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THE SUN, MONDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1915.
CONGRESS STARTS
TO-DAY ON A LONG,
LIVELY SESSION
WHson to Lny Groundwork
for 1016 P I (U form Hit tor
Fitrlit Promised.
DEMOCRATIC LEAD CUT;
REPUBLICANS CONFIDENT
WaSHtNaTov, Dec 8. Everything i
In retullnms for tbe assembling of the
Slaty-fourth Congress at noon to-morrow.
Tliv new Congress will come Into
kHnf tinder conditions that MB to fore
shadow mm of the liveliest sessions In
many years.
This winter the AdmlnlstrHtton will
put the Anal touches on the legislative
record that will form the groundwork
for tin. platform on whlcb Wood raw Wil
son will make his second race for the
Presidency.
The Rctmbl leans are convinced that
tJin Administration Is on the down grade
land that mistakes In legislation and
factionalism will result In the undoing
Of the dominant party In the elections of
iiit.
To-morrow' proceedings will be of a
perfunctory character. The Senate will
remain in session for only a few minutes,
while the House will he engrossed In re
electing Champ Onrk as Speaker and
wearing In its members.
The reul opening of the Congress will
be tield on Tuesday, when President Wil
son In oonfortulty with the custom which
tie reestabliHhi'd will read his address to
ths houses assembled In Joln.t session.
There In more Interest In this annual
message than Is usually exhibited st the
opening of a new Congress. Within the
past year the question of national de
fence has become a live Issue, Tlie Presi
dent la expected to discuss this subject
at some length.
Both Hoeses Democratic.
Both houses of the Congress which be
gins to-morrow are safely Democratic.
Of the 4.14 members of the Houss who
will be hworn In to-morrow are
lsmocrats. There Is one Ietnocratlc va- I
eaney. created by tho death of Repre
sentative s.miu. 1 A. WVtherspoon of
Mlsstssmp,.
The itepubllcatis have 197 members
and the Progressives six. One Inde
pendent and one Socialist will be enrolled
as member of the new House. The
Democrats will have a majority in the
House of 24. Their plurality over the
Republicans Is 32.
b the Senate there will be 56 Demo
crats and 40 Republicans, giving ths
dominant party a majority of 16. This
la Che largest Democratic majority tu
ths Senate omoe the civil war.
Of the 140 new House members 9t are
Republicans. This accounts for the de
cline In the Democratic majority of 141
In ths former Congress to a majority of .
24 In the nen' body. Among new mem-
ben there are 40 Democrats, S Progres- j
elves and 1 Socialist, the last named
Meyer I-ondon of New York. While the j
Democrats lost strength In the House,
the last election increased their majority
in the Senate from 10 to 14.
Twenty-two of the members who will
be sworn in to-morrow served In previous I
houses Among the notable comebacks j
whose faces sxflll again itppear In the j
halls of Congress are Uncle Joe Cannon,
Nick bulls' Worth of Ohio. Kbeneser Hill
of Connecticut, William s. Hennet of'
New York, licurge. K. Koss of Illinois.,
CyrUS Sulloway of New Hampshire, Mr- I
Dtfinott of Illinois, who achieved tnore
or less fame In the Mullhall Investiga
tion, and Adam I.iltlepago of West Vir
ginia, a mod est and unobtrusive mem
ber who was defeated two years ago
but now appears again.
Progressives lose Kleven.
The Progressiva strength In the House
has dropped from seventeen mem ben to
six. Ths l'rogreesl party has dlsap-
pSS red from ths Senate Senator Miles I
i'olndcxt.r of Washington, who de
scribed himself as a Progressiva in the
last Congress, has recanted and Is now :
enrollerl us a Republican.
Nine new Senators will take seats in ,
that body to-morrow. They are I'nder
wood of Alabama. Robert L Hroussanl i
of Louis, in. i. James D. I'helan of Call- I
fornla. Clinrles Cut-Ms of Kansas, J. C I
W. Bsekhajn of Kentucky. Warren Q, I
Harding ol Ohio, James W WadaWOrUl,
Jr.. of New York. Eld Win K. JOhltSOn of
South Dakota and Paul O. Hustlng of
Wisconsin. .
Senators ('irtis. Wsdsworth and
Harding arc Republicans and Die others
are Democrats Senators Underwood and
HrousKurd served in the House until
elected to (ha Senate. Senator Curtis
is a Risrobef of that body, succeeding to
the vacate y created by the retirement of
Joseph I. BrlstOW
If present plans sre carried out, the
first serious work of tne session will be
an atterpi'l to rsSnaot the war emergency
revenue got This law will expire by
limitation on December 31. The Treas
ury needs the money and emigres will
Its asked to extend the life of Hie war
act without delay Under tho rules of
the House an extension bill may be
jammed through in jig time.
Their may be gome trouble over this
legislation in, ths Senate, imt Democratic
leaders aie hopeful that that body will
quickly concur in the action taken by
the llouee If Senate RspubMosJII wlil
agree 10 it, the I. Ill extending the life of
the war sot Will carry a provision re
lisallng ths free sugar provision of the
lTndervo(Hl-Sintinona law and retaining
the present duty ol one cent a ound on
that prod nut.
