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WHOLE NUMBER 18,116.
lilCHMOND, VA., SUNDAY, DECEMBER 26,1909.
TIIE WEATHER. TO-DAY?Falr.
PBICE MVE CENTS.
WESTERN MUL1
Locomotive Works to
Build Twenty Engines
forC.,H. &D.
TOTAL COST NEAR
HALF MILLION
Payroll for Past Week Exceedcd
$20,000, This Bcing Largest
of Year ?? Strike Settled,
With Removal of Vice
Presidcnt Van Al
styne.
HalF Million Order.
The Rlcbmund lirnncli of Ihe
Amerlrait I>oromotlvc Company bo*
rccelved nu order for twrntj- loro
tiioflvcH from llte (."InrlniifiM, Ilain
lllon iiml Dnylou Ilnllrund, Ibe coat
of vthlrli wlll nitiount to nenrly
?r?O0,04MI. Wllb <be orders nlren.l.v
on ttle Ihe plont wfl linve Hutttrlcnt
work co keep It bm?y ?n full llme
untll July J, nlthouKb nddlllonal or
dcra rvlll be ciiinliiis lu later from
ollier roatln.
At tho Rlchmond .Branch of thf
Amerlcan Locomotive Workfi, th<
Christmas pay-roll, glven to the mer
un Frlday for the current week. wat
the largest slnce me rai] of 1907, ane
nhows ihe eMabllshment to be ln ful
operatlon, notwlthstandlng Ihe recehl
?llRagrcement betweon bollermakert
and the management. The amouni
paid out ln caeh for the week. exceed?
cd i;o,noo.
Tlio works closed down for the holl
days Christmas Bve atmldday, anc
thousands of men gafhered aroun'd th'
offlce for thelr envelopes. A wagon
load of money had been sent out frmr
ono of tha downIown hanks. undei
guard, and ln the uricfcst apace o
time posslble the largest w.cekly sun
of money was paid out to the men.
Strtke I'riKileiilly Settled.
As to the strike. Superintenden
Marshali hays' there rcally Isn't any
The troublo was limited to the boiler
makers' shop. where more than 1CM
men walked out tomc weeks ago be
cause of a. dlsagreement hctween tht
unlon and the company over the man
ner of payment for pkee work, cacl
fcide clalmlng that the other had bro
kcn faith, On Friday tho 11st Fhowet
C38 men ln the bolJcr and tank depart
ment?practlcally all, accordlng to.tht
buperlntendcnt. who are needed. Al
though there are yet a few men out
others have been found to take thel
placea, and the statement Is made tha
the work ln all departtnents ls pro
gresKlng rapldly and without lntcrrup
iton.
A dlspatch from the Schenectadj
works ?f the company. recejved yester
day, said that after a conferenco be
twecn James McXaugnton. who ha:
fiiicceeded David-Van Alstine as vlce
presldent In charge of the manufactur
ing department of the Amerlcan Loco
tnotlve Company, W. L. Reld, manage
of the Schenoctady plant. and dele
gates from the botlermakers, tankmei
and cranemen's unlon. It wasannouncet
lhat the strike called December 7 wouh
bc settled. A meeting at whlch the de
tails of the settlement are to be ar
ranged, as far as tho Schencctady work
Bre concerned, ls to be held to-morrow
From all accounts the matter seems b
havo adjusted Itself at the RIchmoni
-works.
This is shown by Ihe dellvery yes
terday mornlng of the first of the bie
new Baltlmore and Ohlo Rallroad en
gines, one of clghty-four being ercctei
at the Richmond works. Tho first en
gine was turned over to the RlcBmond
Fredericksburg and Potomac yester
day for dellvery to the Baltlmore an<
Ohlo roundhousea in Baltlmore, an>
others wlll follow from week to weel
B3 thoy 'come from the palnt Hhop.
Order for Twenty Euginen.
A new order for twenty engines wa
enterea by tho Rlchmond works o:
Frlday for the Clnclnnatl, Hainllto:
and Dsyton. These are to bo of th
consolldated frelght type, and are t
be ready for dellvery ln May and Jun<
Whllo the cost price was not glven ou'
lt Is belloved that the total wlll amouh
to $400,000 or $500,000.
Tho pay-roll of the plant ls grad
ually creeplng up, each week for th
past slx months havlng seen a sub
stantlal increaso In the; amount c
money put Into clrculatlon. It ls bc
lleved that lt wlll shortly amount t
$25,000 a week. Superlntendent Mai
shall sald yesterday that, countlng th
new order, the .jvork now ln hand wa
BiifBcIent to run the works on full tlm
for tho next slx months. Work I
progressing rapldly on tho new offl(
bulldlng-, whlch, when completed, wl
allow the use of space now occuplc
by offlces for enlargements to the me
chanlcal plant. Stll'l further enlargc
ments are in contemplatton.
MAYOR 0BJECTS
Oeclorea That Newapaper lleporta D
Snvnnuah Injiiatlce.
ATLANTA, GA.. December 25.?Mayi
Goorge W. Tledeman, of Savanna!
takea exceptton to tho accounts of tr.
recent trlple murder ln that cltjt. 1
cent out by Savannah corresponden
of out-of-town papers. He clalms tn;
the storles of tho excitement the ntgl
bf tho murder, whlle tho hunt for tt
Blayer was ln progress, were great!
nxaggerated. Ho declares that. the)
wero only four arrests for the crlm
lhat threo of- these wore whlte mei
that no heavlly armed.men asslstod tt
pollce: that.no hand-bllis wero prlntc
ileBCrlblng the murderer; that no n
jjroes asked to be locked up for pf
tectlon; that no Innocont men we'
fjttaclced; that no doors were brok<
?p'pen'oi- fencos levoled; that he, 1
Mayor, hovar suppres&ed or attemplt
to suppress an edltlon of a paper. Tl
layor adds:
*.i "These st.ntements do a grave |i
{ustlce to the cltlzens of Savannah, wl
llsplayed a regard for law under tl
(?xtraordlnary clrcunifitnnceB thatr
ifcctetl credlt upon tha community,'
NEW SHIP SUBSIDY BILL
H Jn Sliroirn lo rresldent and U Wlll
I'rohably Vamn.
