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The Washington times., 1918-01-10
EDSORAP|DLY
COULDN'T
keep ON HIS TRAIL
from First PaseJ

(ContinuSd from First Page)
hlL but rather for the success Of
be United States In the prosecution
q the world war.
k"Thou knowest, oh Lord" he prayed,
that no nation so Infamous, vile,
eSsdy, sensuous, blood thirsty has
Fer disEraced the pages OF history.
Make bare Thy mighty arm, oh Lord,
nd smits the hungry, wolfish Hun,
Rhose fangs drip with blood.
ave thank Thee, on Lord, that We
|hve never gone to bed hungry, that
Ne have never scraped the bottom OF
lie four barrel, that we live beneath
he protection OF the Stars and
2ripes, that there IS not one stain
pon any star or any stripe in Old
3lory."
lFor fully five minutes Billy poured
lkese and other verbal shots into the
de Of the "All-Highest Kaiser" and
kkked for the success of "our be-
|{vSJ President" and OF the Secre-
aries Of War, Navy, and State. and
III the great work they are carry
|tg on.
Enters House.
At 1898 Mr.. Sunday entered the
House chamber through the Speakers
tbor and took his place in the chap
|&in's chair. Promptly at IL Speaker
bark entered and banged on his
ltsk with his gavel.
I"'fhe House will now come to order,
hd the chaplain will ask the invo-
ktion," he said.
lEyery gallery was nlled except
|tose OF the President and Diplomatic
|brps when Speaker Clark opened the
,kyes session. About half of the
Members were in their places. As
ltefwords, blessed Father" came
|fom Billy's lips the entire floor and
Alieries rose as one and remained
|tanding until he said Amen"
III Intensely Patriotic.
lBlny's prayer was intensely patri-
lliS and asked for the success OF our
Iknk, and those OF our allies, to bless
he men who are carrying on the
Mar. both at home and in the
jfenches. At the conclusion OF his
prayer. there was an
\ Sbtburst Of applause. yells, and hand
ilapping such as is seldom heard
lfep in his tabernacles.
III SoIons Shake Hands.
sEaHy was besieEed by members who
ltsbed to the forum to grasp his
and. more than fifty Of them taking
ShVsntage OF their position near the
Don't to shake his "mitt."
IBilly's speech had q demorsIizing
fect on the regular go0d order OF
lei House, and for over dfteen min
ltet thereafter Speaker Clark was
1 lkn4inually banging his gael down in
81 4tic efforts to keep the attention Of
Members focused on the big question
N the day-the woman's suffrage bill
instead OF private discussions.
The Washington times., 1918-01-10
MODERN GEOGRAPHY,

How many revolutions does the
birth make IN = day? It's your turn,
filIie Smith"
You can't tell. teacher. till you see
pc morning paper.-BaItimore Ameri:
fH
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BILLY SUNDAY GETS
MORE MAIL DAILY
THAN PRESIDENT

Billy Sunday receives more daily
mail than President Wilson. Billy's
letters average 800 a day. while the
Presidents are often at as low an ebb
as twenty-five or thirty. And Billy
has a postmaster all to himself. His
name is Frederick Buse.
The little postoffice over which
Postmaster Buse presides Is the
"pIgeon-hole house" OF the tabernacle.
II is the coziest spot in the whole
place, and the only one that looks like
home. II Is like a oneroom cabin in q
pine forest with its cracking fire,
and the wind whipping against the
sides OF the monster building. There's
the spicy odor-the woody atmos
phere.
What goes on inside of Billy's post
office would be telling; but first let's
tell what It looks like. The most in-
portant thing is a row OF pigson-holes,
each OF which has a cute little black
number-like 1884" They were put
there for the trail hitters' names and
addresses. Every minister who CO.
operated with the Sunday campaign
has a pigeon-hole and the card of
every one who gets religion 10 dropped
into the pigeon-hole OF the minister
whose denomination and church he
would like to join.
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ESQ CAMP MEADE
MEN hit TRAIL"
ATB|LLY'S WORD
The traiI-hItting has begun!

