The Washington herald., 1918-03-09
CHICAGO GETS
PREPARED FOR
BILLY SUNDAY
Advance Forces Find Many
Windy City Recruits for
Assault Upon Satan.

Chicago, H.. March S.-The might
Of Billy Sunday already has been felt
in Chicago. Fifty-seven converts are
aw ag his arrival: here to shake his
hanG.
Chicago is in whirl of meetings.
rehearsaIs and the rush of final pre-
parations for the campaign Of the
great evangelist soon to begin. Billy
comes to Chicago from Washington.
where he fought for eight weeks and
vanquished the powers of evil under
the caves Of the Capitol.
Chicago Boasts.
Though he addressed Cabinet men,
bers, Representatives, and Senators.
and some of the most prominent men
in the world In his Washington cam
paign, Chicago has promised a re-
sponse to his efforts thatEwil put to
shame all of his other campaigns.
Several members of the Sunday
party already have arrived in Chi
cago, including DIR. James z. Walker.
Miss Florence X. whitbeck, of Syra-
cuse, N. Y. Miss Frances E. Miller
and Miss Grace SAKE, director of Bible
study on the platform OF the Taber-
nacle four afternoons each week i'm
mediately following Billy's poppy SER
mon.
Meetings held so far total 400 with
an attendance of IS. .493. and Bible class
attendance has more than doubled IN
many churches of the city, it was an
nounced today by Rev. Otis G. Dale
81 I.
listers and iaymen of cooperating
churches held in the Y NJ. c. A.
Forces that Win" will be the spe.
cial sermon Billy will deliver open
ing special meetings Of young people
of high schools and colleges, to be
held in the Tabernacle The first oi
these meetings will be held next I-i
day, March Is.
Street car companies of the city
evidently believe in Billy's pulling
power. The y hicago Surface Line!
have built a spur in Chicago avenue
opposite the tabernacle, in which
twenty-five cars can be kept These
cars will be run out as fast as loaded
company officials announced.
Police Arrangements.
Police arrangements in and around
the tabernacle have not yet beer
completed. Morgan A. Collins. acting
| first deputy superintendent of police
said yesterday. however. there woulc
be plenty of uniformed and plain
clothes men in evidence about the
tabernacle during the campaign.
Already applications for block reser
vations for meetings at the taberna'
Gle have begun to pour upor
Miss Whitback, secretary of reserva'
tions. I'm make reservations fol
from twenty-five persons to thous
ands," she said upon her arrival
but we must have the applications il
writing"
Mrs. Thomas r. Lyon has beeI
made chairman OF the women's worI
during the campaign and Mrs. Georg,
w. Dixon heads the extension com
mittee: Mrs. Henry Bauscher has beer
vision BY DIR. Walker: and all com
mittees are rapidly nearing Complet,
Reorganization and will he runnini
smoothly when the campaign open
here.
| Six thousand dollars already ha
been pledged. The sum was forth
coming at tho dedication meeting il
the tabernacle Sunday, and the repor
received today at a meeting of tn
extension committee was haleo witt
enthusiasm.
With campaign workers IN a whir
OF work the stage is rapidly being Sc
for what they hope and declare will
he a new mark in the history o
Billy Sunday campaigns.