WASHINOTON, December 2E.?A Bhlp
Biibnldy blll that can pasa Congress
and meet tho approval of the Presl?
dent HoemH to be ln slght. Congrccs
man Humphrey, of Washlngton. wlth
the metnhers of tho Merchant Marlno
Commltteo of the House. vlsllcd Presl?
dent Tnft and lald before hlm the
blll Introduced at tho lont sesBlon, wlth
amendments whlch have slnce been
made. The amended blll met the ap?
proval of the Presldent, lt is sald.
Mr. Humphreys and John Hays Ham
mond. a member of the commlttec w-Jho
hnd tho matter largely In charge,
agreed that the blll would not be
made public untll It ln Introduced In
Congress on January 4.
Further than to say that tho amend?
ed blll Is nclther a stnilght shlp subsldy
measure, proposlng to subsldlze by
lonnage and voyage. nor a. mall
Fiibsldy blll, nelther the chalrman nor
any of Ihe m?>mberr, of the commltteo
would tell of Its provlslons. lt ls
known. however, that the atnendments
were worked out wlth the aid of tho
Merchant Marine League, whlch hos
Its headqiiarters at Clcveland. O-. and
the blll aa lt stands wlll have tho
aupport of lhat organlzatlon.
Further than to say that the blll
wotiid provlde for the general encour
agement of Amerlcan ehlpplng, Mr.
Humphreys would say nothing
UPSETS KANSAS BANK LAW
titinmutee of Drpoalm Iuvnlld, Federal
Judge UcclarcB-?tiovernor DlMcntB.
TOPEKA. K._n'., December 25.?
Judgc John C. Pollock, in tho United
KtateH Distrlct Court here, ln a de?
cision declarod iho Kansas Bank Guar
anty law to be lnvalld.
Judge Pollock granted two lnjunc
tlons. One case was that of Frank S.
Larabee, a stockholder ln the Ex
changc State Bank of Hutchinson,
agalnst tho offlcers and dlrectora of
the bank, and J. N. Dolley, Stato Bank
Cotninlssloner. His contentlon was
lhat a stockholder ln a State bank
can object and prcvent the partlclpa
rTon of his bank In the guaranty law.
Judge Pollock upheld this argument'ln
every partlcular.
The other case was that of the Abl
lene Natlonai Bank agalnst the Bank
Commissloner and State Treasurer on
the ground that the State guaranty
law ls unconstltutlonal. Judge Pol?
lock ln this cas? held the law lnopera
tlye and llxes a bond of $50,000 to bo
glven by the bank pendlng final dlspo
sitlon of the case.
? ?-?
MAKES BRIEF ADDRESS
Bryan Itecovcrii Suluelently to Appenr
tu l'ubllc.
MIAMI. FL.A-. December 25.?Wll?
llam Jennlngs Bryan, who Is en route
to Cuba and SouTh Amerlcan polnts,
stopped at Fort Bauderdale to-aay to
lnspect the State .Irainage work. in
company wlth tormer Uovernors Jen?
nlngs and Broward.
Mr. Biyan was scheduled to dellver
a lecture here tonlglu, but was forced
to cancel the engagement on account
of his condltlon. He made a brlet talk,
however. at the audltorium.
Mr. Bryan coughed at close lnter
vala durlng hla talk. Speaklng of the
Btate dralnage work. he sald: "I be
tlevo the peoplo of Florlda wlll have
a very large and productlve area of
land ln the Everglades." Ho sald that
he had watched tho progress of the
work of reclamation of this vast area
very closely. Mr. Bryan will leave to
morrow for Cuba, thence to Jamalca,
where he wlll Joln Mrs. Bryan and his
daughters. His present tnp calls for
a ten-days' stay ln Colon, a trlp
through Peru. Chlle. Argenttna, Brazii,
Venezuela and Porto Klco, returnlng to
his horne at Llncoln, Neb.. May 1,
next. . _^^ ,
MOST PRIZED BY EDISON
Phonograpb. Itceord Made of Dr. Wi
Worda.
LLEWELLYN PAKK. N. J.. Decem?
ber :>5._-Thomas A. Edlson s most
prlz^d Christmas present is a pnono
cranh record mado for hlm by Dr.
*Vu Ting-fang. Chlna's retirmg inin s
tcr to tho United States. Dr. \V u vls
Ited the 'wizard yesterday. and. after
inspecting the Inventor's plant and
aaking Innumerable questlons about
everythlng he saw. talKed lnto one of
Mr- Edlson's phonographs.
The record whlch he left behlnd hlm
Is as follows: .
"December 21. 100S?Mr. Edlson has
just showed me a great many won
tlerful thiues. Ho is a great man.
I have hcard about hlm for many years
and have always wanted to meet hlm.
??He has also heard of me, he sayB,
and I thlnk we are both glad that we
met. He is a remarkable Inventor,
typlfylng this twentleth century, the
ase of great thlngs.
'?Mr. Edlson ls stlll a young man
and wlll do yet more wonder ul
thlngs. WU TING-FANG."
HOLD UP CASHIER
Ylasked Men Invade Chleago Store and
HUle Cash Drawer.
CHICAGO. December 25.?Hlghway
men ran rlot on tho North Slde last
nlght, robbing their vlctlms of va
rlous sums of money. and ln ono ln
stance catislng a panlc among goore.s
o? shoppers. . ?