Action on revenue bills designed to
raise monej to give effect to such pro
irramme Of preparedness as may m de
leed will be deferred until the military
Ills have been passed. Accordingly the
remaining revenue legislation will not
come up until later in the session. It Is
ike purpose Of tho leaders to get the
refusal tteos busy on the defence bills at
ones. In fact It if the general expecta
tion that the Nave Committee and the
Military Committee will begin hearings
on this legislation Immediately after the
holiday rocess.
HUMAN BOMB EMPTIES CAR.
Dynamite and l.liihted litar Start
Panic Among Passengers.
ToNKtiiis, N. Y., Doc. t. Passengers
on a Mofe-.m avenue trolley car lo-day
fled panlOS tfloken when Nicholas Pi, i -rara
got aboard with a steak of dynamite
ill ono band und a lighted cigar In the
other, other sticks of d nam lie. wane
bulging from his oast ocket.
lierrara la a contractor foreman and
lives at TP. Hall avenue. He was ar
retted ano taken to Police Heudo.ua iters,
where It Wag found ho hud three pOUndl
of dynamite in all on his person In
one iss'ket Ware four or live detonating
caps Insnector M I c'Tael I.audy said a
spark from the clirar or a sudden jar
would have set.t the car skyward in a
puff of dust.
Judge nea'.l postponed senteiaing
Plerrari until December 2.
Herman Artillery laissea Heavy,
l,o.Npog, Nov. 110. Iii a private reixirt
which Iihm coine into the hands of the
French the number Of Herman Held ai
MUery oiticois of all ranks who have
been killed up to Sepuniher 10 since the
beatiiinng of the war on the weetern
front Is put aj :is i-rpial to the officer P"1'
aoonel of 210 baUerlus.
FREER ART COLLECTION SOLD FOR $i
TO THE U. S. FOR BENEFIT OF NATION
Detfolt Connoisseur Makes
PnMfc for First Time
Terms of .ift.
GETS A RILL OF BALE
"My pleasure lias been In discovery,
not In possession," said Charles I.ang
Freer, the well known Detroit connois
seur of art, whose notable collection
which he has been thirty years In gath
ering from the treasure troves of the
world haa been presented to the Smith
sonian Institution at Washington for
the pleasure and benefit of all the people.
In making this admission Mr Freer
explained to a Sun man, who dropped
Into the Plaea Hotel to see him, that
his gift wns made by the simple process
of a bill of sale to I'ncle Ham for a
nominal consideration by the terms of
which the art objects will remain In
his possession during his lifetime, al
though actually the property of the
Government, but will pass automatically
Into the custody of the nation upon his
death.
It Is believed that Mr. FYeer's novel
method of giving his treasures to the
people will be a model for the bene
factions of other men who desire to
pass along art collections to the nation,
the State or lo the municipality without
the possibility that their wishes might
not be carried out in the distribution
of their estates.
Not only hss Mr. Freer transferred
to hla fellow countrymen fully R.000 art
objects, the value of which runs up Into
the millions (Mr. Freer won't tell how
many) but he Is now planning to erect
for the Government as soon ss poslble
a building In Washington in which to
house the wonderful collection. Charles
A. Piatt la now working on the designs.
Mr. Freer is not ready as yet to make
public the details of the plans. It Is
known, however, that the structure will
roet $1,000,000. and not $500,000 as re
ported In the papers a few days ago.
nlvlaar Xmt as Easy Feat.
In telling the story of making his rift
to the nation absolute by means of a
sale for $1 consideration while he Is
alive and this 1s the first time the storv
has ever been told In print Mr. Freer
pointed nut some of the difficulties that
he experienced when he made up Ml
mind to give It wasn't any easy mat
ter at all to turn over his collection to
the nation, while still reserving the right
to keep It In his possession In order that
he might continue having the pleasure of
prosecuting his work of discovering finer
things and weeding out the less Impor
tant, so that the collection at the flnnl
Inventory would be Just what he wanted
It to be.
When Mr. Freer originally offered In
105 or ISO to give his collection, then
containing 2.000 objects, to the Govern
ment, the governing hoard of the Smith
sonian Institution laid the tender on th
table. Col. Theodore Roosevelt, then
President, called for a report of the
proceedings, and at once took steps for
the removal of the obstructions. He
brought about a meeting between Mr.
Freer and the late Chief Justice Melville
W. Fuller, then chief of the Smithsonian
regents, and after the two men got
their heads together a way was speedily
found for the giving by a bill of sale
that was acceptable to all parties.
"When It came to finding u way to
transfer title to the collection and still
leave It In my charge." Mr. Freer said
to a BON man. "a contract had to be en
tered Into between the Government and
mywlt
The Intent then was to gve 2.000
objects, keep them under my control
while I lived and add to the number
and exchange In every possible Instance
w-hore by so doing I would be able to
Improve the collection.
"A contract was drawn up by which
I gave title to the collection with the
right to keep possession of It during my
lifetime and to add to or take aW.iy for
the purpose of obtaining a higher quality
of art specimens.
"The I'.iwycrs for both sides agreed
upon a f .rm of contract and I offered
the gift to the Government, agreeing to
furnish the means for the erection after
mv death of a building to house and ex
hibit the collection and for no other pur
pose. The objects once In tbe building
oouhl never be removed except In the
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case Ol rep a re i" um whiwhii
this was done the Government was to
mar tain the collection and special fa
cilities were to iwi given to students.
