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DECEMBER 25, 1909-TWENTY-TWO PAGES. TWO CENTS.
ZELAYA IN FLIGHT
ON MEXICAN SHIP
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Sails From Corinto for Salina j
Cruz on Board the Gun
boat Guerrero.
NO EFFORT TO STOP HIM
BY THE UNITED STATES
Sneaks Oat of Managua at Night,
Guarded by Friends.
IS ON HIS WAY TO ETJBOPEI
Believed the Fugitive President Is
Bound for Brussels to Join
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His Family.
SAN JUAN DEL SUR, Nica
ragua. December 25.?Jose San
tos Zelaya. who resigned the i
presidency of Nicaragua, is now
in full flight from Nicaragua, and 1
is today bound for Salina Cruz,
Mex.
Zelaya fled from Managua to
Corinto, whence he departed at
2 o'clock yesterday afternoon for
Salina Cruz on board the Mexi
can gunboat General Guerrero.
Zelaya's flight from Nicaragua com
menced before daylight yesterday morn
ing.
Escorted by fully 100 of his stanchest
supporters, a part of his bodyguard and
a detachment of artillery armed with ma
chine guns, the late president left his
residence at Managua at 3 o'clock.
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Entire Party Armed.
The entire party was armed. Including
Zelaya himself. They marched silently
through the less frequented streets to the
?waterside and embarked on a small
steamship.
The party traveled by water to Momo
tombo, on Lake Managua. There they
were met by a special train, which left
Managua about the same time as the
steamer, and carried, besides a few of
Zelaya friende, a press correspondent.
Stop was made at Diamante, where Ze
laya owns a plantation. Here the fleeing
president breakfasted, and then proceeded
to Corinto. The train was heavily guard
ed, but there was no demonstration along
the way.
Gunboat in Waiting.
The gunboat General Guerrero was
waiting here with steam up, ready to
get under way at a moment's notice.
She has been taking on supplies for the
last two days.
Immediately on his arrival Zelaya
sought the Mexican minister here, and
made arrangements for his departure on
the Guerrero. The United States cruisers
Princeton and Yorktown, which have
been at anchor here for several days, left
shortly before Zelaya's arrival. The
former is now at San Juan del Sur and
. the latter at Amapbla, on the gulf of
Fonseca.
The U. S. S. Buffalo was lying In the
harbor close to the General Guerrero,
but no attempt was made to land any of
the 7<*) marines.
In Zelaya's party are James Hall, an
American and partner of Zelaya in gold
mining enterprises: Louis Coasin and his
two sons, Horatio and Alfonso, and
Joaquin Pasos.
No Action by United States.
No steps will be taken by the United
States naval forces in Nicaraguan waters
to prevent the departure from that coun
try of Zelaya, the deposed president,'
t either as a passenger on the Mexican gun
boat Guerrero or by any other method he
may find possible. At least, it was stated
at tne Navy Department today that no
orders have been sent to Rear "Admiral
Kimball, commanding the fleet at Corinto,
to interfere with Zelaya'* movements.
It is generally understood here that
Zelaya will be given safe transit to some
other Mexican port, from which he will!
be able to make his way to Brussels, I
where, it is said, he has arranged to join ,
his fam.ly, ?lio will make the Journey by i
another route. j
It is admitted that the officials of this
government hoped that Zelava would be
arrested by the successful revolutionary
party and tried and punished for his
many crimes and misdemeanors, and that
they will regret his escape unpunished
At the same time it is conceded that there
is grave doubt as to the legal right of this
government to assume the direct respon
sibility for his detention and punishment
on foreign territory.
Orders to Warships.
Orders have been issued at the Navy
Department for a small diversion of the
fleet of American warships recently as
sembled at Corinto, the pr.nclpal port on
the Pacific coast of Nicaragua. As a con
sequence the gunboat Princeton has gone
to San Juan del Sur. near the southern
boundary line, and the gunboat Yorktown
to AmapaU, In the Gulf of Fonseca, near
the northern boundary. It is said at the
Navy Department that there ia no special
significance in these movements beyond
a general desire to be in close telegraphic
communication with the ships and keep
mtormed as to developments on the Pa
cific coast of Nicaragua. There is a
cable station at sjan Juan del Sur and
good telegraphic connection with Ama
paU. The Princeton and Yorktown are
both e<m pped w th wireless telegraphic
apparatus, and will be in wireless coramu
n Willi Hear Admiral Kimball, com
manding the naval forces in Nicaragua.