Two men. both masked, entered,' a
store about 0 o'clock. and crowdlns
thelr way to the rear ordered G. A
Grtmm. tho cashler, to throw up his
hands. Flvo patrons of tho place. werj
also pushed lnto tho cashler's offlee
and ordered to stand wlth thelr handi
up whlle one of tho thleves held a re^
volvcr polnted at them.
Women fled screamlng. whlle ? th<
second thlef rlfled the cash drawer
taklng $280 and certlfled checks foi
more than $300.
Slx other hold-ups were reported t(
the police.
a .
BOY SAVES THREE LIVES
Act Wlll Be Called to Attention. o
Carncgle Hero Kund
[Special to The Times-Dlspatch.]
TERRE HAUTE, TND., December 26
_Allan Blood, fourteen years old, b
Graysvllle, saved threo llves to-day b;
such qulck aotion and courage that hl
act wlll be called to tho attention o
Carneglo Hero Fund. Three boy
broke through the lce whlle skatlng
Allan Blood broko n. llmb from a trec
and taklng hold of another llmb, brok
~*he shore.tce untll ho hadwaded up t<
his neck. He then extended tho brancJ
to the boy8 who were cllnglng to th
lce and pulled them one after. th<
other to the shore.
Merehnnts' Fnl.nl Quarrel.
CHARBEBTON, D, C'.j December 35,~
At Laneaster. S, C, - this ? afternoor
.Tc-sse C. Sowell, a merchant, was sho
nnd kllled by A. C. Carnee, also a mer
phant, the dlfflculty, lt ls alleged, hav
,fng grown out of a scuffle begun ln i
frtendly SPlrlt. Cnrnes was lodged li
jall, He olalms that Sowell was chok
ing hlm when ho ftred. Tho. woun
proved fatai lu hall an hour. , Jaojye]
ypi ? l'yiprm^id. - - - ..? --. ??.... -..
"BEEH"1?
ffiRTJipK
Publicans and Brewers
Count Heavily in
Campaign.
ODDS NOWFAVOR
LIBERAL PARTY
Factions Unified and Consolidat
cd Into Fighting Machinc.
Coming Election Is the All
Absorbing Topic Through
out England?Balfour
Out of Battle.
DY WII.LIAM T. STEAI).
(Bpecla! Cablo to The Tlmts-Dlapatcb.}
LONDON*. December 25.?How will
the general election go? That ia tho
all-absorblng riuestlon thls Chrlstmas
tlde in England. Ther answer Ia that
lt would be certaln to go for the Lib
erals but for tliat unknown x of the
sltuatlon?the publlcan. Tho landlord
of th* tavern counts for far more ln
the appeal to the country In England
than the landlord of the land.'lt ls
the "beerage" and not the peerage
whlch wlll defeat the government, it
defeated It should be. All the other
elements of success are on the slde of
the Liberals. The publlcan and the
brewer. the vendors of beer and the
distlllers of whlskey are the real
enemj-, tho only formldable foes now
threattfning the minlstry with defeat.
But for what is known here as "the
trade" it would be a walkover for the
government.
Wlth that great and menaclng ex
ceptlon I do not remember any general
election In whlch the Liberals had so
many advantages ln thelr favor. The
flrst elementary axlom of Brltlsh polf
tlcs I3 that whenever the Liberals are
unlted they are always able to beat
the Conservatives.
It ls only when mutiny and dlscus
slons rage In the Llberal camp that.
thelr opponents have even a. chance
of success. The. lmmedlate result ot
the actlon of the peors haa been to
unlfy the ranka of their opponents.
If they had passed the budget and al
lowed the rnlnlsters another sesslon
In whlch to entanglo themselves hopo
lecsly ln the coiln of Welsh dlsestab
llshment. the dissension and discon
tent of large sectlons ln the Llberal
army would have brought about aCon
servatlve vlctory.
Wlll Vote Agalnat Lordn. .
As things are. the Irlsh National
Ists, who nre ultramontane CathoIIcs,
wlll vote as one man wlth the Engllsh
non-conformlsts agalnst the House of
Lords. whlch, for hundreds of years,
has been their constant and deadly foc.
The other cleavage ln the popuiar
ranks, the trouble betwecn thn Lib?
erals and the Labor party, has been
mlnlmlzed by the rejectlon of the bud?
get. Although there is no formal con
cordat between the two parties, there
is an anxious desire on both sides to
arrlve at amlcable compromlses on a
glve-and-take prlnclple. Thls will
proba.bly save twenty seats to tho Lib?
erals, whlch -would otherwlse have
been captured by the opposltlon. It 13
admltted by every one that the Llb?
eral factions have been unified and
consolldated Into a compact fighting
force. It is also a matter of common
knowledge that the opposltlon does
not expect to make any material in
road upon the Llberal strongholds of
Wales and Scotland, or on the Na
tionalist prcserve ln Ireland.
It ls generally believed tha't they do
not estimato thelr ; chances hlghly In
the north of England. All thelr hopes
are based upon what ihey can do In
wlnnlng seats in England soutli of the
Ilumber. It is here, lf any where, that
the publicans wlll capturo seats for
the peers.
Another great disadvantage under
whlch the Conservatlves are labortng
ls jthe fact that thelr one and only
leader. Mr. Balfour, ls for the present
out of tho fight. Never was there a
Brltish statesman who had so unfor
tunate and so lncorrlgible a tendency
to get hlmself lald up wlth influenza
or bronchitls at the critlcal moment
when he can least be spared. He has
been lald up for a fortnight.
MORE MEM01RS
Theresc Huuibert Protnliies to Glvo
Fresh Sennatlons to tbe AVorld.
BY MARdUIS DE CASTELLANE.
[Speclal Cable to The Times-Dispatch.]
