Salt Lake Telegram | 1917-09-16 | Page 37 | Billy Sunday May Fight Devil and Kaiser

BILLY SUNDAY MAY FIGHT DEVIL AND KAISER By George Martin United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON Sept Sept- 15 Billy Billy Sunday is scheduled to fight the devil in Washington in January but he may carry his battle against the the- theOld Old Boy Boyto Boyto Boyto i to the French trenches instead it was wa learned today Thus would the roaring rip-roaring evangelist evangelist evangelist evange evange- list kill two birds birds and J satan satanism with satanism with ism with one verbal stone Not only would he be in a position to give Auld an another ther bunch of his fa favorite favorite favorite fa- fa solar plexus wallops but if Kaiser Willie happened to be anywhere along the front Billy could yell a few tew of the shriveling phrases he addressed to H. H 1 I. I iI M. M in New York across the trenches r Among Among Billys Billy's favorite predictions about the l kaiser when he ba battled Bro Broadway and Now York last spring spring was th the theone wherein theOne one wherein he d declared th that t tY Y when cn the kaiser kaiser died and appeared at atthe atthe atthe the gates gate Jt of hell liel the devil wouldn't let him In Sunday y has h many Invitations to togo togo to go to loran France e preach and preach in the trenches He has He als also had many i in- in to tour to-tour the t ur- ur the Hie draft army cantonments can can- in jn this thle So far fal far ow owing owing ow- ow ing to other engagements he has not accepted r either ither l her He is Is however is-however considering ing ingo o going ng t to Fr France nce His son George will be In Washington n this thi's month and is expected expected ex ex expected to give a definite answer as t to whether his father will will- come come- here or go to ilie war war front After wearing himself out one day recently telling his own Hood River Ore congregation what a plastic rat- rat hole soaked rum deceitful pusillanimous pusillanimous pusillani pusillani- mou che cheap p politician Pontius Pilate to was and anc how rotten he treated Christ Billy turned to the question of ot going to France Francc and said One of the hardest things I have to go up against is saying no to in invitations invitations invitations in- in from commanding officers of different cantonments to address our soldiers One of the members of General Joffres Joffre's party when the commission u U was in N New w York City visited me and tendered an invitation to go to France Franca and address the soldiers We have hate been thinking and crating over o it and we dont don't know knew yet et what we will do about it it