rte rtePartly I Partly Cloudy Cloud Tonight and Warner WarnerTonight jI 1 h e ri ll llNUMBER ¬ a It tn i t on tntt ttl v d L LN01IBER I lAsr 1e j Of EDmO i11E11U i11E11UNU11ffiEIt j 11 11v NUMBER 6572 lV ASBINGTON FRIDAY EVENING BECEMBEK DECL + 3LBEIt 31 190 1909 J l PRIOE PgZC ONE ONEOENW CITY PREPARING PREPARINGTO TO SAY FAREWELL FAREWELLTO TO THE OLD YE YEEvening YEAR YEAREvening YEARtEvening Evening of Festivities WillPrecede Will WillPrecede WillPrecede Precede Day of Social SocialObservances SocialObservances SocialObservances Observances ObservancesSERVICES ObservancesSERVICES ObservancesSERVICES SERVICES ARRANGED ARRANGEDIN IN MANY CHURCHES CHURCHESSpecial CHURCHESSpecial CHURCHESt t Special Ib Musical usical Programs and andBrief andBrief andBrief Brief Addresses Included In InWatch InWatch InWatch Watch Night Meetings MeetingsNow Now N Year Y ar Evel EvelTJte vet vetTlpe i iTfta TJte last holiday of 1609 will bo coTc coTcbrated c9Tebrated cerebrated brated by some with feasting and ob observed ob oberve4 obeerved ¬ served by others with vigils of prayer prayerbut praerut prayerput but all will soy goodby to tho old oldyear oldear oldyear year ear and welcomo to tho now new It Is a afarewell afarewell afarewell farewell arid a greeting In which every everyman everyman man woman and child take part an annually annUal an annually ¬ 1 nually nUal which for some is a time of ofcarnival otcarnlal ofcarntval carnival for others an occasion of ofsolemnity of4 of4solemnity i i8oJemn1ty i iof solemnity and for all of us a moment momentof of purpose and resolve resolveTho resolveTho resolveThe II Tho social clubs and the cafes of the thecity thecity thecity city will bo In full holiday holld dross The Theholly ThehollYe holly mistletoe rnI tletoo and crimson cHmson lights lightswhich lightswhich which are the tokens of the holiday holidayreason hoUdayaea holidayscfnon reason will add their color and warmth to the tables spread for New Year Eve Eveand Eveand Eveand and around these will gather happy happyhearted happyhearted happyhearted hearted men and woo women womenIn womenIn en enIn In the homes of Washington the same samenappy samehappy samehappy happy gatherings more personal 1Jo nal and andIntimate andlntlmnte andIntimate Intimate will be hold By these the theNew theNew theNew New Year wIn be observed tomorrowwith tomorrow tomorrowwith tomorrowwith with all the amenities of social life lifeeach Uteeach lueeach each house being boln open to New Yoar Yearcallers YoarcaJler Yoarcallers callers In tho same way but on a amuch amuch amuch much larger scale soale the President wlU wlUreceive w lit litrecetvo n nrecelvo receive tho members mon > ors of official and anddiplomatio Uldd1pI anddiplomatic diplomatic d1pI mnt1o circlea from 11 to 1 oolook oolookwhen ooIoctkwhen ooloekwhen when the citizens clticnarooptlon reception will be beheld b bhelt boheld held Season of Prayer PrayerTo To many of the devout Now Year YearEve Ywmve Yearve Eve ve has become rne a season or fasting and andJltLY andDraycrr prayer JltLY 1 and In a laze latr numb number r of Ofchttr ofchurcrheannd church churcrheannd churcrheanndRations 21e eaand JU J Jrations lJIMr lJIMrJtaUODB rations the new n Mc year wlU bo ushered usheredin usheredIn in with hymns of praise praiseAmong pr1seAMOhS praiseAmong Among the churches ch rc which will ob obpcrva obIl ohI I serve Il ttV the evening are The JPlfth th Bap Baptist Baptist ¬ tist tist southwest where from SX > until untilIS 12 1 the annual watch service will be bsheld bebela bebell held A special musical program will willbe willbe willbe be given interspersed 1nter por ed with brief talks talksIn talksIn talksIn In the Now York Avenue Frosby Frosbyt Pro byter t ter Church a New Year vigil will be beheld beheJd beheld held from 11 until 12 12 the musical serv service BerV BerVSeG service ¬ ice Including Dudley Bucks cantata cantataThe On Onurne oantataThe The Song of the Night NightAt NIghtAt NightAt At Mt Vernon Methodist 13ipiecopalChurch Episcopal EpiscopalChurch J l Church South beginning at lltti llttioclock 4S 4Soclock 4ioclock oclock there will be a service of song songand songnnd songand and prayer with a brief talk by the thepastor thepaator thepastor pastor Rev James Howard Ho ard WellsAt WellsAt Wells WellsAt At Cavalry Methodist t Episcopal EpisoopalChurch EpiscopalChurch Church there will bo elaborate watch watchservices watchliorvSCes watchservices services over which the pastor Dr J JB 1Dawson JE B Dawson will preside presideTha proodeT1w presideTlw Tha service orvJC at HamJine Methodist MethodistChurch M MethodistChurch thodlat thodlatChurch Church will begin In at 10 oclock and at attho attho atthe tho Zion Evangelical Iiithsm Luth m Church Churchthe Cburchtho Churchthe the services will begin at 9 oclock oclockMens oclockTens oelookMens Mens Club Hosts HostsJLt Hostsu HosULt JLt the Vermont Avenue VQAue Christian ChristianChurch Christianhurch 1IfhU1ch Church Rev I L X me Murray will at 8 8oclock Ioc1ock Soclock oclock conduct a Bible study Wd at 9 9oclock toclock 7oclock I oclock a devotional Bervka with npo npodal npedal dal music will be held and from 10 Idto 10to 10t0 to 11 tho lions Club of tho church will willb wiltbe be b hosts during a social hour At 11 11o UocJock 11oclock ocJock o clocJe the watch night service will be beconducted beouducted beconducted conducted by F M Bradley an enjoy enjoyable e enjoyable joy joyiblc ¬ able feature botn boinl several songs to be bestvcn bedvcn begiven given by tho Abed singer Mrs Seeley SealeyAt SeeleyAt SeeleyAt At the Metropolitan Methodist t B 1DpI 1DpIco IDpiecopal > pi picopal copal co pal Church Rev Dr John Hold Shan Shannon SlNLnnon Shannon ¬ non will begin the service orvl e at 980 980t 10 10clock t oclock oclockOn clock clockOn clockOn On New Year Day an elaborate e borate pro program proarB program ¬ arB gram m beginning at 1 oclock d o1oek will w1l1pre be bepresented leepreeented presented pre ented