Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-27
At THE WHITE HOUSE
This is the Presidents Birth
day Anniversary.
MANY CONGRATULATE
WISH HIM MANY HAPPY RE-
TURNS OF THE DAY.
Attorney General Moody Talks About
West Virginia Politics-A Member
of British Parliament Calls.

This is the anniversary of the birth or
| President Roosevelt. He is forty-six years
| old. He has been the recipient during the
day of many congra tulations Friends out
side the city have remembered the ami
Versary and sent him congratulatory mes
saees, and friends in the city have called
/, to remind him and to extend best wishes
| for many returns of the event. No caller
was more welcomed than armless Thomas
| Dennis, who was n Navy Department
| watchman when the President was assist
| ant secretary OF the navy.
| This is my birthday too" said Dennis
II am eighty-two years old, and 1 always
| call here on the Presidents birthday He
| has several times told me that I must not
| forget him. He thinks too much of me for
me to neglect to pay this call. which is n
| great pleasure. Yes. / used to open the
| door for the President when 1 was in the
| Navy Department. He nearly always rode
| bicycle then. and rode into the northeast
| gateway of the State War and Navy build
| ing He placed his bicycle in a little room
| right back of where l was stationed. L
have seen him do this many times, and he
| was always nice to me. When / failed TO
see him coming In time to OF IN the base
| ment doorway where he walked in he push
| ed the door open just like any of the other
| people who worked in the building and
| struggled in with his bicycle, finding no
| fault because | was not there to open the
| door for him.
Dennis lost both of his arms by an ex-
| plosion the Princeton of the United
| States navy at Gibraltar. In 1S41. lie was
| firing salute to Russian prince. The
left arm was cut of just below the elbow.
| and the right arm was amputated four
| inches below the shoulder. By means of
| artificial arms Dennis does many things.
II have no trouble in feeding myself with
| out help he said today, "and with my
| right arm l bring in wood. coal or any
thing of that kind. or course my wife
| picks the wood up first and puts IL In
| basket for me. No. can't put on all my
clothes. The trouble with me Is that can't
fasten the buttons
Dennis is an Englishman by birth. and.
despite his eighty-two years has the fine
color Of all the people Of his race.
New York Hungarians Call.
4 large delegation of the Hungarian Re-
| publican Club of New York called ON the
| President to renew their pledges of loyalty
| to him on the occasion of his birthday. The
| officers of this club make the visit annu-
| ally AMI began calling on the President on
| his birthday before he was elected Vice
| PRESIDENT They extended their felcita tons
| ard the President responded briefly and
| pleasantly. The delegation included Max
| Kuhn DIR. Andrew Won Grimm, DIR. Fred
erick M. Marshall. William Blau and Mar
| Gus Braun, an immigration inspector.
| The most beautiful reminder of the day
| was from Col Bromwell superintendent OF
| public buildings and grounds. In an ime-
| mense basket, dressed with ferns and foli-
age of various kinds there were forty-six
l-huse crysanthemums of nearly every shade
| of color known. They were the finest flow
ers that could be produced in the propagat-
| ing gardens. The President found them on
| his desk and was delighted. Each crysan-
| themum was nearly as large as the top of a
| Cerby ha..
| Assistant Secretary Loomis of the State
| lTepartmeDt Senator Knox of Pennsylvania,
| = ss:stant Secretary Oliver of the War De-
| Tartment were among the other callers.
| Among local people We're Commissioners
| Macfarland; Tracey l.. Jeffords and A. +.
| Rabdle.
| Mrs. Dewey's Best Wishes.
Mrs. Dewey, wife of Admiral Dewey,
| made a brief call. Il remembered that this
| was the birthday of the President" she said
| with winning smile, and called merely
| to say, God bless you l have never been
| here before and would not have come this
| time but for the desire to extend my best
| wishes. / happened to be passing. Mrs.
| Dewey went away from the White House
| with three or four beautiful white roses OF
| exactly the same color as had been placed
| on the desk of the President early in the
morning.
Mr.. Moody on West Virginia.
Attorney General Moody, who has been
| through West Virginia a stumping tour.
| talked to the President today as to politi-
| cal conditions. II am unable to give an
opinion as to West Virginia from my own
knowledge" said Mr.. Moody but the re-
| publican leaders with whom ] have talked.
| and the republican masses, are supremcly
| confident TO the outcome. They place
| the plurality anywhere from 2o,ovo TO %
OOO"
Secretary Morton presented some friends
| from the west. Among the New York call
| ers We're Charles X. Francis of Troy and
| John S. Wise of New York. Both told the
! President that so far as he was concerned
they could see but one thing-hs sue
| cess in New York and complete victory in
| Sir George Newnes, a member OF the
British parliament and one of the most
| prominent men in his country, shook hands
| with the President and presented his son
and friend.
.Of course, we are much interested in the
outcome of the representations 10 Russia
| as to the unwarranted attack on the Eng
lish fishing feet That was the most ride
| ulous and extraordinary thing / ever heard
Of Every maritime man in the world
knows that the waters In which the shoot
ing took place are fishing grounds. just the
| same as off the Newfoundland coast one
| would be expected to come across the
| French fishermen. There are only two ex-
| pJanations that can be made with honor
| 10 Russia One is that the Russians be-
came badly ratified and feared Japanese
| attack and the other is that the Russians
| were drinking heavily and went to pieces"
| The bronze eagle perched on top OF the
| White House flag STAFF fell off it's perch
| some time during last night. and when the
| Navy Department clerks began looking out
| of their windows toward the White House
| early this morning they discovered that the
| bird was missing. and sounded an alarm.
| a White House employe soon fastened the
/ bird in place and affairs went on as be-
| fore among the nervous clerks.
Snow in Northern New York.
| MALONE. N. Y, October ga good
portion of Northern New York is today COW