He is on the transport Buffalo, at Corin
to. with a strong force of marines under
his immediate command. Other vessels
at Cor.nto are the Albany and Vlcks
burg. American interests are well pro
tected along the Pacific coast.
They are perfectly safe on the Atlantic
coast, where Estrada and his forces are in
absolute control except at Greytown.
There is a small foroe of government
troops In Greytown. utterly insufficient,
liov. ever, to successfully resist tne ex
pected assault on the city by Es
naua's victorious army. Several Ameri
can warships are In the harbor of Blue
fields, the medical officers and marines at
tached to which are rendering material
aid to the large number of sick and
wounded in that city.
The transport Dixie, which took the
first detachment of marines from Phila
delphia to Nicaragua, returned to Phil
adelphia this morning from Cristobal.
Panama, with only her regular equip
ment of officers and crew. It is said at
the Navy Department that she will not
take any more marines to Nicaragua "un
less it Is found necessary."
Brewer of Yale Sees Hand of
Peary Conspiracy.
BOOS AT EXPLORERS' CLUB j
Sneers at Competency as Tribunal to j
Judge of Exploits.
POWERFUL INTERESTS' WORK
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Says Financial and Sentimental
Seasons Guide Navy, New York
Newspaper, Friends and
Other Advocates.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
XEW HAVEN, Conn., December 25.?
Prof. William H. Brewer of Yale, for
merly president of the Arctic Club, is in
dignant at the action of the Explorers'
Club in turning down Dr. Cook.
He said today:
"I'm a member of the club and know
everybody In the club. And I know per- ?
fectly well with whom that sort of thing;
originated. There are powerful Interests
at work against Dr. Cook.
VI myself have climbed many a moun- ;
tain, and I know what the judgment of a
number of men at the green table in the
committee room amounts to in attempt
ing to decide whether a man actually
climbed a mountain or not."
The professor, returning to the subject
of the many and strong interests which
he believes are at work against Dr. Cook,
said:
"And do you believe there is anything
left undone by interests friendly to Peary,
for professional or other reasons, to prove
Cook a liar, if such a thing is possible?
"You know yourself wnat the navy
sentiment is. Then there is a New York
newspaper and various personal friends
of Peary'8, the reasons for supporting
nim being both financial and senti
mental."
SHIRT WAIST STRIKE TALK.
Manufacturers and Employes Both
Issue Statements.
PHILADELPHIA. December 25.?State
ments to the public were published -here
today by both the manufacturers and the
striking shirt waist makers. _
About sixty shops In this city are af
rected by the strike. At a meeting late
last night owners of forty-three estab
lishments met and formed an organisa
tion.
In the statement issued on behaif of
the manufacturers it is said the associa
tion was not formed to antagonize- the
strikers, "as we know they have been
misinformed and misled."
The statement continues:
"We shall Insist upon an open shop.
No member of the organisation will lie
permitted to recognise the union. We
shaU try to Induce our employes to re
turn to work. We will prove to them
that they can obtain much better condi
tions without a union rather than by be
ing affiliated with one."
The strikers demand Increased pay, bet
ter working conditions and closed shops.
The strikers' statement is as follows:
"We. the striking shirt waist makers,
are only asking for what Is just and for
recognition of organized trade and better
wages.
"We must pay for the power, machine
straps, needles and shuttles. Worst of
all, we must bring our own oil cane from
home to oil our machines.
"We ask the public this: Are we not
justified in asking for an increase of
wages?"
SATOLLI IS DELIRIOUS., <
Pope Pius Grieving Over the Cardi
nal's Condition.
ROME. December 25.?Cardinal Francis
Satolli's condition grows constantly
worse and at intervals today he became
delirious. Pope Plus is greatly grle\*ed
over the serious illness of Cardinal Sa
toUl and frequently sends his private
secretary to Inquire Into the condition of
the carddnal. Mgr Dennis O'Connell, aux
iliary bishop of San Francisco, and for
mer rector of the Catholic University at
Washington, made ' inquiry today for
Cardinal Satolli.
Cardinal Satolli Is suffering from ne
phritis and complication of blood poison
ing.
EXPLOSION KILLS FIVE.
Railway Repair Shop at Shaunee,
Ok la., Wrecked.