PARIS, December 25.?Thereso Hum
bert, LaGrande Therese, who conjured
up the mythlcal Crawfords and de
frauded tho publio out of soveral hun
dred milllons, had nothing to show to
sustaln the fraud'but a blt of worthless
paper whlch she kept locked ln a safe.
The impudence of the fraud. passes all
bounds.
Thls famous woman ls now about to
publish her. "memolrs." Let me add
that she served a term in prlson?flve
years, I thlnk?and I should thlnk
would soon serve another term. Thls
announcement follows fast upon th*
forthcoming puhllcatlon of Madame
Stelnhell's memolrs. Thus twy hero
ines of two celebrated lawsults are
ready^to tell some tales out of school
Tnereso Humbert promises some
genulno revelatlons. Among othei
things, Bhe makes the wlld promlse tc
prove by documentary evidence thai
she ls the daughter of the Empresi
Eugenle. She furthen makes the
shameful deolaratlon that she car
prove that Marshal Bazalne, who be
trayed France at Metz, ls her long
lost father. Sho adds. by way oi
whettlng the appotlta of an expectant
public, that sho recelves an annua
pensl6n from EugeTiIis paid her regu
larly by M. Fletrl,- who ls the secre
tary of the Empress.
She goes further sttll and proclalmi
h'erself sole heiress of Eugenle, prom
Islng to pay off all her Indebtedness
Of course, lt goes without saylng tha
the book, lf U lu allowed to be pub
llshed at al). wlll not be glven' to tht
public untll .after tho "deHth'of th'<
venerablo ? Em press.'. Engenla; is ejghty
three. Perhaps -we sh.aU.' inot lonj
have to walt, ?? . '?, * ? ;'.'
But.lt is a llttle late.ln the daiy tt
attajclc, the blamelesa ? repfi'tatlc-n' 0:
Eugenle, who, when . .Napoleori: III
asked haw he could wln h'eri' Yeplled
"By. Jeadins m? to, tho altur, slre,"
REAL CHRISTMAS LAND
MrB. Pcnry DlBcourne* of Ifnlldny De
llarblN In the Arrllr.
(Spr>clal to Tho Tlm'B-l.ilspaich.l
WASHINGTON, D. C, December 25.?
Tho real Christmas Itmd. accordlng to
MrB. Peary, wlfe of Commander Peary,
Ih any place Insldo the Arctlc clrolo on
December 25. Thero, Christmas day ls
not and the nlght lasts for about nlne
ty days. . There Is no on,] of the cele?
bration o.nd but for the ehrojiometcr
you could not tell whether It was tlme
to g^t up or lle down. The celebration
if al| ln the darlc, as It were. To-day
the Commander .dlned wlth Mrs. Peary.
MrB. Peary's mother and slster, and
the Peary chlldren at the home of the
"Fartherst North" ln Washlngton.
Last year the commander had dlned
at Capo Sherldan on Christmas Day.
Tho celebration wan on board tho
Roouovelt. Both Mr?. Peary and th?
commander say that venlson of the
carlbou kind Is delirlous and that
stewed mualt o* or" brollod walrus Ia
pomethtng that even Bncullus would
havo dled for, much less havo gono to
the farthest North to taste.
"Besldes," sald Mrs. Peary. "there
are plum puddlngs at these Arctlc
Christmas dlnnorp, and plenty of good
thlngs to drlnk. Iln flne. dlnlng every
Wherc depends on the housekeeper and
where you have to keep house In tho
dark tho reBUlts are eorrspondlngly
more fasolnatlng. Talklng about clvll
fzed practlces ln the Arctlc. why the
whole Peary Christmas party of cele
brants was photographed by flashlight
last year."
TWO ADMIRERS; ENDS LIFE
AVIdow Tokes Polson lo I>i:npe the
TaBk of Chooslng.
ST. LOUIS; Dee?mber 25.?Unable
to choo?e between two admlrers. Mrs.
Josephlne Molll. a wldow of Livlng
stone. a mlnlng vlllage near Edwards
vllle. 111., ended her llfe wlth strych
nlne.
In a letter, slgned "The Unfortu
nate." Mrs. Molll declared that one of
tho aspirants for her hand exerted a
baleful lnfiuence" over her, so that
she could not make ,ip her mlnd to
v/ed the o.ther. although she loved hlm,
she thought. more than the flrst
Mrs. Molll wroto her wlll, and ad
dressed Christmas cards to half-a
oozen frlends. Then she wnt to h?r
bedroom. put on her best clothes and
swallowcd flfteen grains of Btrych
nine.
She kept a boardlng house. at whlch
l-rank Elppan and Henry Mltfeer her
admlrera. Hved. She owned consldera
toeM^t??s!er?'? a" th'S 8he be(?"eathed
HUSHING THE CHURCH BELL
Paitor "Would Substltute a Flashlng
, ScarcbJIght.
NEW YORK. December 25.?To do
away with the "old-tlme" bell-rlnglng
as a summons for churchgoers at
nlght, whlch he thlnks annoys the 111
and infirm near the church, a Brook
lyn pastor has conceived the novel ldea
of flashlng a 'powerful searchllght
from the belfry. The searchllght wlll
be placed 200 feet from the ground,
on the spire of the First Reformed
Church in Brooklyn. lt wlll throw Its
rays at a fixed tlme before the Ber
vices begln, and the flashing wlll con
tinue durlng the church hours to at?
tract the tardy and backsllders. \
The Rev. James Farrar. pastor of
the church. announceH that the llght
will be in place with the beginning
of the new year.
KILLED IN AUTO ACCIDENT
Machine Turned Ttirtle and Ifrld Oc
cupants Under It.
[Special to Tho Tl/nes-Dlspatch.l
TERRE HAUTE. BND., December 25.
