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1JIJLADJ5LPJIIA, Till RSDAY, MAKOU 18, 1915.
PBICE OJNTE OBNO.1
Coriitlfinr, 1(113. M tnr rcstto I.Kxirs Coumst.
(GERMANS LEAVE
ITALY; MINISTERS
t YYAIl UlUNMULi
Many of Kaiser's Sub
jects Departing.
Cabinet at Rome Dis
cusses Crisis.
lEmpcror Francis Joseph's Re
fusal to Accecie to Territo
rial Cessions Confirmed by
the Vatican Price of Peace
Deemed Too High.
. - llnntnn TVf.A'lte MflW PlTl-
CjTinCC von uu;i" ...-. --" - -
h posal That Germany Shall Occupy
Trent Until War .nas, vncn ses
sion Will Bo Mniio if Italy Re
mains Neutral.
ROM1J, Starch IS.
Aconfcicnco or nearly nil the members
. the PAhlnct with ricmlcr Suhindra
pitas held today, following u visit to the
i Foreign Office by I'rincc von uucnw, mu
German Ambassador. The conrerenco
l continued this nfternoon, and w.ts
r looked upon as n, "council of war," not-
i iihtnndlnir that officials of the I-oreign
Office Insisted that the altitude of tho
Goiernmcnt Is still one of hope.
A largo number of German tourists do.
rtfd today for their homes. At the
rr.rmnn Embassy a report that tho leav
ing of the tourists -was ndvlscd by nt-
- -i .. nnAnlflAnll f rtnnlfwl Timlin SQl
V officials patd that some of the Germans
rlOjOurnuiK m amiy ior mo wiiiu-i "'i
.feiUrninK lcir uimiivo uuwubu nimiii,
1 l.l. n n A t V n f ntliAia 1I11
.qucstlonably. were Influenced by the bel
ligerent tUUlUUQ Ul EUIIIU Ul Kit: 111 Nil II
I".?"9' .
1 UO.emniflll uuiciitm iiciu luuu.v rtiau uu
U .-Aanrmoltilllt.. fni" ilii. mnvom.nt nf
denied a report from Nice that Italian
uinui mi;.-! jiuu uiiivicu ucnimiia uui u.
ue aistrici.
PARIS, March 18.
A dispatch from Ttomo sajH:
"pmperor Francis Joseph's refusal to
cede Trent ns a compensation for Italy's
neutrality Is now confirmed from a Vntl-
( ran eource. Yesterday the Pope received
m.
In audlenco tho Austrian Ambassador,
.in d 1,1 1 1. A wl n r mi(a(rnni l.tt.i. fmm
JC.J1 MV.,.1... t,i 1, U ,W 1 1J 1, 11.. .1.1 l.UIII
'r. . Iks Emn.rni Henlln!- with nfinll9llnnQ
J?" with the Italian Government, "ami ex-
Lvvlfllnlni- thn lmnnnlhlltt .. nf mnWIni tup.
tltorlal concessions.
."Itellable Information hero says that tho
Emperor, who often writes to tho Pope,
uiured his Holiness that It Is his ardent
JllrUh to end tho war, but that the defense
.of the empire's territorial Integrity Is In-
oupensaDio. Tncrcroro pcaco is Impossi
ble until tho enemy is driven out of tho
Invaded provinces. Territorial conces
lom in the western frontier, he said.
Should Imply renunciation bf tho sover
eignty over tho eastern provinces now
.leldby tho Russians.
Auer the audience tho Austrian Am-
Concluded on Tnge Four
THE WEATHER
FA I F
The dylnjr winter breezes sigh, tho
feathered songsters Bins'! another season'a
Urawlne nigh, you've guessed it, that of;
Siprlnsr. This Is, alas, tho first result, that
Elt Is rather hard. In fact, that It is difficult
to subjugate the bard who's writing up
j&nnumbered rolles, in sweet, esthetic elco
.that, while tho nation laughs and smiles.
he labels poetry. As none, not e'en tho
Weather man, tomorrow can foretell, so
ona can figure out a plan the spring tlma
rd to quell. And those who think they
k'ave a song to warble of the spring, will
trujgle mightily along until we let thorn
Inr. Who tries to halt this form of
llies win certainly bo stung; glva heed, ya
leaders, unto this and nolo of spring
ae've sung.
FORECAST
For Philadelnhla. and irininitii
Fair toninhl with temneralurea ahavn
Wfrttiing; Friday increasing cloudi-
Pf; nentle variable winds.
