''''
'Hdt no hr-tSii ShlpA were lost
Petrograd has news OF successful
russian advance in southwest Poland.
Il il rcnorted that tho Germans hay,
t.,,,, ,,,.,,.., I'll. r.i,,,. ,,,i... ,.,,..ra
Wv '''''' "''~' an" nave w" INV"
from Opoczno and kic'cc. The lius-
sian movement in northwest Poland
has reached Kikot Twenty-Five miles
southe,s, or Thor, u,.s,.,n r.nor,s
"e '''' '"o ''''''''a are '"s"S n''u
poWerlcss on the defence lines west 't
Warsaw. \ new Austrian offensive IS
said to be dovelopinc I'm Galicia.
Tho German va. oni,o ro,,,rt. No.
,r1or,. u..,,,,,,,, -. ,,....,,..,..I.. ~, 49,.
80 az '"'
Hedd OF 'Hr M'%urldh 'aNe7 region. Hu'-
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GERMANS CAPTURE
A RUSSIAN TRENCH
Artillery Captures Position
on NistuIa, However.

SPECIAL 'dhie DsspGtci 10 Tar SrN.
PErRoGRAD, Jan 25.---Tho following oin-
cial statement YVES issued by tnr PuS-lan
General stan this evening.
In the region between the N.stud
and AIlaWa no important change WAS re-
ported Yesterday, the only incidents being
encounters between small dctdchnpnts aud
rifle fire.
ION the left Of tho Nistuld there has been
comparative calm North Of BorgimoN or
January % Saturday the Germans sue
ceeded IN taking one of our advanced
trenches OF secCndar" imp rtauce on
tho following day in practically the sans
region the Germans tOVk the offensive and
succeeded in creeping forward one by
one, taking possession OF another OF their
own trenches which had previously been
ablnduuel An elective ire compelled
them to eVacuato tho position and once
more We retook IT,
our artillery yesterday seriously ham-
pered the movemrn. of the cnomys troops
along the front our heavy artillery gave
Ms possession Of q trench Of tho enemy
with machine guns.
In the neignborhOod OF :ue village ot
kourjt schine i've miles north of Riwa,
our artillery destroyed an armored motor
car whioh had pushed forward to bonn
bard our position.
In Galicia certain animation ana lc-
uvity is 10 he remarked among tho Aus
TRANS In all the passes of the eastern
Carpa;hians, primarily In Duklt Pass
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Tries to Save Woman,
Hero Is Fatally Hurt
Aged Man Robbed After Auto
Truck Injuries Her Nor
tally. Too.

William Abbott, Is. a G. \. H. veteran.
of Els West Twenty-frst street. who with
Mrs. Anna Nordgren. So OF 3li West
Twenty-ilrst street was run over by a two
ton automobile truck at Eighth avenue
and Twenty-sccond street last night. both
OF them being probably murtally injured,
was robbed of "A $3.50 gold watch and
chain between the time OF the accident
ana II search OF his clothes hy his niece.
Winifred, IN the New York Hospital.
Abbott tried to push Mrs. Sordgren out
Of danger when the truck ran onto the
sidewalk. but both We're caught. DR.. Muir
ray of the New York Hospital amputated
the woman's left leg in the ambulance.
Besides she had a fractured skull and in
ternal injuries. Abbott had fractured
skull. cuts and bruises and a broken arm.
The woman Is a widow with four married
daughters and ten grandchildren.
Henry W. Simms of 4i3 West Thirty
NTH street, the chauffeur. was held for
felonious assault and reckless driving.
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GERMANS DRIVEN BACK.
Invaders Forced Toward the PIlitEa,
say GcrmnnS.