?Mrs. James Proctor was instantly
kllled and Dr.' W. Curtbaugh fatallv
Injured. when an automoblle turnei!
turtle near Syvanla. north of Terrc
Haute. Mrs. Proctor's slx-year-olc
stepson esoaped Injury. The machine
skldded on the snow comlng down a
steep grade. Mrs. Proctor fell undei
the machine, and was badly mangled
Dr. Curtbaugh also was caught. undei
the heavy part of the automoblle, anc
when surgeons arrlved at a farn
house, to whlch he was carrled, ? thej
found hlm dying. His home is in Tan
gler, and Mrs. Proctor llves ln Port
land Muls. He was taking her tc
Frecman to spencl Christmas Day.
ATTEMPT TO KILL EDITOR
Excltement Created by Shot Fired ot
IVewspaper Man ln cairu.
[Special to The Tlmes-Dispatcn.l
CAIRO. ILL., December 25.?E. W
Thielecks, editor of the Calro Bulle
tln, was flred upon about 7 o'cioct
last night by an unknown person. Th'
shot was nred at hlm through the wln
dow whlle he was at work at his desit
and the ball lodged ln tho wall a rev
lnches from his face. Gtass wju
thrown over hlm, and several plece:
cut his face. He has been very bltte
ln the columns of the Bulletln wltl
charges of graft agalnst the Clty Pollc,
Department, as well as a number o
others, and the shootlng. whlle stlil :
mystery". has stlrred up conslderabli
excltement,
???
SATOLLI )S DELIRIOUS
?Pope Plus Grlelv-gr Over the Cardl
uuI'h Condltlon.
ROME, December 25.?Cardinal Fran
cis Satolll's condltlon grows constantl;
worse and at lntervals to-day he be
came delirlous. Pope. Plus is greatl;
grleved over the aerlous lllncss of Car
dlnal SatollI and frequently sends hl;
prlvate secretary to Inqulro lnto thi
condltlon of tho cardinal. Mgr. Den
nls O'Connell, auxlllary blshop of Sai
Franclsco, and former rector of thi
Cathollc Unlverslty at "Washlngton
mado lnqulry to-day for Cardinal Sa
tolll.
Cardinal SatollI is euffering fron
nephrltls and compltcatlon of blooi
polsonlng.
WOULD ANNEX KOREA
Japanese Statemunu Cltea Amerlcai
Actton ToTt-ards Huwall.
VICTORIA, B. C. December 25?
Count Hayashl, former forelgn mlnls
ter of Japan, ln an Intervlew pub
lished ln Japanese Shlmbo, i-ccelve<
ln yestorday's mall, advocates the an
nexatlon' of Korea by Japan, citlng i:
defense of his stand tho example o
Amerlca's annexatlon of Hawali. H
recltes tho hlstory in that rogard l:
detail, and says that Japan'o lnteres
ln Korea Is greater than was that o
the United States ln Hawali, and h
urges the Immedlate annexatlon o
Korea. a step in whlch ho says "
1| thlrd power has no rlght- tq Interfere.
A"ttNIQUE PRESENT
Cougvesauian Gets Petltion* and Pay
Cuargea to Boot.
[Speolal to The Tlmen-Dlspatch.]
WASHINGTON, D. C, December 25.
Congressman Neleon P. "Whoelor, c
Endeavor, Pa., got from his ?conBtltti
enta probably the most unlque Chrlsl
mas present that waa ever recelve
ln Washlngton;
A earefully wrapped and tlefl bundi
he opened and inslde of It was foun
letters, petltlons, rosolutlans, by th
fannors of Endeavor, Pa.. agalnst th
mamifaoture of oleanmrgarTne. An
tho Congressman had to pay 58 coal
e*?roBs cljargea io boot^.
ON CHRISTMAS DAY
Not Internally, But as
Much-Mooted Public
Problem.
HIS VERDICT NOW
READY FOR PUBLIC
President Spends Quiet Holiday,
Devoting Portton of It to
Work?Diplomats Furnish
Picturesqueness to Celc
bration ? Eggnog
Parties Popuiar.
WASHINGTON. D, C? December 26,?
From the Presldent of the natlon to
the humblest rerldent. tho cltlzens ot
Washlngton enjoyed one fcaturo of thls
holiday In common?a glorlous whlte
Christmas". Wlth tho flrst llght of
dawn to-day came the falllng o? blg
whlte snowflakcs, and by the tlme most
of the people of tho clty were astlr
the surfaco of the ground was covered
to a depth of half an lnch or more
wlth a carpet of snow.
Presldent Taft nnd his famlly spent
Christmas ln no dlfferent matiner from
that of thousands of others. Charlle,
the youngest member of the Fresl
dent's household, was the buslest per?
son at the Whlte House. The glfts
whlch rewarded hls early and rapld
dash for hls stocklng to-day were
numerous and as varled as hls chlldlsh
tastes. Glfts to all members of the
famlly were in profusion. Robert
Taft and Mlss Heien were both at
home, and the Presldent spent -the
greater part of hls day surrounded by
hls famlly. There were no formalltles.
Later In the day the Presldent went
to the executlve offlces and put ln
some tlme wlth offlclal dutl&s. He
evldently consldered lt not a desecra
tlon of the holiday to dtsposo of some
accumulated work. Presldent Taft
remalned Indoors all day. worklng on
the problem. "What 13 Whlskey?"
Thls mooted question ralsed by distll
lers under the pure food act has been
pendlng for some time, and tho Pres?
ldent ha? determlned to settle It aa
soon as posslble. The declsion wlll be
announced to-morrow.
VIce-Presldent and Mrs. Sherman
spent the day at thelr home frt Utlca.
A famlly gatherlng was a feature of
the day at the home of Secretary
Knox. Secretary Dlckinson took hla
Christmas dinner on, board the May
tlower. en route for Porto Rleo. Secre?
tary Meyer spent the day wlth hlB
famlly. Secretary and Mrs. MacVeagh,
Secretary and Mrs. Balllnger and At
torney-Geheral and Mrs. Wickersham
celebrated Christmas here.