For details, see page S.
Observations at Philadelphia
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GERMANS TO APPLY
TORCH TO SLAV TOWNS
AS REPRISAL POLICY
Threaten to Fire Provincial
Capitals and Countryside
Villages in Poland, Fol
lowing Foe's Alleged
'Outrages in East Prussia
Russians aro ncaln across tho Hast
rrussla border, It is officially admitted
by Berlin, confirming Warsaw dis
patches which today said that tho Teu
ton defenders of Laugszartcn, over the
border from TaurogKen, had boon
beaten beck.
Government buildings in Sulwalki,
Poland, and other- provincial capitals
in tho hands of tho Germans will t
burned to the ground, tho War Oflico
nnnounced this afternoon, in retalia
tion for ruthless acts of destruction al
leged to havo been i-ommlttcd by tho
Itusslans in East Prussia.
General Ivanoff's forces have crossed
the Pruth River in liukowlna and aro
intrenched within a mllo and a halt of
Czcrnowltz. It Is unofficially reported
that tho outer forts of Przemysl havo
fallen.
Tho German offensive near Khovzelo
nnd on tho Orzyc River continues, Pet
rograd admits, but thaws nnd floods
aro hampering' operations on tho Przas
nysz front. German bombardment of
Ossowltz Is heavy, and in South Poland
Teuton nctlvity is reported at Tom
aszow. Tho British fleet bombaidlng AVcst
ende, in Belgium, was shelled by tho
great 16-Inch guns of tho Germans and
forced to retire. North of Arras
counter-attacks of tho Germans were
repulsed, according to tho official
French report, which Btates sevens
fighting Is taking placo along tho cx
trcmo western battle line.
Further successes nro reported In tho
Champagne and Argonne. where the re
port says thousands of unburled dead
cover tho battlefields.
Tho Belgians mado gains nlong- tho
canals of tho YBer. according to tho
official statement of tho French Wnr
Olfico, which reports that tho Germans
nro still bombarding tho Allies' posi
tions on Loretto Heights.
French aviators dropped bombs on
tho Alsatian village of Schelottstndt,
killing u woman, says tho Berlin War
Office, and tho Germans replied by an
air raid on Calais.
BERLIN THREATENS DRASTIC
RETALIATION AGAINST SLAVS
To Burn Czar's Villages as Reprisal
for Alleged Outrages.
BERLIN. Starch H.
Heavy fighting is In progress between
Germans and Russians upon Prussian
noil, tho Russians having been able to
cross tho boundary again In tha vicinity
of Memcl.
Tho General Staff makes announcement
that for every village or estate upon Ger
man soil burned by tbe Russians, tha
Oermans will destroy three Russian vil
lages. It Is further announced, that IC
tha Russians burn any of the German
city of Sternal, public buildings in tho
provincial capitals of Poland will be de
stroyed by the Germans.
This drastlo action was determined upon
today when official reports were received
from Insterburc telling of alleged out
rages by tha Blavs north of Tilsit.
Tho official dispatches charged that in
their raid across the Prussian frontier
near Laugazargen on Tuesday regiments
of Russian reserves perpetrated out
rages comparable to those reported
earlier In tha war. They pillaged homes,
burned villages and ravaged tha sur
rounding country. Tho Russians then fled
before advancing German forces, carry
ing their booty across tha border,
Suwalkl, against which tha German
threat la particularly directed, Is a city
of 27,165 Inhabitants. It baa been In the
hands of the Germans since Von Ulnden
burg drove the Russians out of Prussia
In the Maxurlan Lakes campaign.
Memel la an East Prussia seaport, tha
northernmost city of tha German Kmplre,
just across the Poland border. Popula
tion vtas 20.000 la 1900.
Other War New on Page 4
9KDH9 AKV return
The "chicken" picture abovo is Mrs. Mary Lowell Lloyd's caricature
of Joseph Pearson's paintinp, "Up With tho Sun." It won first prize.
Second was Otto Gnttor's impression of Miss Cecilia Bcaux's por
trait of John Frederick Lewis and son. Tho third prize went to Miss
Caroline Gibbons' "fake," shown below, of Philip L. Hale's picture,
"Mi-Vclata."
STUDENT "TAKE-OFFS" THROW
NEW LIGHTON ART EXHIBIT
Caricatures of Paintings Win Prizes, Too Suffrage
Twist to Miss Beaux's "Decoration" Kendall's
"Penumbra" becomes "Pneumonia."