Objects not on exhibition were always
to be accessible to serious minded stu
dents. Tabled by the Regents.
in this form the gift was tendered to
the liovernmert and after they bad con
sidered the gift the matter was placed
on the ttible by the board of regents of
the Smithsonian Institution. In that con
dition of affairs President Roosevelt
asked to have the report read to him and
when he found there had been obstruc
tions he took steps at once to remove
them. He Invited me to meet Chief Jus
tice Fuller, who was at that time the
head of the hoard of regents of the In
stitution. President Roosevelt brought
us together and after we had discussed
the matter the Chief Justice made it
plain to me that under the projsised
form of contract there wua liable to be
many difficulties after my death and
prior to tho erection of the building.
RICH FIREMEN GO WRONG WAY.
Defect We Alarm for Blase That
Ismaa-es vr I.osdoa Hotel.
NgW London, "onn.. Pec. 5. The
Colonnade Hotel, in the exclusive I'e
quot section of the city, suffered $10,100
damage from tire to-day. It has been
considered the leading hotel of the
colony since the destruction of the I'e
c,uot House several years ago. The
hotel Is a large frame building with a
spacious garage adjoining.
An accident to tho fire alarm system,
which sent the tire company on a two
mile run in the wrong direition, enabled
the blaze to get good headway before
the first stream was directed against
it. it was fifteen minutes after the
alarm was turned In that the "Million
aire Fire Fighters." as the company la
called, arrived. The Are started In the
basement from an unexplained cause,
and eating Us way up the west side
of the building to the roof destroyed
i several rooms.
While the hotel fire was In progress
'the Palmer Memorial School at l'almer
i town, Kllsha Palmer's gift to the vil
' lase. suffered a severe loss. Only the
efforts of volunteers from the woollen
mills at Palmertown prevented Its de
struction. POLICE FORCE CUT IN HALT.
Tons of Bedford Keonomlsrs hj
Retiring Two Mes.
PMKIKIUii DeO, 5, Boca use the town
of He. iton1 has an economy streak It
was announced to-day that half the po
lice force Is to he retired. Policemen
John Bloh la the first to get 'the economy
axe wielded bv the town board.
police I'blef Oeorte Mills is so pumled
its to which one of the three others he
Will let go there Is talk of letting them
draw lots. The town board felt that
with former Mayor laiw of New York,
Hubert Van t'orlandt and other summer
colonists returning to New York for
the winter the town can get along with
a b;(lf slae force.
WHAT CHARLES L. FREER
HAS GIVEN TO NATION
About 1,200 specimens of Whis
tler's work, paintings In nil, water
colors, pastels, otchlngs, lllhoerniphs,
drawings In pencil-chalk, original
copper plates of etnhlngs and the
famous rea.-o.-k Room which the
great American pannier derated for
law-land, the Kngllsh collector and
ship owner.
One hundred paintings by other
Amerlcan artists. Including Tryon,
Dewing, Thayer, Sargent, Hsssam,
Metcalf, Twachtnutn. Murphy and
Melchers.
More than 1600 nieces of ancient
glaied pottery, gathered from the
Par Hast and Near Kast.
More tlsin 300 paintings on screens,
scrolls and kakemono form from
Japan and China.
More than .'00 planes of sculpture,
bronxe, Jade, lacquer and metal work
from Japan and China
A email onthscthm of Kgyptlan art.
Including glass, pottery, bronse and
sculpture.
The rare Biblical manuscripts clas
sified as the Washington manuscripts.
"It didn't take us very many minutes
to make Important changes In the con
tract. We decided then that It would be
advisable to weed out of the collection
at once objects that were not really of
ths finest aesthetic quality. The sugges
tion was made, and I ligreed to It, to
transfer to the Government hy actual
sale for a nominal consideration, sub
ject to certain conditions which were
mutslly agreed upon, the objecta which
might survive the rigid Inspection of ex
perts. "Under these conditions I could add to
the collection but could never take away
from It. The transfer of about 2.200 art
objects was then made by actual sale
(not recently as stated a day or two ago
by a New York newspaper). Annually
since then other acquisitions have been
given to the Government, so that to-day
the collection embraces over .VOOft ob
jects. This collection and the building
which will house it will constitute an an
nex to the National Gallery of Art
"The collection will remain 1n my
possession until after the proposed build
ing is completed, although It Is now the
property of the Government, and I have
the right to loan any part of It that I
may desire. There are now about
twenty Whistlers and a doten Tryons
belonging to the collection at the
Panama-Pacific Kxpoaltion at San Fran
elaco. I have frequent lv loaned obJe.ts
belonging to the collection to museums,
universities and art associations in
America and Europe.
"My plan r.ow Is to begin as soon as
possible the erection of a building at
Washington for the housing of the col
lection. Charles A. Plati of New York
is designing the etructure. When the
building is finished the collection will be
taken there and ths Government will
take charge In perpetuity."
Room for Each Department.
Mr. Fre?r refrained from giving a de
tailed description of the plans, hut sx
pl. ilt.ed that each department of his col
lection will have rooms of Its own. The
main galleries will be on the second floor.
In the centre of which will he a beautiful
garden or rest room. Only s part of the
collection will be on exhibition at one
time, the other art objects being kept
on the first floor of the huild:ng. where
they will be accessible to students It Is
a part of Mr Freer's plan to have the
objects on exhibition changed frequently
In order that the art loving public may
always find something of fresh interest
In the exhibition galleries.
A big feature of the building will be
the rooms for students. The Idea of
affording OppOrtUnittOB for student work
Is one of the keystones of Mr. Kree-'e
plan for the enlightenment of the public
In matters Of art
Every object In the collection la Mr.