The trail-hitting has begun!
Up the yellow. sawdust covered
path in the big tabernacle, the
tramp-tramp-tramp Of sinners feet
last night kept time to the music OF
"Rody's" trombone and the insistent,
calling OF the pianos under the fin
gers OF George Ashley Brewster and
Robert Matthew'S. And while the
evangelist stood in his box" be-
fore the great throng in the plain
pine board church" $50 soldiers from
Camp Meade placed their hands In
Billy's and declared their acceptance
OF Christ as the Saviour!
1t was the nrst trail-hitting OF the
campaign. While paying his respects
after last nights service TO wash
ington's clergymen and campaign
workers in their special section. Billy
noted that about 500 soldiers in the
crowd were slowly making their way
toward the exits.
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Gee, I'm glad I'm alive. You
bsteha life," pGntsd Billy.
Billy paid q glowing tribute to the
Jew at the very bsgtnning of his
sermon.
I'VE thank God" said Billy, that
the British Jack instead OF the Star
and Crescent Of the Turk Is flying
over the Mosque OF Omar tonight"
Just before Billy took Up the dis
oussion OF love he made two hot shots
directed at some women
Some women don't wear enough
clothes to nag q freight train, and
some women In society have cGmou-
haEed themselves so that their hus-
bands don't know them"
BIanes the Husband
Billy put the blame for not loving
on the husband. He SAID:
."If some OF you fellows talked to
Mattresses like you do to your wives,
then you wouldn't have q tooth left
TRY LraIsing your wife, even IL It
does frighten her At nrsr.
SHOW her that you love her.
Remember when she used to be q
blushing girl in a blue sash. and
how you used to buy her Eumdrops
and candy hearts. Gee, ] wish had
all the money ! spent for candy
hearts and Eumdrops," said Billy. as
all eyes sought out Ma" Sunday
near the platform.
Love can't be quarantined, vac
cinated, nor reasoned with.
1T Is as uncertain a. lightning.
You don't know, where or v men II will
hit. Once an old woman eighty years
old, when asked what love was, re-
piled: You'll have to ask some one
older than l. And when the old
maid, sixty-ive years old, was asked
II she was married yet, she said: No,
not yet
l2o Pounds That Count.
MANY time q man wouldn't amount
TO much unless he had that little
120 pounds pushing him on.
And how thankful we ought to be
that God made one apiece for US.
"If you haven't got yours. that's
your fault.
They've made all the oyster soup,
baked all the beans. and made all the
sponge cake that has kept the church
spires from falling down. They've
ran all the bazaars and sold all the
concert tickets.
"If you have a business, give your
wife q chance to learn something
about it
And say, give her the flowers now,
instead OF saving them for the coffin,
There's too much money spent for
open gates and wheels without
spokes which should have been spent
for hired girl" he said.
OF Ittanar Ben Avi.
At the very beginning of the meet
Ing Billy introduced Istamar Ben Hvi.
q real Palestinian, who spoke for five
minutes, thanking the Christians for
the restoration OF Jerusalem. As the
young Jew pictured the brotherhood
OF man with entire unity and under
standing between Christian and Jew.
wave after wave OF applause filled the
hall. Billy stood by and nodded his
approval.
The next speaker was Capt. David
c. Fallon. OF the British army. from
He spoke three minutes.
He said:
The Germans haven't taken the
hint We've got to force Il down their
throats. II there are any here who
do not believe as your President, then
send them back 10 the damn country
from whence they came"
He closed with:
The Germans trained forty years
but when you get after them with
the bayonet they run like hell"
You oetcha life" said Billy.
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Billy Gets En.

Suddenly, Billy called q halt and
stepped quickly back to his platform.
If any OF you boys went TO ac-
cept Christ as your Saviour here to-
night come right up and give me your
hand now" he cried.
The soldiers stopped. There was q
moment of hesitation Then sudden
ly, one young fellow started forward
toward Billy.
Fully half OF his comrades followed.
and for forty minutes Billy shook
hands and wished blessings on the
heads Of his first trail-hItters in
Washington.
This Is the first time In his evan
gelistic career that Billy has ever
called for trail-hitters before the
campaign had progressed at least two
weeks. II has been his custom to
wait until he could note an enthusi-
ssm in the audiences which told OF q
desire to come forward for Christ
Quite InproRPtu.
As last nights trail-hittIng was en-
tirely impromptu, there were no sec
retaries present to take the names
and UNCONVENTIONAL preferences Of the
soldiers. Billy, II was said, called for
the soldiers to hit the trail because
a sudden thought struck him that the
boys might be going "over there"
before they had a chance tC come To
his service again.
Two hundred and fifty is the first
nights gist OF the hit-the-trail mill.
It Is believed that Billy will give all
the soldiers a chance TO come to him
after each nights service hereafter.
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Nest Interesting Spot.