at the Y M O 0 A A At the Gospel Go pel Mission MJ 1230 1 Pennsylvania ave avenue avenue avenue ¬ nue northwest gospel go pe1 servioM rv1o will be beneld bered ber red r + cld from 12 noon to 10 oclock In the tkefVenlnK theevening theevening evening and a reception from 2 to too t toclock ioclock oclock oclockThe o oclockThe clock clockThe The First Presbyterian Church Dr Donald Dona McZrOod pastor will observe ol New Year by keeping open opeQContinued house houseContinued ot eV eVContinued Continued on Ninth Page j WEATHER REPORT REPORTThere r There has boon a general and decided fall in pressure accompanied by much III hIchor temperatures except along the Atlantic coast Over the UJ western half halfof hattot ballof of the country temperatures tempera res are now nowTiufcoosofnably owJD iiowvn6oanonably Tiufcoosofnably JD oanonabJy high h but ever ev vbt the eastern half haJ they are et still Il Quito low and frees tog temperatures were agate expert experienced UQe1tenced expertensed ¬ enced in Florida as a far south as Jupiter Tho weather will be more mOl or less lesscloudy J Jtloudy cloudy tonight and Saturday over the East and South but without preeipltan precipita precipitation ¬ tion of consequonoe consequonoeTemperatures Temperatures will rise ft generally cra11Tho Tho winds along the New Umglan4 Umglan4roast glaiwl glaiwlroast roast will be light to moderate and Varl Varlablc varlable vlUlnblt able on the middle Atlantic coast light 11 kt kto 10 + 0 moderate m < southwest t t to south on liia liiayouth Ut heenuth youth Atlantic const co light 1 t to tofftJtherly moderate modatmsoutherly moderatese I southerly se htherJy except varta variable a on the Florida FloridartiBt IMoridarOflt iorjdan1Ft rtiBt on the th s Hilt t Gulf coast light to tomoderate toIndtrate tornaderate moderate southerly southerlyY MUtherlylORECASf southerlyoniscAjtr Y lORECASf ORECAST FOR THIS + I DITi DISTRICT DISTRICTPartly cT cTartiy Pa Partly artiy rtl eie cleytly elet1 t1 and y warmer tonight and Faturday faturda Mght it to moderate ratlebiswinds vartaMs vartaMswinds YarlabIwtrlds winds beoomfng southerly southerlyJSIPJC IHHItIa IHHItIaup southerlylIDIB JSIPJC up > TABLE TABLEJyjvr TAIBLL > t tLow Low 1 w tides tlder43t 6tJ1 Ml a a at and a 4 8011 ol n n ffl High tldoBStas tldo t 1 11a 71 a a a m and u 11IL p B BSUN m mSUN mf f SUN TABUB TABUBgun TALaBJn TASIJCSn gun r1Fs rK 7 iJI I Sun sets 4 4CONDITION 4CONDITION 44 44CONDITION CONDITION OF WATER WATERHAHPBR8 WATERHARPERS VATERARPERS HARPERS FERRY W Va Dec H HEoh 21Eoth 31tech tech rivers clear this morning and frozen t frz zn n over I I Associations President I i f JOHN BARRETT BARRETTr r r ESPERANTO LEAGUE LEAGUECHOOSES LEAGUECHOOSES CHOOSES BARRErr BARRErrDirector Director of Bureau of Ameri American American American ¬ can Republics to HeadLanguage Head HeadLanguage H ad adLanguage Language Association John Barrett director of ttko the Bureau Bureauof of American n Republics has been elgotadpreeldent eiaoted el60tedpre president pre 1dont of the Esperanto E to A ooItionof of North Amorica AmoricaMJC AmoricaBrrt AmorioLMn j MJC Barrett Barrst s sThe atA G Grd1111IC r IIJrTho tif tifThe The election of Mr Brratt t and his hisaeoeptance hieaocMptDce aocMptDce > ao jUu ce were announced at the hoadquartcrs head headquarters 4 4quartCt1l ¬ quarters of tho District Dl branch of the theasaoolitton t1tG8ItOaIltlon theamooltitton asaoolitton in the Chamber of Comnorca Comnorcathis CoInmorcethis Co mrieerce mrieercethis this inoming inomingIt thornlngIt It is understood tood that ha reoanUy has haataken hl16taken hastaken taken up th the study stu 7 of r > BJaporanto and andexpects aDdecta andes expects es ecta to be speaking it by the time timethe tImethe timethe the sixth interaatior convention of JEBa JEBaparanttets 111IIperantlsts 1Daperantists paranttets convenes in Washington the tliathird thethird thethird third week of next August AugustHis AugustHis t tHIs His election was made by mall ballot ballotthe ballotthe the twelve members of the general coun council council council ¬ cil of the association as representing repre entll1K the thwcountry thvcountry thecountry country at large unanimously selectIng selectlug select selecting ¬ ing him to preside pr ldo over the coming in international International Internatlonal ¬ ternational convention which will 1U be at attended attended attended ¬ tended by delegates from every country in the world worldPRESIDENT worldPRESIDENT worldPRESIDENT PRESIDENT BACK BACKFROM BACKFROM BACKFROM FROM NEW YORK YORKReturns YORKRoturm YORKReturis Returns This Morning From Trip Tripto to Attend Nieces NlecenWedding NiecelhWedding Wedding President Taft thin rooming returned returnedfrom returnedfrom from New York where be weat yaatar day to attend the wedding of his niece nieceMlw nieceMien Mien Ix Louise > ulse Taft TAt to G H Snowden SnowdanThe SnowdenTbe SnowdenThe The Presidential train was to have havereached havereached havereached reached Washington at 7 oclock but butthe butthe butthe the aftermath of the recent IIt storm caused caus caused ea eaeel ¬ ed a delay of more than an hour The Thet President t reached the Whtta Houfeshortly Houfc Houfcshortly shortly before MM 1 oclock and after a hearty breakfast reached the execu ¬ tive office on time for the second time during his Administration Admlnl tratlon In the party were Robert Ro and Miss Helen Taft and Capt Archie ButtTHOMAS Butt ButtTHOMAS THOMAS AND BLAIR BLAIRARE BLAIRFAVORED ARE NOW FAVORED Corporation Counsel and andLawyer andLavyer andLawyer Lawyer Being Considered ConsideredAs As Commissiones CommissionesPrwrtdent s sPresident Prwrtdent Tuft HM under coacMcra coetdderaties coacMcratk e DllkJera DllkJeraUOA tk ties > n for the Jut vacancy on the Board Boardof of District C CoRuniaaioner nun1on B H HThomu BThomas Thorn Thomas the Corporation Co tIon Counsel far the District and W8 Woodbury dbury Blair a aprolmnent aprolmaent aproltnnent prolmnent Washington