Freer's own personal selection Wherever
It was possible to get the opinion of ex
perts concerning the merit of a thintr
tbsit appealed to him lie has dona so,
and he has !ecn thirty years enjoying
the satisfaction of dleooverlng art ob
jects that expert acres ure worthy of
a place in Uncle Sam's national muaeum.
"I am extremely careful what I give
to the Government," Mr Freer sii.l. "I
have got to kn. w as fully us possible
what I am giving before I give it ; but
many years w 11 go by before even the
so-called experts of America and Burope
will be proiierlv qualified to Ju.!:e Asian
art accurately."
Mr. Freer has left to other collectors
the gathering together of art Object
from European oountries and has limited
his activities to Par Pastern. Near Blast
em. Bgyptlan and American art. the
art that has most appealed to htm
Mr. Freer says rtliat he Is s-Ltlstled that
t!he Chinese department of his sllis-tion
contains the things of the greatest
awsthetle Interest and of the highest edu
cational value.
Art Search In China.
He was the first American to believe
that any finte ancient paintings were left
In China and to make search for them In
interior centres He said: "For yeans I
went to Japan te!leing, as did others,
that praotloalily all the ancient Chinese
paintings were In tlia.t country. Then
I VMltod China, going far into the in
terior, and I found line ancient paintings
were still existing there, some trfgfUred
by private ooUeotora others in the hands
of people who know notihiug of their
uaathotic or .sjnimeic.la.1 value.
FORD CRUISE PRAISED
BY MOLLIE FANGHER
Invalid, Bedridden Nearly
Years, Hopes He Can
Stop War.
! Mollis Fancher, the Invalid of whose
clairvoyant powers looks have been I
' written. Is for Henry Pord and his ship
! of peace. No longer laying claim to tJie
1 power of second sight. Miss Fancher can
I only guess ss others do, but the peace
argosy has her best wishes for a happy
outcome. Speaklnit or the war, Miss
Kancher had tills to say :
"1 used to mail about the war, but I
oan't any more. I got so tired of read
lug about men being killed over there ;
1 can't stand It Hut Mr. Ford--they
tell me he Is going to try to stop It. 1
hope he will. It Is a noble effort,"
Miss Kancher lives at 10 Oates ave
mie, Brooklyn. On February 3 she will
have lain in the old rosewood t.0,1 at that
address for fifty vein as the result of
Injuries suffered when she was 17 years
old. While recovering from the results
of a fall from 11 horse aha WHS throim
from a horse car and dragged nearly a
block.
Her history really date- from that sec
ond accident. For nine years she was 1u
a sort of trance and isiwers developed
during that time proved inexplicable to
men of science. As old age closes In she
ra.ppi oaches the normal. Her eyesight,
spec. -b and hearing itie restored, and
wllb their return the strange powers
that mado her famous have departed.
Though paralysed and helpless, she la
cheerful and tukiw great pleasure In her
parrots
Miss Fmoher was horn in Attleboro,
, iu lets. At the time of the aoul-
Treasures in His Control Until
He Dies A Model Fonn
for Bequests.
WILL ERECT A GALLERY
"Whait we want to do In the building
that is to be ervoted In Washington Is
to provide splendidly equipped study
' rooms where students may i v.invins
I these objects of the eim-ient cultural
periods of Chttr.i and by such means es-
ISMMh In Amerhw hisher InteHlgexioc
concerning Far Kaeitern civilisation.
"Art Is simply truth made beautiful.
Why talk of midrru art versus the Ml.
, dent? All art worthy of consideration
1 1s utwversaL The early Chinese and
1 JaiNinese artists represented their ideals
! during periods of hWrhest culture with
I tis.'jt not very different from those In
: use by American artists of the present
period llft up American culture and
i Ideals and a greater number of Ameri
can artists will produce mast en-pieces.
America has made great advances In
scientific research, Imt as yet has made
little progress In the study of Oriental
SMthetlos. This collection, along with
ottier in this country, especially ae
represented by the activities of the Met
ropolitan Museum of Art In Now York
city, the excellent work being dons In
lbMton. Cleveland And Minneapolis, will
enable students In this country to study
from carefully selected specimens the oje-
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I countries.
"A movement Is now on foot to ee
I tahilsh a school of art and archology
, In China to which American and fnr
an students shall be admitted and the
! graduates of that school can after their
i return to their respe tive countries help
'to Instruct in that oriental culture of
! wMch outside of the Orient so little Is
known."
Mr. Freer made It very clear that the
reason his collection does not oonteln
the work of F.uropeari artists of the
present and bygone days 1s not because
he doesn't think their art worthy but
because others In America have made
collections of Kuropean art. and he de
cided to devote bis time and energy
largely to the gathering together of
objects of equal i.emitv and workman
ship about which the Amen'an people
know hut comparative! y little, He en-
)s the pleasure of dlscoverv. and the
Joy of possession lies merely In the fact
that he can give bwh? wh: -e has for
the enlightenment and enjoyment of ths
American people.
l ine Whistler ..lie, lion.
Mr. Freer's collection of Whistlers
Is the most extensive and the nnest In
the country. Its biggest feature Is the
celebrated "IVaeock Room" which Mr.
Freer bought and had removed to this
country, and In this connection Mr Freer
wishes to correct the error of recent
statements made by the press that he
was appointed executor of Whistler's
estab that duty was entrusted hy
Wh teller to his ieteMnIew, Miss BirnJe.