When tli" "imh of a new-born sun Ml first
on otfti'f Kncn anl kM.
Our rnther A dun s.il under a tree, nnil rtlBKfil
ulth .i Mirk In Mio mH. , , . (
And tho tlrst rmlo skurli Ihit llin world bad
seiMi nun Joy in litn nilKluy heart,
Till thn lvll whlipcrod helilnd tho Icracs,
"Ifii pretty, but In It .UtT?"
-rtudjanl Kipling.
Tho real ART exhibit, wherr. you spell
the word not only with n, capltnl, but with
threo full-grown capitals, opened at tho
(Pennsylvania Academy nt noon today.
Tho artlits represented aro nil of tho very
latest fcchool; tho work Is undoubtedly
the highest expression of artistic achieve
ment known to this city. Tho Hanging
Committee, tho Jury of award and tho
painters themselves all ngrco to this,
making It unanimous, ns after-dinner
speakers say In admitting that they can't
mako a speech.
Tho object of this exhibition Is to show
up tho nrtlsts who havo been monopo
lizing tho academy walls for tho last six
weeks. In nil thnt tlmo thousands of
persons havo coma to sea the annual
salon nnd havo gono away praising tho
pictures. Meanwhile, down in tho collar
TWO MEN INJURED WHEN
SI LK WEAVERS WALK 0 UT
Ono Stabbed, Other Shot by Strike
breakers, Police Say.
SUMMIT, N. J., March IS. In a riot
which followed a walk-out of 173 silk
weavers at tho mills of tho Summit Bilk
Company today, ona man was shot nnd
another stabbed. Both men were taken
to Overlook Hospital.
Bramley II. Abdnur received tho stab
wound w'hiclt will result in tho loss of
Ids left eye, nnd Mugerdlch Gulamerlan
was shot through tho left leg.
After the shooting, 33 men, whom tha
etrlklug weavers say are professional
strikebreakers and gunmen from Brook
lyn and Connecticut, ran to cover In a
house owned by tho silk company.
From this house, Chief of police Gcorga
W. Brown, with a half-dozen policemen,
took James Jlardcnle nnd Charles Zal
Ion. two of tho alleged strikebreakers,
who are charged with having done tha
shooting nnd stabbing, nnd lodged them
in Jail.
BILLY TO REPLY FOR $100
Contributions to the Sunday "gratitude
fund" will not be personally acknowledged
unlesa they exceed 1. according to the
instructions given by the evangelist this
morning. The question was raised by
Bentley D, Ackley. Sunday's secretary,
who approached with a handful of let
ters moat of which contained checks.
"I'm too buay to acknowledge all these."
ltd Sunday. "I'll write to tho people
who sent the larger contributions, but
I can't answer them all.''
"Well, will you put a I'mlt on Itr"
Ackley asked.
Til acknowledge all over 1," Bun
gay replied.
ACADEMY EXHIBITION PICTURES
I of the nciilemy building, where tho utt
M'hool Is burled, trie .voting itudonts havo
snlcl.ered nnd hinlleil and Mild, "Walt
until we get after them."
Today they got after them. The new
exhibit Is deoted entirely In carlrii
tures of tho old. Po If nny ono has de
veloped n sentimental ntlnc'iuni'iit for
nny picture In tho exhibit, ho or sho had
belter keep away from thn "take-offs."
There Is something disillusioning about
them.
"TAKE-OFFS" ON' MISS BEAUX
For example, Cecelia Beaux painted a
thins she called n "Decoration," which
was considered qulto beautiful. It rep
resented a woman moro or lets dressed
In shimmering silk. In tho new exhibit
the Earns woman reappears, less dressed.
Her shoulder strap has been changed to
p. "Voles for women" band, and tho
shimmering silk Is no longer painted, but
Is actually stuck on the picture so that
you can ho sure It is silk.
Sergeant Kendall had u plcturn culled
"Penumbra," a. sweet and pensive nude
figure, raising v.ltli melancholy into thn
upper distance. Today six caricatures are
Concluded on I'ate Tho
"SIDEBOARDS" BAR CHRISTIAN
BURIAL OF LODGE MEN
Members of Ministerial Body Refuse
to Ofllciate at Funerals.