lawyer lawyerFarson lawyerPer lawyerPersons Persons Per on who have discussed the thesituation thettuaUon theMtuaUon situation with the President today todaysay todaysay todaysay say that it is extremely extrmel probable that thatone thatone thatone one of these tb two men a will be selected 1 t41 to serve with Cuno H Rudolph and Major Judson Major Judaou was at attbe atthe the White Uouao today and had a aconference aconference conference with the President but he refused to a say y that decision in the thematt thematter matter matt I had been reached Either of the two men under confederation will fulflll the President desire to have haveam hayeaft haveset am Able lawyer on the boardJames board boardJiuneg boardJarne James Bronaon Reynolds the man who mode the t e special report to Presi ¬ dent Roosevelt too v lL on the oneman form of government for the District wa was also alsoat atoat alsoat at the White Pious today but bu he did didnot tikinot didnot not see the President Pre ldtnt He favors the idea of obtaining obtalnln for Washington Wablnttongovernor as asgovernor esgovernor governor some outside man who h hm ba bamade has hasmade m made 4e a record im a successful mayor in inanother another city e ty President aft however > r in deserlbedas ilescrlbed d 8rlbd as was explained in The TheTlme Therlme Times ye yesterday yefllt > terday rday as A favoring the hemp hemprule h homATlllp < vm vmrnio rnio id fdf idea > a in ras race < th the oneman form of ofiotfiim ottJfl1mpft ofgu iotfiim gu tJfl1mpft > rit it i > adopted COLD SNAP BEATSRETREAT BEATSr BEATS BEATSRETRO RETRO RETREATFROM FROM CITY CITYRising CITYRising C1T C1TRising r Rising Temperature Promised Prom Promised Promised ¬ ised for Washington for forAt forAt forAt At Least a Week j j CONSTANT CLIMB CUMBAtCRCGRY CLIMBigy igy AtCRCGRY f ERGGR1t f lJBE E 1 IT n tn tnS m14 l4 8 n n1ft11 n1ft11n m m1A m17n S n n m 1A O n m17 m17fin in 3 fin n Ii m 15 > 10 n xn 18 4 1 n a m 15 11 a in inJ5 m1 m1G G a a nu m15 J5 12 OuI124 UV > B 0 011 a m 10 I 1 p m mJ8 ml 5 7 n a m J8 I 2 n Yo sn snThemercury Themercury The mercury cite cUITib04 > bed and climbed all this morning just like the little peppers peppersgrew peppersgrew peppersgrew grew grew Furthermore says Y the weather weatherman W8fltberman weatherman man it is going to keep climbing not notprecipitously notproafpltowily notproolpitously precipitously or riotously rlo wal but gently and k surely rely unt + + it pasaaa the t e freazfhg mark mar by a good margin No mere ohlll breezes or cold clammy winds for at least a week Maybe btomorrow by tomorrow it will be juat like the gen ¬ tle springtime but the weather man la il not juat sure about that But he Is very certain that for three dis dl s at the vef ver least 1 lUJt there la to be a T0 reQlte < yit to from any freezing temperature temperatureIt It was some cold this morning though It did not seem so after the cbltMneas of yesterday Y Just before dawn the little littl stream tre m that tells the Ute of the temperature hied Itself to a snug nug corner oornerunder cornerunder under the 14 mark and stayed there until the sun rose Then began the upward climb Cold Wave Broken BrokenIn In tho North and the West t the cW cWwave C4tkIwave oklwave wave has broken It was warmer in inthe Inthe Inthe the Weat than in Washington today In the North the mercury jumped anywhere any anywhere al1Ywhere ¬ where from 10 to 30 legrreea M8 higher than it ranged yesterday morning JCornin JCorninThe The be Weather Man rolled nil tt l the cold he gathered gsthe ed in the North ana West Weetand Westand and the little package that hung around aroundWhl aroundWashington Washington Whl ton in a large bundle and let it loose on the Southland which to al alleged alleged alIeged ¬ leged to be sunny WOOD Tourists hunting huntingreapite huntingrespite respite plte from chills chJ1l who went to Florida for the midwinter encountered encounte thereyesterday there thereyeaterday thereYterday yesterday and today freezing tlMS1n weather weatherThe weatherThe The weather is not only hard on the tourists tourJ ta it threatens to injure the orange crop seriously 8tt1ou ly Leas severe cold than th that experienced today officiate otllelAIat at the Weather Bureau aay sa y hits ruin ruined the e crop cropmore and then again againalt alt It has our sur ¬ vival more freezing weather weather It all de de ¬ pends upon the state of the trees and just what amount of damage lice 11 been done will not be known Train On Time TimeBvery TimeBnry TimeRvary Bvery train came into the Union Sta ¬ tion this morning on scheduled time timeaava timeva timesave save va the Federal Express from Boa ton which was WIt about one hour and fortyflva minute late Tine alkht sll < ht con congeetlon cengeetlon geetlon UGn of freight that followed the Christmas storm ha hN been entirely cleared away a WLY The delivery deliver division of the city poet p t office reported to the th postmaster that all Clirlatmas mallft and packagea kages ware wareon delivered The delay In Jncomlug h comin mall on Christmas and the day after helpedg helpedgrather helped rather than hindered the derive delivery as It avoided avold d a eongeation in the Washington office The only delays reported were were in the delivery ry of postal cards Some of these that t arrived on Monday were not sent out until Wednesday Wednud y The only damage to telegraph wlreu wlr wires of o either company caused c u8ed by the cold wag w to the Western Union lines on the eastern shore of Maryland and Vir ¬ ginia Meaaagea to southern Delaware 1elawe 1elawewere I were subject kt kt4u to da7 The suburban street car lines wea 4u thered the u cold spell without any de 4e lays Extreme cold generally amps ape Ute trolleys trolle but that did not happen this th morning morningSEVERE mornl mornlSEVERE morningSEVERE SEVERE WEATHERKILLS WEATHER WEATHERKILLS WEATHERKILLS KILLS QUAIL QUAIICLARKSBURG QUAJLCLAIUSBURC QUAILCLARKSI31711G i CLARKSBURG W Vl VI