At the ambassadorlal homes parties
wero numerous.
Plcturesque Cclebrallon.
The diplomatlc stranger within the
gates of the national capital furnlshed
picturesqueness and orlglnality to the
celebratlon of Christmas. 1909. Thls
was ospeclally true of tho observances"
held by the Catholio-vdlplomats. and cu
rlously enough the non-Christian rep
resentatlves of natlons beyond the seas.
To begln Christmas Day. many of the
most promlnent members of the diplo?
matlc corps attended at mldnight one
of the most unlquc rellgious serylces
of the world?a servlce that was an
exact replica of the servlce held at
practlcally the same hour in the Holy
Chapel of the Natlvlty ln Bethlehem,
which tradltlon says ls erected on the
very spot where the manger stood in
whlch Chrlst was born.
The mldnight servlce in tho Francls
can Chapel of tho Holy Land at Mount
Salnt Sepulchre, Washlngton. D. C,
every Chrlstmas-Eve, ls the only place
ln the world where these Bethlehem
services are duplicated exactly. Even
tho chapel is the same in external ap
pearances. and the servlce ls unlque
and fascinating.
As the vlsltors from the diplomatlc
corps ln thelr blg touring cars pullcd
up the snow-clad Brookland hllls last
nlght one might have thought it a
merry-making party.. In the assom
blago were the Austrlan Ambassador
and Baroness Hengelmueller, tho
French Ambassndor and Madame .Tus
serand. the embassy attaches, and a
substantial delegation from the South
Amerlcan republics. Just as the mon
astery, in the outskirts of Brookland,
} was reached the sonorous sound of a
German follc caroL was heard. It wa?
the brothers of the monastery sing
lng In Christmas Day. At half-past 11
a servlce was read from Satnt Leo's
sermon on the Natlvlty, and as the last
prayer was said the hands of the clock
polnted to mldnight. and the monas?
tery bells chlmed out their Christmas
greotings.
The only difference in thN servlce
ln Washlngton and the one held ln
Bethlehem last nlght was a word. In
Bethlehem. at the actual place of the
Natlvlty, the words of the gospel art
changed so they read: "And here she
brought forth a Son. and here lald
Hlm ln a manger."
EKjgnoBr Portlea Populnr.
The latest Christmas fad ln the army
and navy set ln Washlngton ls to hav?
eggnog parties. Especlally In the
South eggnog has always been a con
romltant of Christmas cheer, but con
fessedly eggnog parties have not beer
the general custom before,
The tnnovntlon-?tell lt not to the
Wl C. T. U.?has the support of some
j of the most emlnent servlce people lr
Washlngton. . To-day General and Mra
Willlam Marshall. Chlef of the Engl
neer Corps, entertalned an eggnog
party, the members of the Englneet
Corps and thelr wlves, Mrs. Marshqi:
was asslsted ln re&elvlng the guesti
by Mrs, Dlckinson. wlfo of the/Sec.
ratary of War. Pretty decantors lr
red, green and whlte, In honor oi
Christmas jnd the Englneer Corps
were crowfied~>rlth a large silverbotvl
an helrlQom ln Ihe Marshall famlly
frothlng fwlth the bevorage that al
ways cheers, but not always Inebrl
ates,^ The eggnog was innde from *
speciTil reclpe used by Mrs, Marshall'i
graridfather, and n- plateful oT hugt
sjlce ojf frultcake made from a reclpt
?"T^-at^^d^bT^i^^oAr-cTluw'la"
MME. TETRAZZ1N1 ILL
Opera star Stifferltig From SoreTbroat
C'nuBcd by Ilenvy Atmosphcrc.
P1TTSBURO, PA., December 25.?
Mme. Tetrozzlnl, the fa.moua Itallan
star wlth the Monhattan Opera Com?
pany In Plttsburg this week, la con
flned to her room ln the Hotel Schen
ley sufferlng from a Bevoro aore throal,
whlch Is thought to have been duo
to the Plttsburg Tieavy atmonphere, In
whlch tjie r.lnger lnsls'ted on dolng
Chrlntmas shopplng all this week. She
was unable to slng ln "Eucla," though
the Alvln Theatre had been sold obt
to tho doors for her, and thero was
no performance.
Tho decl3lon of Mme. Tetrazzlnl"
physlclan not to permlt her to attempt
to slng was not reached untll lato ln
the afternoon. and as a reault more
than half the fanhlonable audlence
reached tho theatre doors before belng
Inrormed that thelr Chrlstman enjoy
menta had been spollcd through tho
lllncss of the Btar.
This was one of the very few timc;
In h?r long career that Tetrazzlnl han
dlsappolnted an audlence. and her grlef
wkp great. It requlred the unanl
mons volce of three speclallsts to con
virico the slnger that 1f sho went on
the stage that sho stood a chance of
Injurlng her volce so that it would be
permanently lmpalred. To thlH waa
nddod tho ordera of her manager not
to attempt tho role, and at last the
ntar was compelled to submlt. She
received tho promise that i? she re
tnains quiet from thlR tlme out she
wlll be ablo to slng ln Clnclnnatl
on Monday nlght.
The chagrln of Tetraaptnl at not be?
Ing ablo to slng Lucla. for the peoplo
of Plttsburg again was partly cx
plalned in tho fact that she had been
crlticlsed by ono Plttsburg crltic for
her work ln "Lucla" on last Mon?
day nlght, and oho wan more than
anx'lous to provo tho lncorrectness of
tho orltlclsm.
SHIRTWAIST STRIKE TALK
Manufacturer* and Euiploycs Both
Issue Statexuents.
PHIBADELPHIA December 25.?