SHAUNEE, Okla., December 25.?Five
workmen. It is believed, were killed and
seventeen others were injured yesterday
by the explosion of a locomotive boiler
that wrecked the repair shop of the ChM
cago, Rock Island and Pacific railroad.
Though railway officials say that only
two are dead, fragments of bodies found
In the wreckage make it almost certain
that five were killed. Employes say that
twenty are missing. The known dsad
are: ?
Robert Kerr and John Johns.
Five of the more seriously injured are
in a hospital. The explosion occurred
while most of the men were at luncheon.
Company C of the Oklahoma Nations!
Guard is on duty by order ot Gov.
Haskell to preserve order.- The shop
yards are strewn with fragments of
human flesh. The body of Kerr was found
three blocks away from the shop. Frag
ments of the body of Johns were gath
ered from roofs of adjoining buildings.
Windows all over town were shattered.
FAST TRAIN IN DITCH.
Fifty Passengers on*Canadian Pa
cific Railroad Injured.
WINNIPEG, Man., December 25.?A
spreading rail caused a Canadian Pacific
passenger train of twelve coaches, four
of them sleeping cars, to Jump into a
ditch near Chapteau, east of Fort Wil
liam. Ont.. yesterday. Of the seven hun
dred passengers on the train, fifty were
injured, but none will die.
Theodore McGuire of Amsterdam, N.
Y.. suffered injury to his back, and It is
thought that many of the victims sustain
ed Internal injuries. Most of the pas
<engers were western Canadians, bound
to spend the hblldays in Ontario towns.
The train was running thirty miles an
hour when the accident occurred. Four
of the cars were over turned, cutting
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has abundantly delivered the goods.
down telegraph poles and wires and in
terrupting communication. There was no
adequate accommodation for the injured
within 100 miles, and many suffered great
hadshlp until a relief train with Ph>3'"
clans and nurses arrived in the afternoon.
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HUSHING THE church BELL.
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Pastor Would Substitute a Flashing
Seiurohlight.
NEW YORk. December 25?T o do
away with the "old-time" bell ringing as
a summons for churchgoers at night,
which he thinks annoys the ill and in
firm near the'church, a Brooklyn pastor
has conceived the novel Idea of flashing
a powerful searchlight from the belfry.
The searchlight will be placed 200 feet
from the ground, on the spire of the First
Reformed Church In Brooklyn. It will
throw Its rays at a fixed time before the
services begin, and the flashing will con-j
tlnue during the church hours to attract)
the tardy and backsliders.
The Rev. James Farrar, pastor of the
church, announces that the light will be
In place witto the beginning of the new
year.
fire in colleges.
Buildings Burned at Minnesota and
North Dakota Universities.
FARGO, N. D.,. December 25.?Fire of
unknown origin destroyed the chemical
laboratory building of the State Agricul
tural College last night. The loss on
building and equipment Is $63,000.
J. M. Worth, president of the college,
narrowly escaped death while fighting
the fire. He was on top of the ad
ministration building when he slipped
to the etlge of the roof. He was res
cued from his precarious position by stu
dents, who pulled him back with a rope.
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., December 25.?
The medical building at the state uni
versity was destroyed by fire last night,
causing a loss of $7">.??00. The fire Is
supposed to have been caused by defec
tive electrical wiring.
Georgia Feud Results Fatally.
GAINESVILLE, Ga., December 25.?A
family feud of long standing between
the Clark and Crane families broke out
afresh at a church social at Nimbelwell
Church. Lumpkin county. Thursday night.
In which Homer Clark was killed outright
and his brotner Henry shot through the
head and fataily wounded, according to
reports brought here. Mark Crane, who
Is alleged to have done the shooting,
made his escape.
Fire in Hospital for Insane.
WATERBURY, Vt.," December 25.?De
struction of the entire plant of the Ver
mont State Hospital for the Insane here
was narrowly averted yesterday when
three wards were destroyed by fire at a
loss of about 1100.000. The 100 patients
In the three wards were all safely re
moved to a wing remote from the fire.
The fire started In the third ward from
an unknown cause. The loss Is fully
covered by Insurance.
John Thaw Kirkland Dead.
NELSON, B. C., December 25.?John
Thaw Kirkland of Glasgow, fourth son of
the late John Kirkland. chief justice of
Scotland, died at Revelstoke Wednesday
night, aged. twenty-four years. The body
was sent to New York to his aunt, Mrs.