Dec t1Reports ItRe ItReporta Re Reporta i porta from the country districts tIicts are to tothe tothe tothe 1 the effect that quail are dying ying by thou thousands thou8ands thousands ¬ sands on account of the severe weather weatherContinued w weatherContinued Rthr RthrContinued Continued on Ninth Page Pager r BRAZILIAN ENVOY ENVOYTO ENVOYTO TO SEEK ALLIANCE ALLIANCEil il t l UNITED STATES STATESMinister STATESMinister Minister Coming to Washington Wash Washington W sh shingtQn ¬ ington n to Oppose Opp se Mexi Mexican Mexican ¬ ncan can Influence InfluenceKNOX InfluenceKNOX InfluenceKNOX KNOX WILL LISTEN LISTENTO LISTENTO LISTENTO TO HIS PROPOSALS PROPOSALSMission PROPOS PROPOSALSMission LS LSMission Mission May Mean Displaeament Displaeamentof of Diaz as Primtv Power InCentral In InCentral InCentral Central America Affairs AffairsBy Affai AffairsB7 s sBy By JAMES H JT JTIn JrIn JuIn In order to p put t an ezwtGMltdoo8 en4 n44 to Mxioes W xfcxJa influence in influence Influence ¬ fluence over oV r the attaint < Ot t Central andSouth and andSouth andSouth South Amerkia Atn rkla de Bte Branca the theminister thEmlnfstP1 theminister minister of foreign xffafctt atl a > fa ils fpr ar Brazil is iscoming Iscoming Iscoming i coming to Washington 19 t arrange arrange an anagreement anaTeement agreement between his country IfDtry and the theI tbeUnited theUnited I United States which wM w it make Brazil Brazilthis Brazill Brazillthis Brazill this countrys s ally in da d dep lMg l Mg with the theinternational Iinternational I II I international problems w WJiiah ttnh may ma arise arlpeIn arisein I Iin in South or Central Amarlaa AmarlaaThis Anted AniorlesThis This information comes today ted from a aman aman aman I man oloso to tothe the Brazilian elalasay mk ssy y In Inthis InthllJ inthis this city and with It te tha additional nd additionalstatement ndfllclonalstatement ltJonal I Istatement statement that Brazil ra r rtleiizing Jlzlng the thestrained i istrained s sstrained strained relations which new J1Gexlt exit betweon be between ¬ tweon Mexico and the theTlriited United States Statessees StateSHS I sees the present pro ent aa the tjfeni dm ftr making r makinga I a coalition which will in rosAgt riiL in great greatadvantage gt8tadvanaage greatadvattago advantage to her ar fiA ais ilaIn In the de declalve dedelve decItve delve aniilng en + Itng of Meaiooapigim lexlooa x1oo plaun bn to being beingthia beingthIa beingttnkt thia eountrys chief mXfy a4 in Central CentralAmerica CentialAmerica CentralAmerica America AmericaWhite i iWhIle iWhile WhIle no opinion wa w wag 4Sfen given fven at the theState theStte theState State Department today I to the prob probable probabI probable ¬ able abI outoamo of Minister + Jlhaucrs Ai Paner ancrs pro propeeod prop pro propened peeod viait to Washington it was a ad admitted admlUed admuted ¬ muted that the relations betwean tha thaGovornment tJtsGrrvornment Govornment Go vornment aDd thut of BffuAl ant1 are ax axU exU oxtlentely tlentely U m mely ly cordial and thatthe that the United UnitedStates UnitedSttte UnitedStates States will be glad to hear any propo propositions propoalUons propoMUons ¬ sitions Braneo may care carew to make Saved the Situation SituationIt SituatI i iIt It I Sat s remembered that gMjtfp g ge + p in dlplo dlplomrUe d4plonwtlc Io IomrUe mrUe circles described de Boweo a e4 t tmca the themcn e emc1 mca who saved the Bitua sit ait t wJ1e hofttMs o1lllSGovmm8 kaidsGovernment hofttMsGovajmaxant Government t sent its ultbrim ultiir JIa wa to tpdoranding todemanding rt demanding an immadia immadiathe 1mmwJIe imstid imstidthe the Alsop claim Upon Chiles refueal refuealof retuelt of the curt demand and tho ensuing em embaraPMnent eml embaraeomcnt baraPMnent l to the United States Bran Branco Braaco co ciade r + ada the suggestion sugge sugg ton that the two twoooucrries tWuoour twooournieo ooucrries oour trIes should agree on the King of ofBnglund otBnglUN1 ofBnghnd Bnglund as the arbitrator of the claim claimCalla cla1mC claimChile Calla C ll agreed to this and the arrange arrangement Lrrangment arrangement ment was made madeTha madeThe madeThe The feeling between Brazil and Maxice Max Mexico M X XIco ¬ ico has been for some years of the bit bitterest bitterest bitterest ¬ terest kind and Brazil has been look Ing for an opportunity to Injure Mexicos influence inftue e with the United States StatesMr Mr Knox and the President aro high ¬ 1 I ly incensed against t the Mexican govermnrtnt gov government sovernmont ¬ ernment because of the part Enrique Creel played hero as the result of the thesecret theecret thesecret secret treaty between Mexico and Nica Nicaragua Nicaragua ¬ j ragua No denial is made in wellIn formed circle that tbe relations be be ¬ tween this country and the th Diaz govern government GOOInmont vern vernmont ¬ mont are ar strained and that Mexico Mexicowould Mexico Mexicowould MexJoowould would be the last country the United States would regard as ita agent or ally In dealing with 1th problem proh in South or Central America AmericaPleasure AmericaPleamT AmericaPleasure Pleasure to Brarfl BrarflBrazil Brai1Brazil BraaiBrazil Brazil has learned all this with the thekeenest thekeeneat thekeenest keenest pleasure The Brazilian prow prowhas ptouh8B presshas has already b6 begun > n tn to point mi out that + ha nAw no now is the tints for that country to come comeinto comeinto comeInto into Its ovm o as the th ally of the United States in international affairs on the American continent A A Brazilian diplo diplomat diplomat diplomat ¬ mat made the statement In Washington Washingtonaa aa far r back aa a year er ago that Brazil disliked l Mexico and was only waiting Wl U g for the chance to oust her aa the therJrmd friend of this country Brazil has been for some years tho loudest South American advocate of the Monroe Doctrine and It has b been Brazil which always notified this thl coun conntry country country try if there appeared to