LuNUuN, Jan. 90 Dispatches received
from Pctrograd to-day confirm tho r,-
port that the Russian Armies in southern
Poland have Tcoocupied Kielce and OpOcl-
no and have driven the German forces
back toward the Pilit2a river. Accord
ing 20 the news given out iu P,tlocrnd
the Russians We're victorious i'm "a series
of battles IN the kiclcc district and have
advanced about thirty milos.
The new offensive m southern Poland
- regarded In the Russian capital as a
definite renewal Of tho campaign de-
signed to invest Cracow and curry The
lighting into Slcsa. Tho Russiaus are
advancing on a front about 'orty mites
wide, The centre Of operations is Vine
ccntynof, which Is ten mllcs south of
TomaZow, At "A railroad bridge over the
Plitza The railroad line is tho MAIN
line running TO LODI and The Russ'su
movement endangers the German occ.,.
patton OF that city.
The southern orTensi is the freshOF,
development NJ the Grand Dukes ularg.
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Later Mayor Mitchell had his little joke
with Mayor James Rolph OF san Fran
CISCO who reminded him Of Horace Cree
lev's advice, Go vest young man. go
west" President Wilson talked with the
East. the West and the South. and later
in tho evening Mayor James Curley OF
Boston Joined in the long distance badi-
mage.
II was just :Ij o'clock when President
Wilson picked NJ the receiver in the White
House and bent over the line that
stretched to the East to Dr Bell and TO
the West to President Moore of the Pan
ama-PaciHc Exposition. His coming to
the telephone had been neralded by Mr..
Carly in the room at 10 Dey street, who
told the watchers that the President was
coming down the corridor. and then that
~ -1e 60 .he 1.-Two 70 those who had re.
coivers came the Presidents words clearly
a. II uttered In the room:
ct appeals to the imagination 10 speak
across the continent II Is "A fine omen for
the exposition that the first thing II has
done has been to send It's voice over from
sea TO sea. 7 congratulate you on the
fine prospects for successful exposition.
! am confidently hoping to take part in IL
after the adjournment Of Congress. May
| not send my greetings to the manage
meut and TO all whose work has made Il
possible and made 1t the great event II
promises to be- and convey my personal
to you"
The receiver in san Francisco was then
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STATE MAY LOSE 100000 TAX.
John e.. wendell said 10 Have
Decided Property Before Death.

II statements made to Francis A. Wins
low. special counsel for the State Comp.
troller. yesterday. are borne out by fur
Their investigation. It appears likely that
New York will lose nearly s4.OO00OO on
the estate Of John @. Wendell 1t was
said that Mr. Wendell. who possessed
Manhattan real estate valued at more
than sSO,OOO,OOO. transferred the greater
part of his property to his four sisters
before his death on November 80.
The question that remains to be ser
tied and on which depends the ability
OF the State to collect an inheritance tax
is whether or not Mr. Wendell made the
trunsfcr DIN anticipation OF death and with
the purpose Of evadng the tax. lie
was gravely III some time before The
transfer was said to have been made on
November 1.
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handed to Mr.. Watson, with whom the
President exchanged greetings. Mr., Carly
then introduced Dr. Bell to President will
son.
81 am very glad to have tho opportunity
of talking with you, Mr.. President" lie
said, "over the first transcontincntal teie-
phone line"
81 am very much obliged to YOU" said
the President. II want to congratulate
YOU very warmly on this notable con.
summation of your long labors aud re.
marhahlc achlcvemouts. You are justified
IN fecl.ns great pride IN what has bee.
done. | think this Will he remembered
AS q memorable day
Then the President talked for few
minutes with President Vail. cougratu-
lating him on the work OF mis- company.
Later all those on the raised platform
whore the telephone instruments we're
placed spoke to the other side OF the CON
tincnt Mayor Mitchell. Mr.. McAreny,
Comptroller Prcndergast and Mi. Bethel
each talked with some one at the Saa
Francisco end of the line.
DIR. BrII Ises First Phone.
But Of the many interesting moments
In the afternoon one that cauLht the at
tention OF the watchers most closely was
when Dr. Bell picked up Il duplicate OF
the original instrument with which he
talked to Mr. Watson in 1875. when tho
distance between the two men was but a
few feet. So perfect had been his con-
cepton OF the transmitter then that yes
terday he could talk over II AS perfectly
as over the modern instrument, the main
Improvements having been IN the wires
and other means of transmission.
Or. Bells patriarchal face broke into
broad smile OF delight as NE handled
the wooden apparatus built like box
and told OF the days hen he dreamed OF
talking over distance of a few miles
lIo finally picked up and spoke into 1t to
Watson, who IN 1875 caught the first
words that Dr. Bell ever said over the
telephone. BY request hc repeated them
yesterday on the second creates: day in
tho history OF his invention.
watson. come here. / want you" he
said. aud then Or Bell threw back his
mead and laughed with pure Glee
'Hic says 1t would take him a week to
come now"
Many receivers had been connected in
the directors room. and around the long
table men and their wives, guests of
tho company, lowered for an hour or two
listening to the seemingly magic words
that came 80 clearly they seemed unreal
describing the system over wiuh h-
ahd his men havo labored for years Mr.
Carly said that no one thing had made Il
possible, but IL was due to the constan,
improvement of all tho essentials OF
telephone mechanism, the cables. tho
wires. swtchboards. other connecting
apparatus and transmitters. There are
only about ten miles OF cable In tho entire
line. the rest being highly improved
copper wires strung overhead four Of
them. over these wires were two cir
cults, so that two distinct conversations
we're kept up FOR more than two hours
between New York and San Francisco
and for about the same time from Boston.
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ARMY OFFICERS
TOURGE MOBILE
LAND DEFENCES
Prepare Bill for Congress
Stating Organization, Not
Size. Is Great Need.
PRESENT SMALL UNITS
USELESS IN REAL WAR