MKrEBSDALE. Pa., March 18.-Mem-bers
of lodges that permit sideboards In
their lodge rooms will not be accorded a
Christian burial by members of tha Mey
trsdale Ministerial Association. A reso
lution to that effect has been passed, In
part it Is as follows:
"Because of the pure and exalted posi
tion of the church of the Lord Jesus
Christ and the saving purposes of her
calling, tho members of tha Meyersdale
Ministerial Association believe it to be
Inconsistent for them to be officially asso
ciated In the solemn services of the burial
of the dead of any lodge that maintains a
liquor sideboard in its rooms."
SUICIDE IMPERILS SIX LIVES
Gas flowing through the house where
Charles Hunt committed suicide this
morning nearly asphyxiated the family of
Henry Myers, with whom Hunt boarded
at 703 Poplar street. Hunt, who had been
in ill-health for several months, returned
to the house early today and Inhaled gas
from a tube connected with a wall fixture.
On the same floor Mr. and Mrs. Myere
were asleep and In another room were
their four children.
Jdyera awoko early this morning-. He
lay in a stupor. He managed to crawl to
the window, which ho opened, and then
revived Irs. Myers. The four children
were tn a serious condition until fresh air
was turned Into their room. Then Myers
went to Hunt'n room and found him un
conscious. Hunt was taken to the Hahne
mann Hospital, where he died.
ELECTRIC TRAIN IS
DRIVEN ON MAIN LINE
IN SUCCESSFUL TEST
New Transportation Era
Dawns for Philadelphia
as Steam Locomotive
Gives Way to New Mo
tive Power.
Philadelphia witnessed thf dawn of n
new transportation era this morning
when tho first train operated by electric
power ran over the Main Ilnn of tho
, PoniiRvUanlii Railroad, between Over
I lnook and Ilryn Mawr.
It was onlv n test run for the operation
f the new sjstem, for the service will
not co Into effect until late In May. Hut
thai ilrtrnrtcil not ono whit from tho
romance of the occasion. As the train,
with Its load of officials and Invited
guefs, glided out of the Ovorbrook ma-
tion, with tho motive power coming from
the highly charged wires overhead. th
.first peal forrhladclph.lans in the knell
if 'tlia sleanr'Tocbmotlver whtcli has
served this country for more than :i cen
tur, was sounded, and tho modern genii
of elect! Iclty put its hand on tho throttlu
and came into Its own.
Promptly at 12.01 last night t!i cur
lent was turned on anil In a twinkling of
an ec the vast network of wlies, tho
result of mouths of work by hundreds
of men, became charged with power.
This power means added comfoit and
convenience for hundreds of business
men of Philadelphia who make their
homes along tho Main I.lne.
Whllo tho present test will only l con
ducted between Overbrook and Uryn
.Mnwr. the electrification Is practically
completed between Broad Street .Station
nnd Paoll. A few minor details fiavo yet
to bo carried out. The Intervening time,
Cnnrllidetl nil Tug Tito
BE CHRISTIANS IN
DEED, SAYS SUNDAY
Evangelist Demands Action
and Example From Those
Who Follow Christ.
"Let people know by the way you llvd
that you are Christians."
This was "Billy" Sunday's message to
tho thousands of men and women who
crowded tho tabernacle for his sermon on
"Tha Temptation1) of Jesus" this after
noon. Seldom since tho campaign opened
here, almost 11 weeks ngo. has there been
such a rush for f-c-it.s in tho big tcmpla
so early In tho day. By 6 o'clock this
morning thero wcro many women wait
ing to get Inside, and when thn doors
were thrown open thero was u mad
scramblu to got the front benches. Many
were unable to get IniJde even half an
hour before tho services Blurted.
In stirring words Sunday related the
stories of Jesus' temptations as given In
Matthew and I.uke, and then urged hla
hearers to try to follow tho example of
the Redeemer In order that they may
make certain their own salvation and
lead other men and women to Christ. Aa
proof of tho power of example In leading
others to do the right, "Billy" said:
"If I stand up here and preach this
afternoon and then get In the carriage
and drive over to a saloon, you would
not care a snap of your finger for what
t said. It God sent ma In thero to save
soma one. He would be testing me to
see If I would go up to the bar and take
a drink. God does not tempt, the devil
Concluded on I'agn Tour
A Tale of Horror
U being told bu Phil Rader, a cor
respondent of the United 1'ress, in
a aeries of articles from the battle'
fields of Europe, now running In
The Evening Ledger
Jtader has his information at first
hand. lie has seen and heard, lie
writes icilh the advantage of "feel'
iua" his subject. Far better than
anything heretofore published are
his descriptions of
Life in the Trenches
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1'IKEMEN riOHT STCTDBORi; BLAZr
A motorcycle flro In the curarjc of the Philadelphia Bill Tostlng Com
pany, "00 l)c Laiiccy btrcct, culkd out moutuf tho flru rightluj; apparatus
In tho central section of thu city at 2 o'clock thiu uflcruuou. The luuchlae
vuo owned by Adolph Audriili, 11U NorUl Ulid ulieel.