be danger of ofa ofvlola11on ofa a violation of that documents prosrleione pro provisions provJaton ¬ srleioneIn visions visionsIn vJatonIn In the Diplomatic Corps In Washing ¬ ton the news that de Rio Branco expects ex exto I Ito i ito to come to Washington is regarded as the most mo t important development in the i Central American situation since Mr j I Knox sent Ms oJ 1 is famous famou note to Rodri Rodrigaee RodrigOOE Rodrlgoes goes It Broncos Bd COs mission mle lon is I success successful SUeoeMtul ¬ ful it will mean hat Brasil will Im Immediately Imme Immediately ¬ me mediately ltely spring into tha prominence prominenceMexico promlnDCeMexico Mexico has enjoyed as the great friend frienand trten6and friendand and chief ally of this thf Government in the theaffairs theaffalr theaffairs affairs of the Western hemisphere If Itt Ifthis I Ithis this t country decides to undertake the thetask thetA8Ic thetask task of consolidating the countries of ofCentrat ofCentral Central America Brazil ar ari a i not Menleo Men Mexico rrexwoo ¬ leo woo will be the assistant In the h work workWell workWell workWell Well Known Here Braneo Is wall known ia Washington Washingtonand VuhlKtonand and ha h ia regarded as a one Oft o ot the ablest ablestdiplomats abl abldiploma ablestdiplomats diplomats in South America He has hasdone hasdono hasdone done a lions lion share In the upbuilding upbuildingof of Brazil Bra Il and Is said to be keenly alive aliveto JIveto aliveto j to the great advantages that Will come cometo cometo cometo to his country if he can make the agree agreement II agreement ree reement ¬ ment he desires de lro with the United States StatesThat StateThat StatesThat That the prospects of his success 8Ue aragood ar arood are aregood good ood is evident This government die dlslML d dplNMd diepleased pleased > lML ed with Mexico naturally desires deal rea a strong and reliable ally aJl in South SouthAmerica SouthAmerica SouthAmerica America BrasU presents herself as the thepower thepower thepower power which m meets ts the wishes of the theUnited theUnited theUnited United States Moreover she he has to her hercredit hercredit hercredit credit a record of many years cf cfstanch Crstanch ofstanch stanch friendship for this country countTor Mr Knox has been emphatic in his hisdeclarations hi hidecJaraUon hisdeclarations declarations that lie means to handle handlethe hAndlethe handlethe the NIcaraguan situation as he desiresand desires desiresand dealr dealrand and that he want no help from Mexico MexicoMexico Mexicoexloo MexicoMexico Mexico exloo saved relays el ya but it will be a along along along long time before it will be able to save saveanybody aveantbody saveanybody anybody else elseIn el elseIn e eIn In spite of Mr Knoxs nox coldness coldn tl toward towantexlco Mexico exlco hovever it is I known that such suchan IIuenan suchan an alliance + ns 1 Brazil Is about to pro propose proP propeso ¬ pose would ppeal > ppea very yeQ strongly to the State Department The arrangement arrangementrould arranaementMOld arrangementcould MOld not be made before the Nicaraguan NIca Nlcaraguan NIcant raguan nt < uan crisis Is settled but It would wouldaffect wouldat wouldaffect at affect t all future similar conditions and andwould andwould would in reality be one of the greats great greatblo greatsblows blows blo Mexico has ever suffered sufferedTne ButeredrIle iifferedrho rIle hope for peace in Nicaragua gua was dimmed somewhat today bv reports reportsstating rfportsstUng reportsstating stating that th t ICetrada had rejected the theovertures t1leovertule theovertures overtures r rt e Madriz nmd M1 by dispatch from Manarua to the effect that mili military mllttary ¬ tary preparations pre rl1t1oll continue there and aidthat 1 that no material changes in the per personnel peror percannel ¬ cannel of the army arranged by ex President Zelaya had teen mart martIt mtf1It made madeIt It is now considered ton lc1rrPd probable that the flghting between the two factions factionswill tactlonswlll factionsvr vr will 111 continue I Aids Switchmens Cause u H B PERFtM PERFtMOf PERIf AM AMOf Of the A A F of L Who Conferred Today With Federal Officials on Behalf of ofStriking ofStriking ofStriking Striking Railroad Employes Empla yes in Northwest FEDERAL OFFICIALS OFFICIALSCUNSIBER OFFICIALSCONSIDER CONSIDER STRIKE J3 B E hnm i m In 1181 11811ttl a aRf 1ttl Rf 1ttlmen men In Northwest NorthwestFor I For the purpose of bringing about if ifpossible ifpossible 1 possible po an adjustment adjUr tmeat of ofthe of the Impute dtoputebetween tutebetween Imputebetween between the switchman and the aerth aerthweetera aertttwesteta orth orthwestern western railroads H He B Perham head headof headof d dof of the railway department of the thaAmerican theAnrerloan American Federation of Labor had a aconference aconference aconference I conference today with Chairman Knapp Knappof i of 0 the Interstate Commerce Commission CorasalBstonand and Commissioner of Labor Neill The Thaconference Theconference I Iconterence conference adjourned at t 1 oclock when whenit I IIt it waa planned to resume sessions se slons later laterNo lILterNo laterNo No agreement rement had ben reached reachedPerbam reachedPerham reachedPerbam Perbam who arrived last night from fromthe tromtheVe fromthe the theVe West t had arranged for the confer conference oonterenco conference ¬ ence by b telegraph We are hopeful of oftrouble ote1rect1nf ofelTectin e1rect1nf elTectin a peaceful settlement ot thetrouble the thetrouble trouble he said before going goln into theconference the thoconference tbooonterenrbut conference oonterenrbut but along just what lines I ant not now DOwable able to indicate indicateThe 1ndleteThe indicateThe The telegram sent by Mayor M or Haynes Haynesof of Minneapolis urging President Pro ldent Taft Taftto TaUto Taftto to lend his official influence In uence toward a asettlement asettlement asettlement settlement of the strike was referred