William Thaw, mother of Harry K. Thaw.
From New York the body will be sent to
Scotland. John Thaw Kirkland left
Scotland November 11 to travel for his
health, and was on his way back from
the coast when he succumbed to heart
disease.
Veteran Engineer Dead.
CAMDEN, N. J.. December 25.?Daniel
j. cassldy, one of the oldest engineers
In point of service in New Jersey, is
dead at his home here, aged seventy
years. He entered the service of the
Atlantic branch of the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company as water boy. and
served In various capacities until he
became an engineer. He was in the
employ of the company for fifty-four
years, and was retired on a panslon
seven years ago. ?
CELEBRATING THE DAY
ON CRUISER ETRURIA
Quarterdeck of the Vessel Deco
rated and a Vaudeville Per
formance Given.
A unique but most enjoyable celebra
tion of Christmas occurred on board the
Italian cruiser Etruria, now on a visit to
this city. The merry Christmas spirit
animated everybody on the warship,
from the captain to the "powder mon
key," an office analagous to the "prin
ter's devil" in a newspaper office. At
the morning inspection, Count Leonardo
de Casollno, who commands the thip,
made a brief speech to the assembled of
ficers and crew and wished them "Buon
Natale," the Italian equivalent to "Merry
Chirstmas."
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Vaudeville Performance.
The quarter deck was elaborately dec-^j
orated with evergreens and served as the
general assembly hall. It was the scene
during the day of an elaborate vaudeviile
entertainment in which the diversified
talent of the ship's company participated
with good efTect. The program was an
ambitious one and included well rendered
selections from grand opera, Venetian
serenades, monologues, humorous recita
tions and short Italian plays. Stunts
were given by the ship's mascots, Dora
and Togo, who were specially trained for
the occasion.
Immense Christmas Tree.
The most important feature of the dec
orations was an immense Christmas tree,
with gifts and remembrances fon everybody
on board. An elaborate dinner was served
during the afternoon, and if any of the
234 sailors did not have all he wanted in
the way of eatables and drinkables it was
his own fault.
The officers of the Etruria will be the
guests of Mayor des Planches, the Italian
ambassador, at dinner at the embassy
this evening. The EJtruria will leave here
Monday for a cruise to South America.
TRAVELERS ICEBOUND.
Canadain Pacific Train Ferry Block
ed in Betroit River.
DETROIT, Mich, December 25.?Six
coaches of Christmas travelers on the
Canadian Pacific's Chicago-Toronto train
are stalled in the Detroit river aboard
the company's ferry Michigan, which has
been fast In the ice since 9:80 this morn
ing. Tugs are at work, aiming to cut
the ferry clear.
Some distance below the Michigan the
Grand Trunk ferry Huron and a Pere
Marquette ferry, both with freight trains
aboard, are also held. Marine men de
clare ice conditions to be worse to
day than for years.
EVERY LITTLE BIT HELPS.
Ovfr Three Hundred Heirs to an
Estate Valued at $1,400.
CAMDEN. N. J., December 25.?Four
generations are interested as heirs In an
estate valued at *1,400, which will be
distributed by Judge Joline in the or
phans' court here next week.
The judge was asked yesterday to make
an order distributing the estate, but when
he was told that It would have to be di
vided into 322 parts he adjourned the
matter for a week. Arthur Powell of
Gloucester left the property involved. In
his will he directed that his widow was to
have a life Interest and ait her death It
was to be divided among the heirs. Mrs.
Powell died several months ago at the
age of 101.
MUCH SYMPATHY FELT.
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Condolences on the Death of Mark
v Twain's Daughter.
REDDING, Conn., December 25.?Sam
uel L?. Clemens (Mark Twain) has borne
up splendidly in the bereavement which
came to him yesterday in the death of
Jean Clemens. He was fully composed
today and gave directions for the re
moval of his daughter's body td Elmlra,
X. Y. The casket will be taken from
Storrafteld this evening in time to be
placed on the 7 o'clock train for New
York. Several of the household servants
will accompany it, together with a few
of the moit intimate friend* of Mtcs Jean
and of Mr. Clemens.
Today a great many messages of sym
pathy from friends In all parts of the
country were received by Mr. Clemens.
WOULD ANNEX KOREA.
Japanese Statesman Cites American
Action Toward Hawaii.