OrEGn,Eation-no size. That IS the
meat of the recommendations contained
in "A bill prepared 10y army officers for
submission to Congress providing for
the reorganization Of the land forces
OF the United States so that they may
be prepared to meet invasion. The
officers who have had part in the prep-
arat!on OF the bill insist that as now
organized the army is not prepared to
meet such an invasion by an enemy
that might beat down the first line
OF defence-thc ncot-and land rs
forces on our coasts.
This bill is now in the hands Of the
War College division OF the General
STAFF. Ultimately it will find its way
through the Chef of STAFF and the Sec
rotary of War to Congress. Eight
months Of study 10y army experts
headed by Col. Edwin +. Glenn. chief
of staff to Gen. Wood. commander Of
the Department Of the East, have gone
into its making. 1t is still to be re-
vised and added to by the War College
experts and when submitted to Con-
gress as a measure Of defence will en-
body not only the best thought of army
experts but the united thought OF all
branches of tho service on what -
necessary for the defence Of our bor-
ders
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STEEL PLANTS ON FULL TIME.
$4,000 workers Have Prospect OF
Long, steady EmpIo, mcnt.

PiTrsRuRG, Jan. 25.--Three thousand
men IN the employ of the Plttsburg Steel
Company at Charlerol and Monesscn, who
had been laid off for some time. or had
been on half time. went to work to-day
on fun time. Every department in the
two plants was placed in full operation
and. 1t was said officially. will be kept
SO for many months
The II. C. Frick Coke Company at
tniontown announced to-day that it's
$4,000 employees had gone on full time
this morning. These employees in the
past year have been averaging but little
better than three days "A week
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First Comprehensive plan.

The recommendations in the bill are
based upon the report ON the Organi-
cation OF the Land Forces of the United
States" made N 1912, and was pre-
pared under Instructions from Gen.
Wothcrspoon. the then chief of stan.
One of the officers who took part n
the preparation Of the bill said yester-
day:
For the first time in considering such
a matter every bureau was consulted,
the STATS of all departments had their
say and every interest WAS taken into
consideration. For ,he first time IN the
history OF our army we have figured
out a complete organization for that army.
an organization which can be put into
effect by Congress irrespective OF the
strength Of the army that Congress sees
1T 80 authorize"
col Glenn when asked about the bill
explained that as II was now in the hands
Of the War college division of the Cen
eral stan he could not discuss rs de-
tails. lie would only say that such
bill had been prepared and tina; he be-
lievcd that the best thought OF army otti-
C.rs had gone into its making
The time ha, come to tell Congress
and the country the truth" That Gums
up the attitud. OF the officers who have
had to do with the bill And the officer
vino voiced 1t went on to point out tina;
tn" particular truth which, in his opinion.
needed emphasizing was tho need FOR
rganlzatiun--O before num-
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YALE TEACHER LEFT $s75,Ooo.
Prof. wheeler Had stock In Twenty
Railroads and Six Banks.

CHICAGO Jan. 25.-Henry Lord Wheeler,
the Yale professor who died in the East
a few months ago, left personal property
valued AT more than $4,000, according
TO an inventory filed here to-day before
Judge Horncr. Stocks valued NJ more
than $500 900, all considered good" are
listed Prof Wheeler had stock IN more
than twenty railroads and six banks FIVE
OF which are in Chicago
lie bequesthed 100000 70 10 held in
trust for his son, Henry Irving Wheeler,
until ho shall become ~ years old The
residue he gave 20 h's sister Mrs Made,
Wheeler Young.
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MR.. GAY WAS TOO GAY.
So Says Mrs. Gay, who Gets III
vorce and Alimony.

WORCESTER, Mass, Jan. 25.--Mrs. Mar
guerl,e NJ. Gay Of Worcester got "A di-
vorce to-day from Robert NJ Gay OF
New York on the ground OF desertlon
and was also awarded 81 500 annual
alimony by the Superior Court here. NJ.
Gay Is the head OF & large mining en-
cheering concern in New York city
Mrs. Gay in her suit alleged that her
husband spent on the average $4,000 an
nually upon himself and that he pre-
ferred a life of gaycty to the quiet OF
his home The custody of a daughter
who Is a minor was awarded TO Mrs,
Cav
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REPORT IDLER AND CREW LOST.
Yacht. with IL Men. said TO Have
sunk on Hattcras.