Statements to tho public were publlsh
ed hero to-day by both tho manufac?
turers and tho strlklng Bhlrtwalst
makers.
About slxty Ehops ln this clty are
affected by the strlke. At a meetlng
late last nlght owners of forty-three
cstablishments met and formed an or
ganlzatlon.
In tho Btatement Issued on behalf of
the manufacturers lt ls sald tho anso
clatlon was not formed to antagonlze
the atrlkers, "a* we know they have
been mlslnformed and mlsled.''
The statement contlnues:
'?We shall InslBt upon an open shop.
No member of the organlzatlon xvlll bo
permuted to rccognlzo tho unlon. Wo
shall try to lnduco our cmployes to
return to work. Wo wlll prove to them
that thoy can obtaln much better con
dltlons wlthout a unlon rather than
by belng affl.iated with one."
The strfkers demand Increased pay,
better worktng condltlons and closed
t-hops. The slrlkers" statement ls as
follows:
"\ve. the strlklng shlrtwalst makers.
aro only asking for what Is just and
for recognltlon of organlzed trade and
bettcr wages.
"Wo must pay for the power, ma?
chine strap*. needles and Bhuttles,
\v orst of. all. ..wo must brlng our own
oil cans from home to oil our ma
chlnes. .
"Wo ask the public this: Are wa not
justlfled ln asking for an Increaso of
wagosJ"
STREET CARS IN COLLISION
Nine Persons Crushed nnd Mangled,
Two of Whom \yill Dle. 0
[Special to Tho Tlmes-Dlspatch.]
MOUNT PLEASANT, PA., December
25.?Nine persons were crushed and
mangled lo-day, two ot whom wlll dle,
when a West Pennsylvanla Rallway
Street car crashed lnto the rear of an?
other car at the standard works of
tho IT. C. Frlc-k Coke Company plant,
two mlles north of thlB clty. Tho in
jured: Michael Dometz, aged twenty,
of United, both legs crushed, ampu
tated; Charles Merlco, twenty-slx, leg
crushed, amputated; MIke Dumlsh,
both legs crushed, amputated: Charles
Hultsle, thlrty-elght, both legs crush?
ed, amputated: Wllllam .Tordan, eleven,
lep crushed, amputated; Robert .Tordan,
thlrteen, brother of Wllllam, leg man?
gled and wlll havo to be amputated;
Charles Barnett, thlrty-five, of United,
leg. mangled: M. V. Gray, elcctrlcal
engineer, of Reynoldsvllle, toes crush?
ed; Henry Coy, seventy-seven, leg
broken ln three places.
On account of the heavy Christmas
trafflc trains ran as doublo-headers,
each belng followed closely by othera.
Southbound car took the sldlng at
Standard to allow the followlng car
to go ahead of lt. In some way, as
yet unexplalned, tho second car also
took tho sldlng, crashlng lnto the flrst,
whlch was crowded to the platform by
merry-makers. The Impact was terrt
flc and the wonder ls that any one on
the rear platform, where most of the
damage was infllcted, escaped lnstant
death. .
LIMIT THEIR NAVIES
Berlin Tlpstcr Snys Knglnnil and. Gcr
many Have Agreed.
BERBIN, December 35.?Tho Deutsch
Asiatlscho Korrespondenz aBserts that,
Great Brltaln and Germany have
reached an understanding on the ques
tion of naval armaments. The develop
tnent of the German navy, accordlng
to tho exlsting navy law, says this au
thorlty, will not be carrled out because
declslvo Importance ls attached ln au
thorltatlvo quartors to alleviatlng tho
sltuatlon ln regard to England. For
this allevlation Germany hns worked
with excluslve self-sacrlflco for a lons
tlmo past.
Dr. Rohrbach, a well-known wrltar
on forelgn and colonlal questions. who
publlshes the Korrespondenz. whlch ls
issued as a news letter to newspapers,
reafflrmed the statement verbally when
questloned, saying his Information
came from a trustworthy source.
There ls. however, jjo sort oc con
flrmatlon elsewhere. Only ono nows
paper has prliitcd the story thus far.
? FIRE in COLLEGE
Bulldlugs Burned at tlie Nartb Dakota
Unlverslty.
FARGO. N. D? December 35.?Flre
of unknown origln destroyed tho chem
Ical laboratory bulldlng of tha Stato
Agrlcultural Collego last nlght. Tho
loss on bulldlng and equlpment'is $63.
000.
J. M, Worth, presldent of tha college.
nSrrowly oscaped death whlle fighting
tho flre. Ho was on top of tho ad
mlnlstratlon bulldlng wiaen ho sllpped
to tho edgo of tbo roof. He waa rea
cued from his pvecarl/jus posltion by
students. who pulled hlm "back wlth a
rope.
TRAIN STRIKEsTviAIL CARRIER
Only AVoman HoldlriB POHltton lu Soutu
Ciirollnn and One of Three i? V. S.
SPARTANBURG. S. C, December 25.
?Mlss Myra Hlcks, tho only woman
mall carrler ln South Carollna, and
one of tho oply three such ln tho
United States, waa fatally Injured to
day, whon sho waa struck by a. Caro?
llna. Cllnchfleld and Ohlo traln ln
Rittherford county, N. C. Mlss Ilieka
Ja tho carrler on it rural freo dellvery
route between Ohorokes, thla county,
and HicKavillo, N. t*.
Eim IN FLIGHT
Jeeks and Is Granted
Asylum on Mexican
Gunboat.
3LANSF0RFUTURE
NOT DISCLOSED
Jelieved That Hc Will Go Intq
Exile in Europe?Secretary
Knox 13 Being Criticized
for Permitting His Es
.cape From Nicara
gua.