Phillip of Iinrim
' The 'Peacock Room,1 you know." the
Petrr.it man said, waj designed by an
Kngilsh architect for Ley land, the sb:"
owner. It was Intended for use as a
dining room and for the exhibition of
OMnese poroelalni and had shelving
on all four "ides of the room. After It
was built the walls were decorated with
old Spanish leather.
"Mr Ueyland bought a painting hy
Whistler snd hung it with the porce
lains Then be invite,! Whistler to come
and see the beautiful room in win.-ii he
had hung WhistleVa painting.
"Whistler visited Isryland and the mo
nient he saw :he room lie exclaimed:
'A beautiful painting, but a very ugly
room Mow I must males the room beau
tiful for the masterpiece, the picture!'
"So he spent two years In dcorating
it He painted over all the leather and
decoruted the w.il's and ling aurfaces,
using as the motif peacock feathers in
blue ani told. Including several peacocks
of life alia"
The celebrated "peacock room" w-ill
have a place ,.f honor all hy itself in the
propos.-d Smithsonian annex.
Mr. Freer is a bachelor, was liorn at
Kingston, S. V . and received his educa
tion in ih, public schools of I'lster
county. At one time lie was engage. 1 In
railway service and marrufacturing In
Dstroll and ret. red tlfteen years ao that
be mlsht gie up all the time lie pleased
to visiting the out of the way places of
the world and picking up art obj's-ts to
keep for a while and then give to ths
American people.
Mr. Freer has Iteen a seml-'nvalld for
the last four enrs He Is sti'.l suffering
from an affection of the throat and is
under the care of physicians, but his
condition now is better than at any time
sln,e he whs first stricken, lis expeia
to remain a guest at the I'la2a during
Pereniber. and riossit.iy through the
month of Jattuagjf,
Mr. Kreer. aided by expert cataloguer
Is working on his collection, although
under medical restriction, and spends
much time consulting with the architect
of the home for the treasures that he
has been turning over to t'ncle Sam
regularly each year for the consideration
of $1. happy In the knowledge that by
these simple bills of sale he Is able to
make a gift to the American people
that no tricks of law or fate can take
away from them.
dent that made her an Invalid for life
her fattier WSJ a vcrit to do real estate
dealer In Brooklyn. Khe wus a si. nient
at the llrooklyn Hblghts Seminary.
DEATH AFTER HAZING DENIED.
Weslejnn I'nlverslty Ktadrnt 'o
Hurt In Inn Initiation.
President William Arnold Shnnklln of
WeeUyan University denied yesterday
the recent report from Mlddletown,
"onn., that the death of a first year
student. Stuart Puncan Peck, might have
been due partly to a frBternlty initiation.
Accompanying President Bhanklln's
statement WSJ another signed by Alliert
H Bard, chairman of ths executive ooun
cll of the Cnl Pel fraternity, saying that
Peck hnd never liecn Initiated Into "hl
Phi He bad been pledged to Join that
fraternity, but bis initiation was nost-
loned owing to his Itlneae.
"lie was subjected to no baxlng or
other maltreatment." added Mr. Rard.
"and his death was the result of a dis
ease from which he had suffered for
months and which had caused htm to
Undergo two operations."
SUIT A WEEK FOR GROWING BOY
l.eorsia Ytilllh of It Nun Manila
St l Fret n.
Moults!!, j , Deo, 5. Three months
ago Harry Connelly, 14, Wus a sleiuler
isiy of average height. He began to
expand at that time until to-day he
measure 1 1 feot 5 Inohej in height ami
weighs 00 pounds.
During the past three month's his
parents have been ftrcsl to buy him
.1 new suit of clothes every week. A
special bed wag built for him.
lisrrj could hardly get into his last
Moiidax's suit lo-,la. so he w dl be
provided with another und ligrgar outfit
tomorron morning. The doctors are
Irving to find u way to ofaOCk Harry's
phenomenal gr-.wth without Impairing
hie lieaiufc.
BIG CONVENTIONS
FOR MIDDLE WEST
St. Louis Will Oct Demoeratic
and Chirago Republican,
Tt 'is Believed.
DEMOCRATS MEET FIRST
Washington, Dec. The two great
national political conventione of IMS
will go to middle Western cities
With more than a score of members
of the Democratic National Committee
in town for the meeting of the committee
Tuesday and with the vanguard of the
Republican National Committee, whtcrh
will meet a week later, already on the
ground It has developed that the leaders
of both parties have dismissed from
consideration all cities applying for the
big quadrennial shows except Chicago
and St. I.oule.
Indications are that St. Louts will get
the Democratic convention and that the
Republican convention will go to Chi
Ago. St. Louis and Chicago boomers
are here In force, each party armed with
a check for 1200.000, which provides
for a bid of 1100,000 for each conven
tion. There seems to he sn understanding
between ths represenlstlves of the two
cities that If Si. Louis gets the Demo
cratic convention It will withdraw from
the race for the Republican affair, Chi
cago lo do likewise if It is ths success
ful bidder before the Democratic Na
tional Committee Tuesday.
Dallas Oat of It.
Tbe Pallas. Trx.. bOORMfl who reached
Washington to-day on a special train
probably will have only the memory of
a long ride as compensation for their
troubles. Democratic leader say It Is a
long way to Texas, especially In the
good old summer time, and the majority
appeals to be opposed to choosing either
Dallas or Han Francisco.