VICTORIA, B. C., December 25.?Count
Hayashi, former foreign minister of
Japan, in an interview published in Jap
anese Shlmbo, received in yesterday's
mall, advocates the annexation of Korea
by Japan, citing in defense of his stand
the example of America's annexation of
Hawaii. He recites the history in that
regard in detail, and says that Japan's
interest in Korea is greater than was that
of the United States in Hawaii, and he
urges the immediate annexation of Korea,
a step in which he says "a third power
has no right to interfere."
NUCLEUS OUT OF PLUMB.
Lowell Finds It Not in Center of
Halley's Comet.
BOSTON, December 23.? Dispatches re
ceived here yesterday from Flagstaff.
Ariz., stated that Prof. Perclval Lowell
has successfully photographed Halley's
comet.
The picture shows an irregular forma
tion, tout with a distinct nucleus, which is
out of the center.
Prof. Lowell has also obtained a strik
ing photograph of Saturn, in which the
bands are clearly defined and the rings
shown.
Weston Is Going to Walk Back.
LOS ANGELES, December 25.?Edward
Payson Weston, pedestrian, is planning
to walk from Los Angeles to New York,
starting January 2tf.
He will follow the Santa Fe railroad to
Chicago. Eastern arrangements for the
walk are being made by Thomas H. Hub
bard of New York. Weston hopes to es
tablish a new record, for the transconti
nental trip.
Artist Remington 111.
SOUTH NORWALK. Conn., December
25.?Frederick Remington, the artist, is
seriously ill at his home In Ridgefleld
with an attack of appendicitis. An oper
ation was performed yesterday by a New
York surgeon. It was said today that tne
operation was entirely successful and a
speedy recovery Is expected.
Christmas Eve Shopping in Dark.
PITTSBURG, December 25.?With the
stores crowded with Christmas shoppers
the electric lights in Etna, a suburb,
were extinguished last night, the result
of a Are which destroyed the water and
light plant of the place, causing a loss
estimated at $65,000.
The origin of the blaze is unknown.
Nine Children Hade Orphans.
HAMILTON, Ohio, December 25.?While
driving home In a covered wagon with
Christmas gifts for their nine children,
William Payne and his wife, Mary, were
killed by a traction car yesterday. Payne
and his wife were hurled some distance,
and both died almost instantly.
Pioneer Orooer Dead.
CHICAGO, December 25.?Thomas Mur
doch, eighty-two years old, died today.
He was a pioneer In the wholesale grocery
business in the west.
Fatal Wreck in Bohemia.
PRAGUE. December 25.?Ten persons
were killed and twenty-eight seriously
wounded, while many others suffered
minor Injuries, in a collision today be
tween a passenger express train bound
for Vienna and a freight train at Uhersko
station, near Chotsen, In Bohemia. %
Snow Ties Up Traffic.
DES MOINES, Iowa, December 25.?
Des Moines is snowbound today, a fall
of seven inches during the night being
sufficient to tie up traffic. Street cars are
stalled and incoming trains are late.
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Not Internally, But as a Pub
lic Question.
BAR OF JUSTICE, HOWEVER
I President Spends Christmas in Ef
fort to Find Out What It Is.
PROBLEM HAS BEEN DIFFICULT
I How Product of Grain Shall Be
Labeled Under Pure Food Law
Makes Trouble.
Although not indulging in eggnogg or
I other Christmas drinks. President Taft
wrestled the better part of today with
| the wearisome, voluminous subject,
"What is whisky?"
He did not go to his office, but kept a
stenographer busy in the White House
proper, hoping to dispose of the question
and make his decision public tonight.
The question has been pending ever
since Mr. Taft came into office. He has
given it more time than a dozen other
| subjects put together.
President Roosevelt also grappled with
I the problem, but he did not give it so
much personal attention. He accepted the
recommendations of Dr. Wiley, pure food
[expert, and the then Attorney General,
| Mr. Bonaparte.
Decision Under Bonaparte.
Under their decisions the only product
I entitled to the name of whisky was a
I grain spirit, containing not only the pure
I or ethyl alcohol, but also the higher
alcohols commonly called fusel oil.
! The effect of these decisions was to
deprive all grain spirits, minus any con
siderable part of the fusel oil. of the
name "whisky" and requiring the name
"compound" or "Imitation" for such
products.