This row OF pigeon-holes Ia the most
interesting spot in the tabernacle,
since II shows the result OF the cam
paiEn. The Sunday mail which passes
through the postoffice 10 almost neg
liGible in this story. Only about
twenty-five letters. q day are received
there. The bulk Of the 300 goes to
his home on Wisconsin avenue north
west.
But nevertheless Postmaster Buse
has his hands full. He runs a lost
and found department and a general
information bureau.
Here Is what goes on inside the
postofhce:
A sedats and perfectly proper min
lister pokes his head in the window.
ANY messages for meT' he asks.
NO" from the postmaster. who is
a. EruR az a bear and doesn't MIND
admitting IT,
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And Perfectly Proper.


ANY pretty girls for me?" asks
another perfectly proper gentlemtn.
No"
Did you find 4 hymn book"
ANY letters for me-"
oh" from the hysterical lady. did
you find a pocketbook?
Can you blame the postmaster foi
having a ruined dispositIon7
They have got TO tell me just
y hats inside that pocketbook? said
Postmaster Buse. NO guess work" I"
Postmaster Buse has on the shelves
bone hairpin. a derby hat, Eve pairs
of gloves, one veil. two umbrellas
keys, and three pairs of rubbers
Nothing so exciting as a lost pocket
book has yet been found.
The center OF the hoor is the
stronghold OF Postmaster Buse. He
holds Il down with a big square yel
low desk. Overhead are about ninety
pennants. II looks like college days
Those are souvenirs of the cities
we've campaigned in." said Mr.. Buse
New it's up TO Washington to do he
part. I'm waiting for a pretty little
schoolgirl to come In and hand VI
one. any day"
Waiting for Teeth.
I'm also waiting for q pair OF false
teeth to be brought here. somson'
usually loses q pair in every city"
When asked how he liked us, th'
postmaster replied: Il like every
thing here.
But Los Angeles Is the city for
me. LIS q dream. No rubbeTs, no
umbrellas. or cold"
Trsii-hittinE week In Los Angeles
netted 1921 converts; In Atlanta. Ga,
l47I5. and in New York. 66.e42.
How many traiI-hi'ters Will Wash
inEton turn out? Postmaster Buse
estimates 10000.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-12-26
Huns TURN OVER
WAR MATERIALS
Large Quantities Placed Under
the Control of the Ameri-
can Army Of Oc-
cupation.
BY Associated Press.

American Army Of Occupation, Dec.
23.-The German authorities bean to-
day turning over to the Americans
Third army large quantities Of war
material which will require several
trains to transport.
Included in the artillery given up by
the Germans are go guns of large CAL
tber and nearly 5000 machine guns.
The other guns range from 150's to
2i0's.
Metternich, just outside Of Coblenz,
is the assembling point for this ma
terial. Some Of it comes from east
of the Rhine. many of the guns having
been sent into the interior of Germany
for repairs as The terms of the armis-
ticc require that all artillery be turned
over in first class condition. Today
American officers began checking up
the guns as they came in. German
officers especially assigned for the
final delivery of the material assisted
IN the work and received the receipts
as fast as the Americans inspected and
accepted the surrendered property.
This is the largest mount of artillery
turned over to the Americans under
the armistice and ii is estimated it
will require a week to inspect and
receipt for all the equipment.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-12-26
Try To CORRUPT
BRITISH TROOPS
English Speaking German
Agents Make Friends With
Army of Occupation and
Preach BoiSheviSm to Soldiers.
BY PERRY

Lond1n Times cable service Copyright 1913, ~
Public Ledger Col to The Sioux City Tribune
WITH THE BRITISH ARMY, Des.
Sl.-The occupation OF our 1S-mile
bridgehead across the Rhine has been
completed without incident. have
visited our advanced positions on tho
frontier territory north and northeast
OF Cologne. At each place.. such az
Hidden and Clighes, I found our cav
airy posts already going about their
work as IL they had lived there for
weeks, the population accepting their
presence with singular
Women Wave.
Sometimes n catches the aye of q
man or woman which Is ablaze with
hatred. How could ii be otherwise?
But l have met with no single dis
courteous word or gesture in Germany.
a the people seem curious and the
other half Indifferent. The children
cheer the British troops, and not sell
dom women wave their hands.
In Solingen. as everywhere else, one
Is baffled by the appearance of plenty,
even luxury in the shops ana confec-
toners windows. Yet the people COM
planned Of the slenderness of the ration
and are honestly Uneasy over the i'm
mediate outlook.
The Germans as a nation were al.
ways gross feeders. Those who can
afford 1t here feed grossly now. and
1eem to have done so throughout the
war.
Food Plentiful.
The actual bulk OF food set before
n In a restaurant is so large that al
first l wondered whether 1t was .
tribute to our uniforms; whether va
could set more than an ordinary civil
ian would get. This was not SO. The
mass of well to do people who frequent
the hotels, restaurants and tea shops
are over-eating themselves today just
as they always have over-eaten in
peace times.
Something like an organized effort Is
being made to tamper with our troops
through agents who lived in England.
and now make friends with our men
and preach bolshevist doctrines to
them. The authorities Of our army
are aware OF what is being done. and
there is no evidence the agents eff
forts will be likely to meet with the
smallest success.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-12-26