According to despatch received by
the Marconi Company last night, the
yacht Idler, belonging to J. =. Jefferson
of Warren Pa, was sunk Off Cape Hat
toras Sunday night The owner and his
friends who were TO accompany him on
a cruise in the Pacific were awaiting the
yacht in Cuba. Capt. Robert II. Harding
and the crew OF fourteen arc thought to
have been lost
The yacht was sighted when she was
being driven on the Diamond Shoals, four
teen miles south Of the Cape, and sunk
before she was positively Identified
The ldlcr was recently purchased by
Mr.. jefferson from Henry T. Sloane OF
the New York Yacht Club.
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He went on TO say that it was COM
monplace OF military experience that 20
matter how large or well equipped IN
army IL amounted to little off parade I'M
Tess il could manHuvre, could get about
handily. An immobile army. lie said, was
Ike boxer deficient In foot work. an
easy victim for a less hard hitting oppo.
ncnt whose quick shifting enabled him
to avoid blows and to give them at will.
He went on 10 say, and other officers
backed up his statement, that 1t is folly
TO expect the most theoretically efficient
officer to command effectively In action
a larger unit than he has handled In
peace, and he added significantly that
lacking such an experienced leader il was
ht or miss what those under his COM
mand would do.
The bill, the real army bill that Con-
gress is 10 have chance of consider
ing, will brisae ia technicalitcs, but II
will have for Us main theme just that
the necessity Of giving United States
army officers the chance of handling
divisions and OF making plans for militia
and regulars on that basis.
ITO he sure" said one officer who has
studied the bill I've have all the branches
now IN greater or less strength, but the
thing we want 10 imTr ess on the country
and upon Congress il that unless you can
get all these units together and have
practice In handling them you are all at
sea when you 20 to war, Now We have
to pick up our officers haphazard and
assign them to duties which perhaps they
never actually performed before, If Con-
gross will give Us the organization we
seek with even our present force we will
certainly double its efficiency and some
of us believe We will increase its war
efficiency at leas, ten times"
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WILSON MEETS LEES DAUGHTER.
An Honor 10 Greet n President who
IL a SOutherner, She Says.

WAsHINGroN. Jan. 25.--Presldcnt WI
son shook hands to-day with Miss Mary
Custis Lee, daughter OF Gen. Robert T..
Lee Miss Lee said that II was her frst
opportunity TO make the acquaintance OF
a President
1T il a double honor" said she, go
shake hands with President who IL
also Southerner.'
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T. W. Watson, Who Heard
His First Words Over Wire,
at the Other End.
COAST TO COAST CALLS
TO BEGIN MARCH |

Dr. Alexander Graham Bell, who first
talked over the telephone, his invention.
in 1875 leaned over to an instrument
in the Office Of President Theodore n.
Vail, on the fifteenth floor OF the Ameri
can Telephone and Telegraph Company
afternoon, and said:
MIR. Watson. are you 'there?"
And out on the Western edge OF the
continent. in San Francisco. 3.I00 miles
away. Thomas w. Watson. Mr. Bells
assistant in his first experiments, threw
up his hand with whoop Of joy. To
him had come az clearly az IL he had
been only across town the tones Of Dr.
Bells voice.
Indeed. am he said.
AN right. / am glad OF that" said
the inventor. "NOur enumeration
seems perfectly clear here. It sounds
as If you were in tho other room, or
IN another part of New York, instead
Of 34OO miles away"
Tho first official talk between the
Eastern and Western gateways OF the
United states was fact. over busy
cities, rolling prairies and the snowy
peaks of the Rockies had hummed tie
words that bridged 3,lO0 miles in the
twitCh Of an cyolid. And way down
South. on Jekyl Island. of the coast
Of Georgia, Mr.. Vail listened to this
conversation as easily
as II he had been in his home office
in New York.
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DR.. Alexander Bell Talks
From Atlantic to Pacific
WILL COST 5000
TO TALK 3,400 MILES

A BOUT March the transconti-
y mental telephone line will he
ready for commercial use.
The rates will be 5000 for three
minutes and 1915 for each add
tional minute.
These rates do not seem so large
when one is told that whenever the
connection is made between New
York and San Francisco about So
100000 worth of plant is tied up.
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There are a number OF things besides
drinks, common to most countries, which
the Icslanders do without Among them
are daily newspapers and railroads. The
most frequently published papers are
sem-weeklies, and horses are used in
land travel The culture Of grain also
Is unknown IN Iceland.