MBX1CO mr, December 23?Joae
innto* Zelnyn, aa n prlvate cltUen,
mkca and was granted an aaylnm
ibonrd tbo Stcxfcnn gunboat General
iuerrcro, accordlng to the ofllclais ot
he Department of Foreign Relatlone
tere to-ntgbt. Knowledgc of hla uMI
natc destlnatlon or of hia plana foi"
he imuicdlate future -waa denied.
Both 3Ilnlaler Ignaclo Maciacal and
lub-Scerctory Federico Gantboa de
laretl thnt they antlclpatcd no con f 11c t
vlth the State Department at Waah>
itictou aa a reault ot liavlug permittcd
r.elayn to go ahoard the Mexican war
ililp. No ofllclal opposltlon to such,
t procprdlncr, fltry osnertcd, had been
iiado to thia government, and In the
ibnenco of any objecttfon the net -waa
tuch na any natlon would have pcr
[orined under llke clrcurastanees.
"Zelaya took adv.intage of tbe prcs
snee of the Guerrero In Nlcaragnan
vatera, aaked thia government, through
mr mlulater nt Mtiangua, Hartolome
larbajnl, fes* aa.vlum obnnrd tbe Guer.
rero and we granted lt," aaid Scnoe
Unriscal.
"Zelnyn ia a prlvate cltlzen norr
?Ince be Iim reslgned the presldency
at Nl'earoirun, and aa such had n per
tect rlglit to make the rcqueat. At
tvbat port he expects to land or where
lio Intenda to go tve havo not been
Informed. Accordlng to our advlcea,
the Unlted Statea vcaaebt whlch wero
there and could bave oppoaed hla ciu
barkatlon, made no effort to do aa,
"The Unlted States government)
whlch Is a prudent government, can
not object to our course, and we do
unt expect that It wlll."
Mr. Morlacal reltcrated hla prevlous
diaclolmer of Intentlon to take Zelaya
aboard ' when the Guerrero went to
Corlnto, and aaid that. lt was "only
wlthtn n day or two that he had asked
to be -nUowed to bonril the vcssel." ?
'Jwi
Chnnge of Front.
WASHINGTON. December 25.?Tha
Unlted States has compromlsed with
lts orlglnal attitude toward formor
Presldent Zelaya, of Nlcaragua. The
news was general to-day in the de?
partment that thls government had;
purposoly interposed no objeotlon to
the flight of Zelaya from the anger of
hls own people. and that thls com
promlse was bascd on the assuranco
from Mcxlco and Nlcaragua that
Zelaya would go into perpetual exile,
So far as lt is known here, Zelaya's
Intentlon was to start for Europe as
soon as posslble before reachlng Mex?
ican soll. He naturally preferred not
to leave hy the Panama route.
The hope o* thls government -when.
lt Issued lts fulminatlon agalnst Zelaya
was that the revolutionary party
would In short order, on the strength
of tho nioral support ot a squadron ot
Unlted States shlps and 700 marlnes,
obtaln control of the government and
of the person of Zelaya.
Had thls plan been successful lt waa
known In the Unlted States that tha
Estrada party would be just as anxioua
to punlsh Zelaya for hls crlmes agalnst
the revolutlonlsts as the Unlted Statea
was for hls crlmes agalnst Cannon.
and Groce. At the tlme of the sendlng
of the Knox note the revolutlonlsts
seemed lo have had but llttle chanoe
of success, and lt became a questlbn.
ot expediency for the Unlted S'tates to
connlve at the banishment of Zelaya
untll such time as the Estrada party
obtained control or the new govern?
ment of Madriz could glve guaranteea
of peace.
WIU Ask Ji'civ Election.
It is understood now that the United,
States government will ask in due tlma
for a new election ln Nlcaragua ln
order that the will of tho people may.
be ascertaliied. There ls no intentlon,
however, of abandonlng the revolu?
tionary party as long as thero ls a
chance of its success. and thero Is no
reason now to asume that it wlll not
be successful.
With the question of the personal
punlshment of Zelaya out of the way,
the Unlted States wlll resume the ques?
tion of reparatlon to be made for tha
deaths of Groce anrl Cannon an<j for
the llquldatlon of the Emery clairu.
The change ol' front by thls gov-.
ernment. whlch had led the public'to
belleve that lt would selze Zelaya by
the throat if neeesAiry. has already
caused a stlr among the members ot
the. House and Senate. The case ls
more aggravatlng because Secretary
of Stato Knox refused tb accept an
authorlzatlon from Congress for dras
tlc processes agalnst Zelaya. The Ray?
ner resolution would have filled the
bill, but lt was glven out at the State
Department that Secretary Knox dld
not deslre lhat measure pushed. It is
eertain now that Senator Rayner wlll
bring the unexplalned and contradlc
tory posltloris of the department to
the attontion ot the Senate. An ef
fort will be made, of course, by the
Foreign Relatlons Committee of the
&'enate, of whlch Mr- Cullom ls chalr?
man, to stransle the resolution and
dlscusslon.
Kuox la CrltlcUeil.
The eseape of Zelaya from Nicara
Ktia on a Mexican gunboat and the be
Uef that he wlll make hls way to B??l
glum, escaping punlshment for the
kllllng of Cannon and Groce, Amerl?
can eltUens. wlll be discussed in the
Senate when Congress reconven.es. .
Senator Rayner, of Maryland, haa a
resolution before the Senate Commit?
tee on Foreign Relatlons, provldlng
for the apprehenalon and punlshment
of Zelaya. Critlcs of the admlnlstra-.'
tlon ln its lalluro to brlng about the
punlshment of Zelaya wlll endeavor to?
brlng out thls reat'on. On thls effort.
opportunity will ba alfotded for a dlH- ?
curslon ot the course ot Kecretary
Knox wlth refcrence to Zelaya and the'.
Nicaraguan altuatlon.
Senator Rayner would not comm?i*|^
<jn tha inatier to-day. It u Hooiraji.