DEGREES, he said. can tend only to en-
barrass the peace. that we ought to
make it once with Germany. II it were
successful and were to come
before the Senate 1t might endanger
the peace treaty and force amend
ments.
Are we prepared to allow any as
ISOLATION Of nations by a majority vote
to order the troops and ships Of the
United States to go to war? Unless
we are prepared to do so, we are not
prepared to join a league Of nations
which is going to enforce peace"
In urging p"ostponement of the ques-
ton of the freedom of the seas, Senator
Lodge said, it was another underlined
question, and added:
1T means abandonment of the bel
ligerent right Of blockade, l think the
United States will hesitate before 1t
abandons a Weapon absolutely neces-
sary for its own safety. ] cannot i'm
agine that England would for a mo-
ment think of abandoning the beiliger-
ent right of blockade"
Discussing secret diplomacy, the sen
ator said, this point Of President Will
sons need not be incorporated in the
peace treaty because secret treaties
never have and cannot exist in this
country. "a
Urging postponement of action on the
matter Of economic barriers he said.
1t opens a wide field of discussion"
and "its settlement is not in the least
essential to ending the war by a peace
with Germany. We can make that
peace without determining at this mo-
ment what we shall do with our tariffs,
in the making OF which every nation
ough. to have entire freedom"
The Russian Problem.
Russia, Senator Lodge declared, pre-
sents an important problem in connec-
ton with the world peace and recon
struction which cannot be shirked. All
civilized nations, he urged, must aid
in restoration OF Russia.
I'VE have no present government in
Russia" he said, with which any one
can deal inteliicently. The thing that
calls itself a government is no more
fit to be dealt with in negotiation. than
a band of anthropoid apes. There is
nothing that seems to indicate that the
Russian people have the power to eX-
Prussia. Unfortunately they are so
few that it is greatly to be feared that
they are wholly Inadequate for the
work the may have to do"
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-12-26
RESC|ND BREWERY
ORDER IS REPORT
Rumor at Capital Says Hoover
Has Told Wilson There Is No
Further Necessity For
Grain Restriction.
BY United Press.

Washington, d. c., Dec. 2l.-A per-
sistent rumor about the capitol today
was that Herbert Hoover had urged
the president to lift the ban denying
grain to breweries. There was no con-
firmation.
According to the report Hoover has
frankly told the president necessity for
the order no longer exists. Brewing
ceased the first Of December, when
plants the country over were shut
down..
While Hoover still insists that food
economy must be practiced for a long
time to come, it is understood that he
believes and has told he president
that the emergency war order regard
ing grain for the brewers may now
safely be repealed.
Bone dry senator's said they believed
the order is as necessary now as when
it was issued.
They point out that the actual ces-
sation of hostilities has caused little
change in the situation so far as food
needs are concerned, and that there Ia
still a vast army, both here and abroad.
thai must be fed in addition to the
liberated peoples.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-12-26
FORCE STRIKES
BY TERRORISM
But Machine Guns sputter
When German Agitators At
tempt to Coerce Miners Into
Laying Down Picks.