referredby referredby referredby by the President today to Chairman ChairmanKnapp ChairmanKDa ChairmanKnapp KDa Knapp p and 00 Commissioner Neill According to Law LawPerhams LawPerhams LawPerhams Perhams conference with 1th the two twoGovernment twoGovernment twoGovernment Government officials is in accordance accordancewith accordanoewith accordancewith with tho terms of the mediation and ar arbitration 1 1bltrtlon erbltratlon ¬ bitration law of which former Congressman Con Congressman Oonman ¬ gressman man C J Erdtnan of o Allentown AllentownPa AllentownPa I I Pa was Ute author authorTba authorThe uthorThe The socalled Brdman act was signed signedv 8Ignec1by signedby by > v President McKinley on June 1 USi In genera it provides a comprehensive comprehensivescheme comprehensivescheme e eIICheme scheme which may DUl be adopted for or the theamicable theamicable theamicable amicable settlement of strikes and lock lockouts Jookout lockouts ¬ outs out wherein are Involved a common commoni e commoncarrier mmon mmonerrl i carrier errl r doing an interstate business businessand bu lnand businessand and its employes and specifloally limits its jurisdiction to disputes dJ putes arising over overe overwages wages e hours ol otlabor labor or conditions oolldJtJ na of ofemployment otemployment ofemployment employment ani J1 where both parties parUevOluntarily partiesvoluntarily voluntarily agree < + its provisions Two methods o arbitration are speci spec ¬ lied in the measure JU88 1re the second to be beadopted beadopted beadopted adopted only after aft the first snail have failed faJ I ecl The law grants either strikers strikersand atrlkrsand strikersand and employers ti tj + i privilege rSvU 8e of submit ¬ ting their difTerr dltrerC1ce5 noes in the first place to the ComnUaf CommillEkner kner ner of Labor and the thechairman thechalrmal1 thechairman chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission for mediation The con consent COIlaent consent ¬ sent of both parties to a strike are not notnecry notnecessary j necessary in this course If the at ¬ tempts oC these two Government otScials ota otac1aJs ¬ cials to arrive at an amicable adjust1 adjt adjtment ad ust ment of the controversy are ra unavailing a second plan is provided this how 00 00ever hoever ¬ ever requiring action by both parties The law states that here may be three arbitrators In the second plan planby one named b by the employer a second by the labor organisation of which the striking men are members or if they are not members of such a union a m man > named by a majority of them and a third chosen by the two already sa 1eeted Power of Examination ExaminationTo To this board of arbitration the law lawprovides 1wpl lawprovides pl provides vtdes that both sides may submit blatt their grievances vancea in writing The Tt three threearbitrators th thIlrbltratorll threearbitrators e arbitrators have the power of calling and swearing and examining witnesses WStn They must meet within ten days from date of selection of the third member and muat reach a final decision within thirty days da > Meanwhile the law de declares ¬ clares that the status of the controversy shall not be changed changedWhatever chan changedWhate06r fd fdWhater Whatever decision d lslon the arbitrators may reach is Iliad In the United States Cir Circuit Cireu ¬ cuit eu It Court for the district wherein the he dispute dl pute occurs rnd is final unless UR legalerror legal legalerror Mealerror error is iiiseovere1 and may be enforced hy b court decree Ten days dR era given gveneither giveneither either side dissati dtaeathfted > fled with the deciaioti In which to Die vlth oJth the court excep ex tep ¬ ions and the matter Jnlltt r may then be car carried QAtrled carnod ¬ nod lthrough through thlOu h the regular Judicial procedure pro procedure procedure ¬ cedure cedureAfter cedureAttet cedureAfter After a ward by the arbitrators the em employers omploelll employers ¬ ployers are forbidden to discharge dchar e em employe emp1oy employs ¬ ploys or the employee to resign with without without 1th 1thout ¬ out justifiable ju tUtable cause for three months monthswithout monthawithout monthswithout without thirty days notice in written writtenand writingand lIUngand and the award shall haU be considered 1 in n force for one year without appeal un ¬ load 1t 8g by legal gal procedureThe procedure procedureTh procedureThA Th The three arbitrators are 10 granted 1t 1tper i1 i1per 10 10per 0 per day salary and necessary traveling travelingn expenses exl onses n i n LI VCD til jo Id IS niTPUrPs UliunLU UliunLUTUDET DITCH EO y TUDET THREE I tlllLL ARE ADC V MLLtUIn MLLtU I HI 7 H I In InTo IrlTHREE n < r rtTo 7 7To > tTo e To Rescue RescueKANSAS RescueXANAS e eKAlrpAS KANSAS CITY Doc 8LTne 3LThIsland Reck RockIsfeUMi ReckUIad Island GcMan State limited is report reportIn reported reportedto to the dHon dito lr ne near ar Trenton Mo MoThree 1tIoThree MoThree Three are reported killed Del many ia iaJured 1jured Jured JuredTho juredThe juredThe The engteo and all the cars ttiraad ttiraadover tunMdover to toover overFive over overFive overPtve Five bodies have been recovered and it is said that fifteen more a aN > e bu buried sled under the wreckage wreclta a of the train traincars TIt cars are burning floxcely it roely The wreck wrecksaid istea is said to be due to spreading n nJ1a < Jls Scores Seo tea of persons were injured and it is im ¬ possible to tell the number of oldeCJ dead The train was wrecked two aDd amiles a a half miles north of Trenton The whota train toppled over and flames soon broke out oa t in tile forward coachf s which were weresmashed Weresmashed war warsmashed e te smashed to kindling wood The flra flraworked A Aworked a aworked worked back rapidly and at last lut lastports re re reports ¬ ports was consuming the sleepers Hundreds of man from rom Kansas City Cit were ware rushed to the scene on a wrecking wreedti I train and are desperately de trying to