It has been estimated that if the con
vention were to go to either Pa, las or
San Francisco it would cost delegates
from points east of I'blcago fuOO each
at a minimum to tiatke tbe trip. This
cost has been st down as prohibitive.
'Hie Detnooratla convention will meet
the mlddl uf June. There appears to
be a strong sentiment favorable to the
selection or a dale about June II. The
Republicans are expected to hold their
convention the latter part of June or
early in July. As a rule the dominant
larty meets first, although the precedent
has been violated two or three times In
the last twenty years.
The Democratic national convention
acting on behalf of the party throughout
the country nil. Indorse ths work of
the Wilson Administration and the ac
complishments of the last Democratic
'ongreas The President will not b in
dorsed for another term, as has been
reported, and there will be opposition If
any attempt Is made to bring up the
rjueslion of national defence. Urganixa--Hong
that are promoting the cause of
woman suffrage may get a hearing, al
though a Anal decision on this point haa
not been reached.
Mrtomhs Won't He Dlstsrbed.
Those who are looking for a fight
over the Democratic chairmanship will
be disappointed. William F. Mct'ombi
of New York, who holds this position,
will not be disturbed. He will serve out
his term, which will expire immedlaiely
UK the adjournment of the national
Convention next summer.
Announcement was made to-day that
Holla Wells will resign as treasurer of
the Democratic National Committee at
Tuesday 's meeting. As ths governor of
the Federal Reserve Hoard in the St.
louts district. Mr. Wells does not think
he should retain his present position
with the national committee
There Is a Vaaaticy III the office of
secretary of tbe committee created by
the resignation of Joseph K. Pav ics.
Chairman of the Federal Trade t'oin
mlsslon. Thomas J. Pence of North
Carolina will be elected to this ofh e.
Norman l. Mack, national committee
man from New Yolk, was among to
day's arrivals. Mr. Mack came direct
from California, wheie lie attended the
fair.
Although the date of the meeting of
the Kepubltcan National 1 'ommlttee Is
a week away, many leaders of that party
are in town. The meeting of tills or
ganization Is expected to attract much
attention owing to the uncertainty as
to who is to be the Presidential nom
inee of the parly.
Clear llesri for Wilson.
Among Democrats It is taken for
granted that there will bs no opposition
lo the renomlnatton of President Wil
son. No candidate has the edge In ths
Republican party. It is a free for all
race, but there Is a general expectation
that next week the leaders will get a
line on the favorites In various sections
of the country.
Some of the Republicans In ''.ingress
and leaders who are here to attend the
meeting are murmuring because t'harles
P I lilies, chairman of the National
Committee, has coins out In public state
ments favoring the nomination of Klihu
Root as the Republican Presidential can
didate There is some talk that Mr Hlllea
may be asked to refrain from boosting
any candidate while he remains at the
lo ad of the commit ice Tt is not likely
that the feeling In regard to chairman
llllles will go further than this, but It
is known that some members of ths
committee favor admonishing him to
keep silent 011 the question of candi
dates. SCORES HUNT MOTORING THIEF,
Ware Ibirxlur, tiluved, l,eae o
Finger Prints.
Mop NT Vernon, N Y., Dec B. Hun
dreds of policemen and scores of private
detectives have Joined In the search for
the porch climbing burglar who has been
terrorizing this neighborhood recently,
but to all appearances they are no nearer
a capture to-night than thee were twenty-four
hours uko
It developed 10-day that the burglar
wears kid gloves On none of the porch
ivilumns which he has climbed did lie
leave linger marks. The finding of a
woman's automobile veil in a house In
New Itochelle leads to the belief that he
Is aide I by a woman and that the two
travel in a motor ear. Aside from these
discoveries there were no developments
to-day, except that one more wax added
to the list of robbed houses
Some of the house owners who have
been mtiliel recently and their looses
are: William H. HuHanau, Port Ches
ter. fsafQOl I.. '. Mertz, Port Chester,
18.800 i F M. Wheeler, Mount Vernon.
$fj,000 ; Randolph Whitman. Mount Ver
non. $50ii; N. C. Heynol. White Plains,
11,100 . John C Rogers, Now Rochelle,
II, t00 i J Pe C. Vanetten, Tuckahoe,
11,1(5; Harvey Miller. Mamaroneck.
11,100 i 11. A. Wyckoff, Pelham, 1100,
This burglar always spurns silver
ware, taking only diamonds an. I money.
M the Miller home In Mutnaroneck he
found a revolver and concealed It under
a lied This led the police to believe
that tie is armed
Klniirra Mine Second U editing.
Brains:. I'a . Pec .'. - Having been
married v hen tin y eloped to Philadel
phia last August, Ruaatl c. Htrnsser and
Miss Ann. 1 S. Itudy were married again
a few days ago 111 Trinity Reformed
ciiur.il t satisfy the wlehee of thtu
families.
AN IDEAL
CHRISTMAS GIFT
GUARANTEED FIRST
MORTGAGE CERTIFICATES
NETTING 5 KR ANNUM
$100 AND UP
LAWYERS MORTGAGE CO.
HICHAM M. HUM, "rssMsnt
CapJtal,SwryJin A fr. $9,000,000
na liberty gt..W.T. Ill atoataru t..iun.