London Times cable serv Ice downright 1918. h,
Public Ledger Co. 70 The Sioux CITY Tribune
The HAGUE. Dec 23.-.(by wire
less THE Berlin newspaper ctrike is
serious. Only one of eight newspa
pers appeared Wednesday,. Employees
nan more wages. Wages so far
average SO MARKS ($12.50 weekly, be-
siues e? marks supplemental. owing to
the dcarness Of provisions. The strik-
ers want 100 marks (s30.)
FOR n night staff they ask 20
marks .S5l daily. After a Iong dis
cuss'oa representatives OF the news
paper firms declared they were willing
70 give a provisional addition Of Is
MARKS Ss). But the publishers rep
resentative. striking his fist on the
table, said: If the workers do not
accept this provisional offer within
fi''c minutes. these firms will simply
not allow their papers 10 appear" And
negotiations were Off.
Come to Blows.
> Work in the grea. Koenigsgrube
mines has been resumed With this,
tho strike IN the Bechum district may
be considered to have ended. In the
Essen and Go~lsenkIrchen districts work
liz proceeding.
That a strike occurred in the Con-
cordia milne Is duo to terrorism. Force
was also used in causing strikes in
other mines. The Spartacus people
desire an entire cessation of industry.
Troops guarding the mines were COM
PEELED to utilize their arms. and killed
n and wounded five. Blows were in
flictcd on tile Spartacus people in the
Hoellen mine. The government, 1t Is
reported. intends to establish garrisons
OF the peoples defense force. who will
assume the service OF guarding the in
,dustr!a. region, An Essen telegram
says the radical strike movement
again has given rise 10 serious dis
turbanccs by miners in the various
mines.
According to the Essen workcr:' and
.cIdiers' councils n small crowd went
from mine to mine compelling the
staff to strike Immediately on pain
OF arms being used. The workers and
scldiess' council arrested wire pullers
at one mine. but an excited crowd
obtained their liberation, whereupon
the workers and soldiers council was
itself arrested and It's chairman mall
treated. At another mine the armed
force was dismissed and the works
were put under the protection Of the
workers and soldiers council.
Negotiations between the miners and
the workers and soldiers council on
one side and a mob on the other pro-
duced no result.
In the state mines n crowd stormed
the approaches from whence they were
repealed by rifle and machine gun fire
and several persons were severely
wounded.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-12-26
Old ST. Nick
Supreme Boss
Of Paris Now
French Capital Forgets Affairs
Of State and Peace and
Catches Holiday Spirit.
BY Unitcc Press.

Paris, Dec. 23.--Allicd diplomats,
caught in the back wasi, OF ,ne Christ
mas tide, are carrying on" witn unof-
fetal pourparlers until 1919. Packed
with the most distinguished gathering
in its history, Paris has joyousIy ca
pitIlated 20 the holiday spirit. Big
Bertlas and Gothas belong TO the
stone age. Santa Claus Is premier.
The city is. illuminated by night and
gay with bunting by day. The victory
flag has been added to the usual
Christmas decorations.
Shops are stuffed with the most fas-
cinating M costly Of wOmen's bedizen-
ments. jewelers. display the richest
ever seen here. Restaur-
ants, expensive and gay, are overflow
ing. The boulevards hold the greatest
throngs since the exposition. Tempo
rary toy booths line the sidewalks.
Merchants are hawking mistletoe, holly
and evergreens. Takers are vending
~kamerading rubber kaisers and capitu-
lating tin Huns. Topical songs regard
ing President Wilson and Premier Gle
are being sung in the theaters
and music halls, where s. r. o. signs
are common. The people appear to
totally forgotten the war. SO
far as they are concerned, peace is al
ready signed.
Earned Right to Smile.
The uninterrupted succession of en-
perors, kings, presidents and princes
has become as spectacular as part of q
carnival.
Parisians byntheir four years Of ter
rible sacrifices have earned the right
to be gay. And they are making the
most Of that right.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-12-26
HONORS
THE LONDON PLAN
President to Ride to Bucking.
ham Palace In the Royal
C~arriage-Troops
as Guard.
By Associated Press.

London, Dec. Heterogeneous are
being made for an imposing military
reception OF President Wilson, accord
ing to some of the newspapers. There
will be a guard OF honor at the station
when he arrives and he will be greeted
by King George.
Mr.. Wilson and the king will then
drive to buckingham palace through
the streets lined with troops. They
will ride in the royal carriage. Premier
Lloyd George will be among the promi-
nent persons taking part in the well
come OF President Wilson.
1t is said that the route of the pro-
cession Will be as extended as possible
SO as to permit Of a great popular
welcome.
President Wilson has not as yet re-
piled to the lord mayors invitation to
q civil luncheon In Guild hall where
il Is understood the city corporation
wish to nresen. a welcoming address
TO Mr.. Wilson. This address will be
enclosed N a golden cas..et
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-12-26
RAILROAD SELLS BONDS
Pennsylvania Makes First Sale Of Sc
curities.

New York. Dec. 2l.-The Pennsyl-
vania Railroad Company ha merketed
with New York bankers $50, 0OO, 900
general mortgage bonds at 3 per cent.
due in 1868, at a price costing the COM
pany about 5 and one-fifth peer eel
1t was announced today. This Is the
first extensive private financial un-
dertaking reported since the signing OF
the armistice and the terms are re-
garded by Wall Street as very ad-
TO the railroad company.
The bankers announced early In the
afternoon that the offering had been
heavily oyersubscribed.