get g et bodies out of the wreckage wr and to fight ett t back the flames The fireman roman of the tb e train train te supposed suppo ed to have ben Instant instantly T killed killedHis killedHIs killedHis His crushed body under the ea engine giAe Tbe cars were badly smashed andppaeeengera and thep the thepassengers I passengers p who escaped escape had h d to ugh flpttbelr flchttheir t their way out Many of o them crawled crawl through the windows and over heaps heapswreckage ps of GtwrtckAe wreckage to places laces of safety lIet lIetAU i All the physicians DbBlcJan yslcians at Trenton have ha vo ben be rushes ru het to the scene and our from Kansas Kan8 us City have been sent REPORT VERIFIED VERIFIEDIN IN CHICAGO OFFICECHICAGO OFFICE OFFICECHICAGO OFFICECHIClsGO j CHICAGO Dee IL 2LAccording Accordlng ecorcu to re reports re reOris reports ¬ I ports received here three persons pelllODakilled rare werekilled rarekilled killed outright and at least twentyfive twentyfiveothers twen twsutyveothers lhe lheothers i others were Injured five ft seriously ia iathe iathe inthe the wreck 1wo wo women in the sleeper sleeperwere sleeperwere sleeperwere were killed k1l1 The fireman was also in instantly iBstant1y instantly ¬ stantly killed while the engineer was wasprobably wallpru waspmbsblyy probably pru Wy fatally hurt hurtThe hurtihe hurtThe The engine was derailed his ht report reportsays reportYII reportsays says YII throwing several coaches eoach off the thetrack thettclt thetrack track The combination car and one onesleeper 088Ieeper onesleeper sleeper turned over and caught Cn ht fire fireOfficials ftreOfticlaJs AraOfficials Officials of the road said however howeverthat howeY8rthat howeverthat that owing to wire trouble they had hadregarding hadbeen hadbeen been unable to get much informationregarding information intormatJoBreprd1ng regarding the wreck They said thetrain the thetrain thetrain train was the California Special and andnot andnot andnot not the Golden Gate Limited that the thaengine th thenclne theengine engine was derailed and that three carsleft cam camleft eantleft left the tracks and turned over Their Theirreports Thmrreporte Theirreports reports indicated that the fireman name nameunknown nameunltDOwn nameunknown unknown was killed and the engineer engineerprobably endaeerNObabJ engineerprobably probably fatally Injured Several r1 pas passengers pAinprs pr prsensors ¬ sensors nprs were siu injured officials said but buthow batboW buthow how many they did not konw konwRATES konwRATES konwRATES RATES OF TAXICABSSTAND TAXICABS TAXICABSSTAND TAXICABSSTAND STAND AMENDED AMENDEDDouble AMENDEDDouble AMENDEDDouble Double Tariff Charge Is Abolished AbolishedWith AbolishedVith With Approval of ofCompanies ofCol1panies ofCoiipanies Companies CompaniesTh Col1paniesCommslraers Th The Commlaaicaors today aiaeadad aiaeadadtha a athe auhee4dedthe the regulations regulat ions governing vnlDE taxicab taxtcabby rates ratesby ratersby by striking Jltrtkl out all double tariff rates votesand ratesand Nt Nta and providing th the following toUowl charges char for forone or orone orone one to five persons personsFirst rensonaJlNt personaRiot First half mile Oe or fraction thereof W Wcents Icents 6ecents 1 cents each quarter mite thereafter thereatt 1 10 10cents 10centll 10cents cents each tour minutes of waiting 10cents 10 10cents 18cent cents centsTbe centsThe centTbe Tbe principal effect of the amend amendment amendment amendmeat ¬ ment Is to increase 1n < 1AII8 from 38 to It 5 cants cantsthe centllthe the harp for tile use of the taxicab taxioabfor taxtcbtor taxicabfor for a abort distance Under the present presentregulations peaeDtreguJatIons presentregulations regulations a taxicab may be sent two twomiles twomiles mil miles and then carry carr a passenger a aquarter aquarter aquarter 1 quarter of a mile tile tariff for which whichis is only 30 cents The proposition is to tomake tomake tomake make a flat rate of 60 cents cen for the thaservice thec service serviceTh lIMVieeT servi serviThe c Th T The e other change ehlUl adds EO eearts an anhour anhour anhour hour for waiting time The taxIcatt taxIcattcompanle8 xfafr xfafrwhat companle8 on their part pertas agree to abolash abol abolIlIh ash what is t known as the theagree agreela double doub la tariff i iand and will h hereafter r aftt carry t lTY Any number tarif1 of ofp 0r ofpersons r p persons uons = on from on ona 11 to live at the same samerat samerate rate rat j ANKL IS KILLED KILLEDWHEN WHEN HENFRE1GHTHITS HENFRE1GHTHITSI FREIGHT HITS HITSMONTREAL I MONTREAL MONTREALEXPRESS MONTREALEXPRESSSpencer EXPHES EXPHESSpencer Spencer Trask i New > few Toni YorliMillionaire TOflJVliIIionaireJ ToniMillionaire Millionaire Meets Death DeatftIn DeathIII DeathIn In CollisfonBIG CollistoIiBJG Collision CollisionBZG BIG ENGINE PLOWSINTO PLOWS PLOWSINTOREAR PLOVSINTO INTOREAR INTO REAR SLEEPER SLEEPERUocfc lock k Signals Sign Overlooked Is Belaf Be BeKaf Be1iaftofOffiCtaIs4nvcsti Kaf 1iaftofOffiCtaIs4nvcsti 1iaftofOffiCtaIs4nvcstigat of OfficJals Offel alsInvestl alsInvestlation Investi Investigation ¬ gation gat ation n nN Slartsd SlartsdKEW i taite taiteice ice N WYO YORK De Dec 8perice 8periceTtask Spenca SpencaTiask Spencfarlc Tiask T > + ask millionaire New Ycdc y farlc t bulk bulker bai ifc ifcert io ioer ert er head of the great private bairn bairnhouse baiipng b ng house of Spencer Trask sk Co COva COvaJinntly wsi wsiJmstantly i a aiinstantl Jmstantly iinstantl killed at 8 oclock 1 OCk thimorning this thislniomin f friioiriini lniomin morning ir irpress when the Montreal ex expess ep > press p Ss of the New York Central Centralsfcinding entrastUlding Centralstlndin stlndin sfcinding on the main line at Cn Cnton Cn Cnton CmEton > > ton thirtyfour miles from Net NetYork NewY elf elfYcrk York Y rrk was was run down by a soutfc souflhbound soutfcbound ufhbound bound freight train trainTwo tramTwo trainTwo Two negro porters James E EBell EBell I