SELF-MADE CROP IN
CONGRESS FALLS OFF
But the Log Cabin Horn Hquad
Appears its l snal in t lie
1910 DireHorv.
BREYITY A NEW FEATURE
Wasminoton, Dec R The number of
men who worked their way "through
law school or college" or who "taught
school In the day time and read law
at nights" that have liroketi Into the
autobiographical section of tho Con
gressional Dlreotory Is growing smaller
eeoh Congress and the amount of erstce
Senators sd Representatives consume
in telling about themselves Is gttlna
less.
Hut In the big crop of now Congress
men this Hesslon a number mill dwell
pathetically on the early days iti tho
log c4thln and modestly tell how they
supported families at a tender nge.
The crop of selfsmadn men who pro
claim the fact, however, is the smallest
In many years, due apparently to the
ministration of the playful pross gal
lery. Home men who tsk RMMn space
heretofore to tell about themselves now
win distinction by going to the other
extreme.
Here is a notable sample of brevity
In autobiography nulled from tho new
Congressional Directory, advance aheots
of which appeared to-day:
"Ttiaddeus II. Caraway, Penes rat.
Jonesbono."
Tins is the whole story of the life of
the Representative of the First district
of Arkansas as told by the mCUlbCf him
self in the directory.
rkansans Irs Hrlef.
The member from the Fourth district
of the same SULte says of himself.
"otis wingo. Democrat, of Da wueen.
memtier of Slxty-llunl Congress, re
elected to Sixty-fourth Omigl Sag "
Here are two others from Arkansas ;
"Sixth district. Samuel Mitchell Tay
lor, Democrat, of Pine Hluff. Ark , born
In Ittawamba county, Mississippi ; In
1T married Miss Mary Hell of Pine
Bluit, Ark."
"Seventh district. William Shields
(ioodwln. Democrat, of Warren. Klected
t 1 the Sixty-second and Sixty-third Con
gresses and reelected to the Sixty-fourth
Congress "
Minority I .eu.br Mann. Presidential
possibility, says ;
"James It Mann. Republican, of Chi
cago, wtie born in till; etecti-d to the
Fifty-fifth and succeeding Congressee."
Had theUuthnr stopped there it might
have been correct, but he Indulged 1:1 .1
hope which Wag not realized "Member
of the Hanking and Currency Commit
tee." was added. Mr Ragadala counted
ids ducks before tiiey w. re hatched, for
when tbe committee makers got to
gether a few days ago they said Key.
They shifted him to anothi r commlttse,
because be bad run atnuck against Ad
ministration leaders last year
There is another brief sketch in the
directory whl.li reoordi modestly the
story of the rise to ppt!oa fame ,,f u
Western Senator. Tne story Was first
told wuh more regard for detail. Thru
eomeliouy gave h.tn a "hunch" and he
beut the Jokesmiths to It by a neck and
flopped the propfl and ROW three lines
tell the story
A Log l nhlo crlr.
Colorado has a del. gat ion In t he
Holts'' that reads like a lMge from the
log cabin series.
Representative Ben Clark fflHisrd
"was born in a log cabin on a farm
eight miies north of Osceola, Clarke
county, ia'
Representative Charles Bateman
Tlmberlske :
"His boyhood was spent on H farm"
Representative Taylor i
'Spent his early life on a farm and
stock ranch."
Probably the most Interesting narra
tive of one's self in the directory i that
of James Harvey iHiVil of 'IVx.i.s.
"Cyclone" PaMS. lis he is technically
known In the nomenclature of political
explosives. Mr Pavis takes up some
space to tell about this matter as fol
lows "In debating tbe money uuostlon with
'Sen Watt Hardin iii 1191 at the Capitol
Building in Frankfort. Ivy . he was. re
ported by the Cincinnati fagnircr and
Chicago papers as Tegas Cyclone,'
iindeV Which till,- oer half of his mil I
is now 1 eceived "
Mr. "Cyclone" Pavie's recr.l further
points to ills political list, m these
wo i-d s .
"Campaigned in nine Mates under
Wilson's Western headquarters ; was ap-
polnted Superintendent for Agriculture
for tbe Philippines under the present
Administration, but declined In view of
his mce for Congress, recommending
ins son Walton, for t he appointment
With acceptance "
Vol
't'nllsr' llemocrul.
The flnal triumph Is recorded as fol
lows :
"Was ejected to the Sixlv-fourth Con
gress with the Hon Jeff Mr Ut more
tohnsen to mi a temporary vacancy)
as colleague, receiving some fOO votes
less than his colleague, an alleged
penalty for not having always been
a 'collar' Peniocr.it. and tte.,.l
scratched by rabid antls."
The "colleague" to whom Cvehme
Davll refers adds a bit of spio. t.. the
Texas delegation chronicles 'Jeff Mc
bomore," as he signs himself, pleads '
guilty to having been born "on a farm
two miles west of Spring Hill. Maury!
county, Te11ness.ee." He adds that 1 lie
event which meut.t so much for the
Hlxty-fourth Congress occurred '!',
day, the Htb of March," aid "Mhos'
afraid 'In a storm.' "
"He is u bachelor and a newepeper
man," says he,
"Had but little schooling." writes Jeff
slebemore, "because of ins aversion to!
teachers, and as a pupil never saw the1
Inside of a Softool room after he was
14 years old."
FIRE ON STRIKE BREAKERS.