Practically 80 per cent of whisky in the
American market, both foreign and do
mestic, consists either in whole or in part
of spirits from which a large part of the
fusel oil had been removed.
Distillers appealed to President Taft
against the decision on the ground that
it took from them the trade name, which
I their products had always been known by.
They also claimed that the redistilled
| whiskies made by them, containing the
I low amounts of fusel oil, had been the
original whisky. They alleged that if
there was any question of public health
Involved under the pure food act their
8roducts should be given preference over
he fusel oil whiskies.
The straight whisky people contended
-hat the presence of all higher alcohols
was necessary to the proper flavoring of
I whisky, and that their product, after ag
ing In charred barrels, was the true
I whisky.
Bowers' Opinion Different.
President Taft referred the question to
| Solicitor General Bowers, who took testi
I mony for a number of weeks, there being
a total of 1,300 printed pages. Some noted
lawyers of the country, including John G.
Carlisle, Joseph H. Choate and W. M.
Hough, participated, the President giving
a hearing after Mr. Bowers had completed
his work.
Mr. Taft has been going over this testi
mony at Intervals for weeks.
1 Solicitor General Bowers' decision was
the opposite of that of Mr. Bonaparte. He
decided that the question was one of
taste, and that whisky made from grain,
whether colored by charred wood or toy
I caramel, was entitled to the name
"whisky." Tliis decision was satisfactory
to the redistillers and rectifiers.
The final decision of the.President, that
upon which the Internal revenue bureau
and the pure food departments will act.
I is expected to largely sustain Mr. Bowers.
Quiet Around White House.
The Taft family observed Christmas
I day about like hundreds of thousands of
other American families. The President
gave presents to members of his family
I and received many himself.
The nation took interest in the occu
I pants of the White House, a doren ex
press wagons unloading packages during
the day for the President, his wife or
I children. These pcesents were often from
1 persons who personally do not know the
Tafts, but whose admiration for the fam
ily prompts a desire to add to the Christ
mas cheer of the chief executive and
those near to him.
The Christmas dinner will be served at
8 o'clock tonight, ail the family being at
home. There will be no guests.
President Taft will leave Washington
Monday morning to speak before the
j closing meeting of the diamond jubilee of
the Methodist Church. He will retura
to Washington Monday night.
Friday he will again go to New York
to attend the wedding of his niece, re
turning here the same night, so as to
hold the New Year reception.
President Makes Shopping Tour.
President Taft put in two hours shop
ping on Pennsylvania avenue and F street
yesterday afternoon, buying freely for
members pf his family and others. He
left the White House on foot at 4 o'clock,
accompanied by Capt. A. W. Butt and fol
lowed by two detectives. A curious fea
ture of this Christmas outing of the
chief executive was that comparatively
few people recognized him, and to those
who did the President returned the salu
tations. It was long after dark when the
President returned to the White House,
laden with bundles and enjoying the
troubles of Capt. Butt, also in the same
predicament.
The President turned up first at a jew
elry store on Pennsylvania avenue, and
from there went to a leather establish
ment on F street, making several other
stops along the route and paying Inter
ested attention to the shop windows and
to the merry Christmas crowds.
At one place four bibulous celebrants
of the season emerged Just as the Presi
dent was passing. They recognised him.
"Merry Chrlshmus. Misser Pres'dent:
Merry Chrlshmus!" one of them cried.
The President smiled, lifted his hat and
exchanged the season's greetings.
The President enjoyed his outing, the
first of the kind made by a President in
many ye^rs.
That Big Pie Arrives.
That gigantic Christmas pie for the
White House, a gift from the Interna
tional Pie Bakers' Association, reached
Washington yesterday afternoon and was
delivered to the White House at 8 o'clock
last night by the express company which
bandied it from Newark. N. J., where It
was baked. A huge fruit cake from
friends In Philadelphia, a large box of
candy and other express packages were
delivered at the same time. The White
House cook has been deliberating all day
whether she would feed any of the pie
to the Taft family, but the chances favor
the appearance of part of it. at least,
upon the table of the family of the chief
I executive.
PEACE ON EARTH,
GOOD WjUJO MEN
Christmas, 1909, Day of Joy
ousness and Humanity '
Throughout World.
HAPPINESS FOR CHILDREN;
MEMORIES FOR ELDERS
Exchanging of Gifts and of Good
Wishes.