Bell and Scipio S Jackson were hljured in injured injured jured and taken to a hospital it kOssinjng itOssining itTheir Ossinjng 0ssin3Their g Their in injuries juries are not nolserious notserious notserious serious seriousNo seriousNo seriousNo No cause for tI the a wreck Bas j let yelbeen t tbeen been assigned gned bat t t tlte e ie q QfD fiats als ol olthe 01the ofthe the road intimate that thatit it was was caused calfby causedby causedby by the negligence n 1igente of the crew of the tbefreight t tfreight thefreight freight train rain all of whom escaped escapedinjury escapedinjury escapedinjury injury injuryCAUSE CAUSE OF WRECK WBECKTh WRECKT4 WRECKTh Th > second section of the theMont theMontreal Mont Montreal Montscab ¬ I real express res had been stopped spp stn P1 at atCraton t tCroton Croton Btziypii sta on by the auaaitto auaaittoA an utqplf afro afrosignaling tlQ tlQsfgzial1I1 signaling ds3vica de ca whIch Rain Watzit f e eA eA A similar signal sIgz aI half ha been setto set setto setto to warn tho engineer of the follow following 1aHowfag followfag ¬ fag freight that the express had hadstopped hadstopped hadstopped stopped The wa war vanjlng 1ng was evidont evidantly ly ignored for the massive freight freightcrashed freIghtcrashed freightcrashed crashed into the rear end of the ex express expre5 ¬ press pressThe pre5The proseThe The Trask family has had many znis znisfartunes mtertunes misfortunes fortunes to the past few years HIs Hlafour HIstour four children died within a single week weekand WeekaDd and airs Trask has been an Invalid nvalidever nvalldeer ever since last August A In an taitoroo taitoroobUe IrtomoDIk bile accident la Boston the glass wind wtodshield wmdshield windshield shield VaS smashed and Trasks eye so soseriously 60seriously seriously Injured that the surgeons had hadto hadto to remove it to save the sight of the thaother theother other eye eyeTrask eyeTrask eyeTrask Trask lived most of his time at his hisSaratoga hisSarato Saratoga Sarato estate coming mlRg once or twica twicaa a week to his business in New York TorkAt YorkAt At Saratoga b M had 2W acros including inchxUBSa I c1udlAa a l Jake ke and many beautiful drives It Itwas nwas Itwas was one of tao show places of t Saratoga Saratogaand SaratosaDd ° and visitors were Mooted In the thegroua grounds grotindsA groua s ssecond A second summer home of the dead deadmvitimltlionalre de41mtlitimIlH deadmultimtlionalre mvitimltlionalre mtlitimIlH nare WM his Trio Island adRetre81 Retreat at laKe George GeorgeTrask GeoneTrulc GeorgeTrask Trask occupied the drawing room r m on the rear sleeper of the tI Montreal ax axpreas Xpro axpress press pro into which tfc tN heavy freight t en engine GO GOglne engine ¬ gine plowed H He was instantly kled kledTbe kBle4The kitiedThe The Montreal express ooasisted af r saw sawbaggage eobtL5 easebaggage baggage btL5 e car two 3ay coaches and AdalMIS Aresleepers Are ftvesleepers sleepers It rules runs over the thoDiware thoDiwareDel Delaware Delwareand Delawareand and Hudeon Mae to Trey p and from that thatcity thatcity thatcity city to t New York runs over the tracks traoksof traokaor of the New York Central CentralThe CeatraJThe CotraLThe The southbound freight in charge chargeXngineer of ofEoginear c cnac Xngineer nac Flanlgan and Coeduetec Conduetetfelt Gl Glfat 9so 9sof f fat felt lt w was s following the express expressSignals expl8NSignals expressSignals Signals Overleoksd OFerlookedFar OverleoksdFor 01lU1GokedFer For BOOM unknown reason tbtalleel the frsKSat frsKSatfailed tsa g t tfailed failed to see the Week bleektruck asjaate ens cad cadstruck sadstruck struck the last car ia the sx expense UKMCf tss with wttbIta withterrifq terrifq Sortie f e The MY MYUa engine pirare pirareits its way over and through the last of ofthe Oftbe ofthe the PuUn Pullmans Pa1IDIRsTraek PullmansTrask aae aaeTrack Track who was returning l te teYork New NewYork NewYork York from ate ceuntr pIa pleas at atteP 9IU 9IUte 111saa 111saatosa te teP a was ia the a g meat ro ei at thevery the thevery tMeT very eT end of r t taw eD ta The heavy heavyeastoe 1 eY7lD4e heavyengine engine prate i Aloar dtl wod et the thedrawing 1M4raWIDc thedrairtng drawing rera and Mr Task Taakma hecrtaty hecrtatymangled het hetmangled mangled gIedws was Instantly I killed ktttedA killedA killedA A part porter r 011 o the t o sieaalaj oar na DUlt8 DUlt8yet napaeas a asa sa yet unknown was kU killed and ta taotAeiate tile tileoddaIs t9teeSelals otAeiate of the New N Tock Central d deatre dcIIRe de deeMxe eatre ese no other Brsa was wutbMach kM kited kitedthough 4 4theuga though it has keen taaaosBibfe I Fat to tolearn toMNIL tolearn learn wli wtQ it wa waOB1y wasOnly was wasOnly Only two cars ia I the express train tmlawere trainwere Rwre were unmaped unmapedWiscktw dm da ltd ltdWreckene dmVItek Wiscktw VItek Sat S at Out OutWrecktajf OatWracking Wracking trains aI wen scat out oatNew Jagm JagmNew gsmNew New York and Ossining Osstaia and trees Uw Uwlatter th thlatter titslatter > latter place sevexal doctors helacr beIIIcto asst asstto a at atto to take care of th the injured injuredAa 1nJwedAa InjuredAn Aa of otfcll Acial of the New York Xor Central Centraldeelaros Centraldeclle Centraldeclares declares that tbe road has Installed tn tnanatie titthat inthat that Nt of the line the onset auto autetic automatic anatie tic block signals 8IcM obtalaabls and and41eel ad added added ¬ ded that while the e cause ca of the wreck wreckhad WTPrJtAd whYrltbed had not been mxtd th the officials oa la1s could couldnot coul coulaot couldnot not see how the freight crew had hldterti r on ontared + r rtered tared the block with the express tntl tntlmatjag in inmating 1 1t mating t that th t signals Sca l lac I k be b n r inoted i ig ignored g gJIOret ¬ noted noredTraffic JIOretTratfto notedTratSo Traffic was not Ions l l delayed the thewrecking therecklng thewrecking wrecking crew < getting ttlng the tn two damaged d t ti i c i