SOLDIERS REVERT
TO BRUTES FROM
LIFE IN TRENCHES
American Serving in For
eign Legion Describes
H oi'i'ors of Beast-like
Existence at Front Life
Is Living Hell.
This fi thr first of a series nf articles
by I'hil lladcr, n former United Press
enrrrspondrnt. trno .ifticr the icor ou(
break has been serving with the world
famous Foreign Legion of the I'reneh
ut my. After' four and a half monltts'
of srrvlrr in thr trenches ill rr.nlmrnf of
nil rf;iniil strength of tmo men teas
irr'rnf fn .77.
.1 tamiflc in Kuder's assignments, m
fnll(n.7 o furlough in London, marie pos
sible his preparation of these articles
the first from a trained ytincrfrciii iirn-s-pnpermnn
actually engaged in the fight
ing In the series llader, soldier of for
tune, aviator and newspaperman, has
drawn such a picture of the War of 19 IS
that the grim profession of arms is
stripped of its last I'cstlgo of romance.
By PHIL RADER
rojr!cMr,I. 1015, by tlie foiled Press
LONDON", March 1. There's a Ger
man's body hanging fiom the barbed
wlro rntnnglemcnts In front of the
Krcnch trenches which T hac Just left.
For tno mouths this body was part of
my little outlook on the world. There's
n pair of nippers In the rotting hands.
For some- weeks the- back was n relied
upward, but recently It has begun to sag.
Tho clothes flop more and moro wildly
each day ns tho body slowly shrivels.
Nobody from either side has been able
to get to that body to bury It. It Is
burled thero In tho air on the barbed
fence, nnd It w 111 bo gradually shot away.
Living cheek to Jowl with dead men;
that's the thing that turns you to a beast,
but it's a part of trench life that Is
unavoidable. The first thing that shocks
you In the trenches Is to discover that
nfter a tlmo you are nblo to watch men
writhing In pain with perfect equanimity.
My first cxpcrlcnco In this happened one
day when a j.oung Englishman, In my
squad, named Samuels, tried to take a
idiort cut to the rear, and, instead of
following tho maze of trenches, got out
Into tho open right In front of our
trench. A German bullet passed through
bis lungs and wo saw him topple only
fifteen feet nway from us. Ho writhed
nnd moaned, but our officers wouldn't
let us try to get him. Tho Germans
didn't shoot nt him any more, because
they knew they had "landed"' him.
RED CROSS DOCTOR SHOT.
Our lieutenants sent to another part
of tho trenches for a Red Cross man.
who came after about an hour. Thh
Red Cross doctor wbb n young Swiss
named Scherr. He climbed right out of
the trench and started toward the writh
ing figure of Bamuels, but a bullet passed
through his head, and, nfter flopping
nhnnt a mlnuto or two. Scherr'a body
stiffened, nnd we could see ho was dead.
This was 3 o'clock In tho afternoon.
Whenever we tried to get out to help
Samuels the Germans turned a terriflo
lire our way, and though wo could even
hear Samuels groaning we couldn't get
to him. It was not until dark that we
Concluded on Tate Your
AUTO KIDNAPERS
HOLD GIRL PRISONER
Italian Colony Beauty Taken to
Chester Warrants Out for
Three Men.
Three men accused of having abducted
Miss Addollrata Merceara. of 1315 South
Eloventh street, are being sought by the
police of this city and Chester, to which
city the girl was taken In an automobile,
News of the kidnaping became publlo for
tha first tlmo today, although it oc
curred last Saturday night.
The men for whom warrants have been
Issued are Santo Fasconi. Joseph Garcia
and Quldl Freetl, Fasconi met Miss Mer
ceara several weeks ago, according to tha
police, and fell in love with her. He pro
posed marriage, but her relatives became
suspicious that he had a wife in Italy and
wrote to his home town in that country.