CONTRASTS WITH LONG AGO
Comparisons of Costly Playthings
Given to Little Folks and the Toys
of Their Grandfathers.
Christmas Day, 1909.
"Peace on earth, good will to
men."
This sentiment, written more
than 1,800 years ago, cannot be
improved upon.
So it is meet and proper today,
with those words ringing down
the centuries of time, that all
hearts should be filled with peace
and,all souls should overflow with
love to God and to mankind.
The greeting of the day,
"Merry Christmas," should be
more than passing comment. It
should carry with it the precept
of peace and good will.
The hearts of all should abound
with charity. The spirit of mak
ing others happy should be the
Christmas spirit.
Thoughts of Yuletide.
The story of the day 1b old as Chris
tendom. It has been told and retold
many times. But Its lessons should be
many. They should find practical appli
cation not alone on Christmas day, but
on every day of the year.
To some men and women, whose hair
has been whitened by the snows of time
and whose forms are bent and thela-steps
feeble, Christmas is ever a day of retro
spect. Memory pictures move backward
like retrogressing Alms of some weird
moving-picture show.
There Is the old homestead. The ruddy
glow from the yule log on the hearth
tire. An old-fashioned snowstorm Is in
progress, and roof and tree, field and glen
are carpeted with white. From without
come the glad shouts and laughter of
those who are now grandpa and grand
ma, then old-Ume children in quaint old
time garb. They are coasting, or may
hap engaged in a snowball battle.
In one corner of the living room is the
Christmas tree?for what would an old
fashioned Christmas have been without
the bonny tree with its red, white and
ulue candles and its many-colored deco
rative trifles?
From the distance, through the stained
glass windows of the village church,
come the voices of the singers as they
give praise to God in Christmas carol?,
rhere is still another sound in the outer
snow-lauen air. It is tne jingling of
sieigh oens. accompaniment to the aeo
uan chorus of the wintry winds.
Memories of the Elders.
These are pictures presented to the
minds of white-haired children of another
age today. The charming memories of
the old-time Christmas form a companion
piece.
With the charm of the retrospection
there come memories, freighted with sad
ness, of many loved faces of yore which
are missing from the scenes today in Uie
liomes of Washington.
In perplexing contradistinction to the
old-fashioned Christmas is the present
twentieth-century celebration. That "the
times have changed" is most patent. The
homeliness of yore has given away to in
novations too numerous to think about.
The family chaise?that queer vehicle
of bygone days?has been supplanted by
swift automobiles. Alrsnlps navigate the
atmosphere. It is the horseless age. It
is also the aerial age. This is a period
of strenuosity. likewise one of rapid
orosress.
TOys of Now and Then.
The boys and girls of former times were
wont to receive in their stockings, Christ
mas morning, such crude toys as a yel
low monkey climbing a purple stick; a
jack-in-the-box. which furnisned a world
of amusement; dolls of unnatural shapes
and sixes, colors and styles. Somo of the
dollies were made of wood and resembled
exaggerated reproductions of Fiji dolls.
Others were of china, and sUli others
! of paper. "Robinson Crusoe." "Little
! Red Riding Hood," "Jack, the Oiant
1 Killer." and similar books were the juvs
i nile standards for Christmas times.
The boy of 1U0W has hi* flying machine
which really flies. The girl of VM? has
her dollie that can do almost everything
but talk. She can purchase Its dresses
and lingerie and imported Paris bats
from real stores.
There are moving picture machines
real, truly ones?for boys and girls. Elec
tric toys are marvels of the wlsard pro
fession. Miniature automobiles are in
vogue for the young of the twentieth cen
tury. The books are written along new
and modern lines.
Everything is different now. The In
ventive genius of man is constantly taxed
to keep abreast of the demands of both
old and young In this piping, progressiva
period.
Spirit of Christmas.
But there is one thing about Christmas
that neither man nor time can change.
It is the spirit of the day.
Born in the stable with the Infant Je
sus. it is as lasting as eternHy and as
true as the Christian faith. In Us com
position charity blend. with loveand lov.
merges into appreciation to the Great
Father, whose mercies are as fuHy la
evidence today as they were
star shone brightly and attracted
shepherds to the Infant king.
These are the unchangeables. They are
not of man, but of God.
Then, today, while happiness * rife
and good deeds are being done, let not
the sentiment of Bethlehem be lost sight
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