Wllbrabsrre viol, Hfeouti Into
Street Car Power House.
v 1 1,1; 1. sua urn , Pa, Pec n at
tempt was made to shoot up the power
house of the Wltsskbarra Hallway com
pany at Idissrna borough early to-day.
when a mol, of Hhout twent) no r tired
Into tbe building, w hich Is used ga a bar
rsoke for strike breakere
The attackers took a position on a bill
fronting the power bouse and the shoot
ing took place while Hie sulk,, breaking
force was asleep. Aboui twenty shots
were tired, but no one was Injured No
arrests ware made
I
PNEUMONIA FOUND
TO YIELD TO SERUM
Dr. A. If. Docliez of Rockefel
ler Institute Tells of Mor
tality Reduction.
NONE DIE IN TWO YEARS
Very significant are the recent sd
Vancee made In the study of virulent
pneumonia, which has been carried 011
at the hospital of ths Rockefeller In
stitute during the last Ave years. Dr.
A R, Doehel of the Institute says there
ire four different types of pneumonia
and that the most dangerous and fre
riiieiit type of lobar (croupous) pneu
monia has been found to yield to serum
treatment,
"The average mortality of untreated
cases of this type," said Dr. Dochex,
has been from 25 to 29 per cent. The
mortality among our serum treated cases
of this type is as low as 0 per cent. In
fact. In the last two years we have not
lost a sinale treated ease. This type
Is responsible for alsut 3a per cent, of
all cases of pneumonia.
"tsDbar pneumonia." explained Dr.
Pochez. "g a disease of Infectious origin.
It has never been considered contagious
In the strict sense, snd consequently Its
Importance In relation to public health
has been mlnlmlied The census of
1tinn showed that In the t'nlted Ptstes
more than 10 per cent, of all deaths were
due to some variety of pneumonia. Some
statistics seem to Indicate that the inci
dence of pneumonia is Increasing. That
this apparent increase may be due to
better methods of diagnosis and record
ing Is very probable. However, one
may safely say that In general tbe Inci
dence of pneumonia has shown no ten
dency 10 diminish
"Peflnite epidemics of pneumonia are
not an infrequent occurrence, and gen
erally prevail when Highly susceptible
Individuals 'are exposed to Infection, or
among groups of persons living together
In close association with one another.
Such spldemtcg have developed, as a
rule, In schools, Instil uf ions, prisons and
on shipboard. Statistics teach that
pneumonia Is commonest in adult life,
tbe period of greatest physical activity,
though the mortality is greatest among
the aged. Those who tabor out of doors
me more commonly affected than those
engaged in sedentary occupations"
NORMAN ANGELL ATTACKED.
I ailed a Dreamer hy Prof. Vssi
Treje of iehii.
Ann- AS SOS, Mich., Dec. 6 Prof C.
II. Van Tyne, professor of history in
the University of Itiahlgan, declared to
day t halt Normajl Angell Is a theorist
and dreamer, and that he ought to
lie home helping defend his country in
etSad f spreading abroad Ideas that
may ruin the Fulled States,
' I feel very intolerant of such a men.'
said Prof Van Tyne "Had his own
country listened to but advice and argu
ment, with which h was so liberal for
e i-s bef r. the war. It would not now
ground under the heel of the Prus
sian. "I do not doubt his earnestness and
good intent ne, but he a theorist,
willing tu risk the fate of a nation on
log more than dubious, and lesson
drawn from such facta In history as
p ease his taalos.
"',','( . tt bounds and nations cease to
ie, ami whan humanity has bean won
f 0111 passion to praam, w hen. In a
w..rd. the gulden age has come, we may
safely listen to such delightful dream
ers, but in a . out try bes. t by dangers.
Insulted, almost Ignored and placid 111
the m. .1st ,.f a w-.r.d bathed in blond
and lent with war we must Ilea the
lamp of SX perishes and not Ih. will
of the wisp bearing untried theories.
"Norman Angell lae always ten a
sort of unit of discontent, unattached.
dissirtlng hi
uir."
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choicest Furs
at remarkabile
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UeatngtOg Ave , cor. I2tli Street,
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test 73d St., bet. Islington a 3d Atss
Last lion. ion mi., ror. Kwes si.
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and Atitnmniiilc i lost j
Hup and Holies
4
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DEFENCE SPLITS N. C FARMERS
I'sJon Favors Better llltltiir?
Kflrlrnry III tloillHed I lirnl,
DrgJtAM, N c, ii,.,. 1; ,na
w'ngs of the organised farmer h
Carolina have locked horns ovci I1 -dent
Wllenn'e preparedness t
The challenge of Roger A P.
dent of th . North t'aroltl 1 V ri m
Velltlon. to the executive c... ..'
the Kami rs I'nloii on the
ibe resolution in opposition
fence programme brought 1
to-day an I counter charges ty
sides.
clareti. e Poe. member of I
committee of the Firmer. I' s.
ply to Mr, Derby's nrig .
said :
"While t hi union opposed v .
Increase ,:i taxation for a stand - . re'
and for drtadnoughts, I .1 1 1
uuent app. ah for Increase I 1
clancy by three methods
training 1 Itisena foi
method ..s the Au-tro ,- ...
Mr. Derby himself ,n
pending money for . . - !
than Ireadnnuah' -
making the money we ...
further by hay .it .
manufacture Ua -, :, ,
of giving millions III proB'
manufacture n "
price cocuce
Udbtsmi Attrmtr.
SOCIETY OF NEW
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