Saturday night the young woman was
standing at H.th and Reed streets. In the
shadow of old'Moyamenslng Prison, when
a limousine auto drew up at the curb
and three men jumped out. One of them
put his hand over the girl's mouth, She
was forced Into the automobile.
The girl was taken to 713 Front street,
Chester, according to Special Policemen
McCorkle and Patterson, of the 15th
street and Snyder avenue station. On tha
ride to Chester she fought desperately to
free herself, cutting her shoes and lacer
ating her feet by kicking the glass out of
the automobile windows.
For a time she was kept quiet, but
finally managed to attract the attention
of the police. She was brought home by
relative Sunday and la now tn the care
of a physician.
'MOVIE' MEN DEMAND
THAT STATE CENSOR
VACATE HIS OFFICES
Film Exchange Chiefs Tell
.Breitinger That, as They
Pay Expenses, They
Should Have Appoint
ment of Employes.
At a meeting of film exchange men to
day In the offices of the Electric Theatri
cal Supply Company, 13th nnd Vino
Htrrets, a peremptory demand was made
upon State Censor J. Louis Breitinger
thru li vacate th- ofllcen which are
llnuiRTil by the lllm men and are used
for projection purposes. The demand de
dnrvd thnt inasmuch as tho film men
paid nil Hie expenses of the room, they
wcio entitled (o name their own chief
clerk, operators, typist and other em
ployes. This demand would affect Robert W,
Road, chief clerk, who Is a brother-in-law
of Mr. Rreltlngcr; three operutoia and
several clerks. It is the intention of the
lllm men to flight this question out In
court If necessary, and It Mr Breitinger
does not comply with the demand, it Is
declared, legal proceedings to oust his
forco of employes will be started at once
Albert Lucas, district manager of tho
-Mutual Film Company, who started the
present crusade asainst.lhc censors today
sent the following letter to -Mr. Breit
inger: J. Lou's Breitinger. Esq.. Chief Censor:
Dear sir Forty-eight hours having
elapsed since the writer's communica
tion of March 1G relative to your bill
for maintenance of tho Film Ex
change' Projection Room, at 13th and
Vine streets, this city, and no reply
thereto having reached us. we nro
again addressing you in the hope that
we mav bo favored upon tho points
upon which we teek Information,
As n matter of courtesy we would
reque&t you to hae n reply In our
hands by J o'clock this afternoon.
Wo nro sending a duplicate of this
letter to tho Film Exchanges Pr
Com hided nn I'age Two
NEGRO 'BILLF SUNDAY
WANTS TABERNACLE
Wiltbank, Who Says He Origi
nated Dramatic Evangelism,
Plans Revival.
A monster negro revival will be held
In tha "Billy" Sunday tabernacle at 19th
and Vine streets at tho conclusion of thn
Sunday campaign, If the committee in
charge will turn over the structure to tha
Rev. Alexander Wiltbank, a negro evan
gelist from Washington. D. C. Mr. Wilt
bank has been conducting a revival for
several days at tho Varlck Temple, 10th,
and Catherine? streets.
The Icmplo Is far too smnll to accom
modate the crowds that seek admission
thero every night, and Mr. Wiltbank ami
tho pastor of the church, the Rev. Sylves
ter I.. Corrothers, conceived tho Idea of
using tho tabernacle when the baseball
evangelist was through with It on Satur
day. Application for the use of the taber
naclo will be made tomorrow by the
negro evangelist and Mr. Corrothers, who
aro trying to arrange today a meeting
with tho Sunday Committee. Should the
tabernacle be turned over to the Wash
ington revivalist, he probably will stay
In this city for several wgekg.
Sunday's dramatic methods -were
originated by the negro evangelist years
ago, according to Mr, Wiltbank. The
latter has been going to the tabernacle
every afternoon to listen to "Billy" Sun
day, and he thinks that evangelist owes
much of his popularity to imitation of
the old-time negro camp-meeting re
vivalists. "Trall-hltteri." have been numerous at
the A'arick Temple service. WiltbatuS
weighs 230 pounds, but is as quick on his
feet as a kitten. Sometimes he Jumps;
clear put of the pulpit into the main,
aisle, minus his coat, and dashea toward
the rear of the church, keeping- up a run
ning lira of exhortation.
The Kensingtonian Says;
Being kind to a rich mother-in-law may
be a good investment.
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