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New-York tribune., 1907-12-30
CLOSE SLAVES ACROSS THE BRIDGE
Almost and Nearly Play Important Parts in
Exchange of 0vercoats.

Almost tragedy near being recorded in
the Lee avenue court, Williamsburg, yesterday,
when Joseph Greco, a barber. almost charged
with larceny by Arion Wenthal, of No. n Gerry
street, who nearly lost his coat while the barber
Just preparing 70 shave him.
An unknown Williamsburg man deftly exchanged
overcoats with Wenthal and nearly block
away when the latter gave chase. Greco Joined his
customer in the chase and was almost down by
a Broadway trolley The overcoat was taken
from the thiei. but in the excitement over almost
losing his coat Wenthal had Greco arrested by
mistake.
Patrolmen Robinson, of the clymer street station.
came near refusing arrest Greco because the case
was almost in another precinct and the other off,
Ger was present. AS the complainant and the prls-
oner neared courthouse Magistrate o Reilly was
lust going TO shut the doors of the court for the
day A bondsman for Greco was obtained before
il was too late, and the magistrate was on the
point of holding the prisoner when an explanation
which was almost forgotten caused him TO dismiss
the case.
Patrolnan Robinson said that ii was Williams
surg's biggest day for close shaves, because he
tried 10 arrest the barber for keeping open after
hours but was prevented by the door being closed
in tine nick OF time
New-York tribune., 1907-12-30
RABBI ANSWERS ELIOT.
Sans Jezcs 4re Too Much Clul'sed
to FIGHT.

Boston, Dec es.-Replying to the recent reIiiaiAS
of President Charles w Eliot of Harvard UnlVer-
s,tv to a society of Jewish young men al the eoi
leee whom he advised to join the miiitia Ill oiut
to regain the ancient martial spirit OF Israel f.dDD
Charles Fleischer delivered sermon at to-ddy
services at the new Temple Israel, III Ooiliiioi'-
wealth avenue. He said, in part:
I Was shocked a few days ago to read freSiuent
tiior,e advice to the Jews as given in an address
hafore tho Menorah Society He said that the Jews
inferior to Others 10 pnysCdi r'nn
ion the militia and cultivate the martial spirit OF
Before passing Judgment President Eliot
advice / want hasten to express my respect ioI
him as the most potent single influence Ior soo0
ii In so far as President Eliot pleaded for pnysiGa
development and an out OF doors i hen e Prasident
JeWs had a martial spirit the loss of which ne
depiores, and to regain which he urges them 10 TO
a man I protest against his utterance -
Furthermore. I appeal from President Eot mo no
r,oGern military madness. President Eliot the
sober judge oi eternal values ana 'he ieauei
The Harvard sage errs in asserting that there Is
no reason why the Jews should not make sood
The lew has got out OF the habit of fighting lie
has lost the primitive mans desire to XIII pecause
he has long been civilized. You can prutal@e
Long ago the Jew learned the eterna& truth:
by by dd mght Th eg rd6S Gut Of
be with you had literal meaning to people whose
highest ethical teaching was love thy neiehnor as as
thyseIf" and whose seers saw visions OF an era
of universal peace, of concord even IN dIveTsty a 70
tinance of the spirit and its Increasing arina.
ments. while processing loudly It's a1esiance I
prince of peace and its LOYALTY to so1 oI 1ne
Eiiots appeal to the Jews must he in vain because
bv long tradition, eliminating in now native IN
stinct. your average Jew believes that 'israel
mission is peace
New-York tribune., 1907-12-30
ALL TABLES RESERVED
Euery One Wants Bird and Bottle
ON Ne7c Years ETe.

Me-. nina mill eour and more rich food will be
consumed this New Years Eve than for years Pas''
despite financial strngeney. according 10 ths man
ayers of the big Broadway lobster palaces ana
hotels All these places report an unpreceaeh'ea
demand for reserved tables for tomorrow hish''
and many OF the dinner parties arranged tef aie
much more elaborate and costly than usual
Most of the first class restaurants and holeis
have beer turning down orders for New year
dinners several days because OF thef lnapiii's
TO accommodate any more patrons. Some patrons
it learned last night, made their aPpheatioas
for tables early four months ago All kiios
of fancy prices have been offered within the ias'
week by persons who delayed ordering dinners unu
# was too late The head waiter of well known
Broadway restaurant told Tribune reporter last
night, with regretfu sigh. that he would nave
been able retire from business if he could nave
accepted all the money offered to him as oIipes 10
Squeeze in just more table.
The manager of Rector's said last hight that MS
list was completed few days ago and that it would
be Impossible TO find room for another dinner party
there this New Years Eve matter what induce
ments might be offered. Every inch of space both
upstairs and downstairs. has been reserved he
said "Some tables were ordered months in ad-
vance, We have had to turn away more persons
this year than ever before. Many Of our patrons
have ordered both dinners and suppers for the same
night. Many of the persons who have been tor'u-
nate enough secure tables have requested us 10
find room for additional covers at their tables as
they have discovered the last moment, that fhey
desired to invite more guests than we're originally
planned for
At the Hotel Astor William c. Muschenhelm sala
he had received orders for twenty-five hunored
dinners New Years Eve He said that this faf
SURPASSED last years record. We have been get
ting applications for tables for two months past
he said Luckily we have lots of floor space IN
our dining rooms, or we should have peeh coih-
PEELED to turn down many orders
When asked if he could reconcile these unusual
evidences prosperity with the talk of hard Tunes
Mr. Muschenheim said: Il have been too busy 10
give the matter a thought. / only know that we
shall do a bigger business than ever this New
Years night.
: At Sherry's last night it said that the de-
mand Tor tables had been so great that there was
no more room on the main floor. and special ac-
commodations had been arranged upstairs, so that
patrons need be disappointed. New Years
Eve business better than last year." was the re-
port there.
At the Waldorf Shanley's Delmonico S,
ChurchilTs and other places similar prosperous
conditions said to prevail. Most of the hotels
and restaurants will refuse to serve any WINE
cheaper than champagne on New Years Eve, the
demand for tables making it possible for the pro-
pretors their own terms.
The theatres also report unprecedented advance
sales for this New Years Eve.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-30
BEWARE THE NoNUN1oN COCKTAIL
Bartenders Local Adopts New Button for
Guidance of Thirsty Souls.

A non union drink is the latest addition TO the
numerous cocktails and other drinks now in eX-
istence Henry MeiseI. of the Bartenders' Union.
the inventor of this drink, made the announce
ruent Yesterday. It's all in the button the bar
keep wears" explained Meisel. Unless the man
in white displays the insignia OF new design the
cocktail he serves should be spurned. The 1917
button denotes a non-union man; the 1908 badge
is a silent guarantee of union drink. That's ALL
Despite the fact that this order viii not into
efec. until the end of this year, members of the
union are already scouting the town TO find out
how many of its members intend buying the new
button The design may in all probability
enable persons to remember the kind of drink they
had last-union non-union
New-York tribune., 1907-12-30
DARING RESCUE AT SEA.
Cresv of Schooner SaUed almost as
VesseI Sinks.
TBy Telev-aph to The Tribune !


Boston, Dec. 29.-The story of the sinking OF
their vessel on the high seas beneath their feet.
when all their lifeboats had been rent by
tempestuous seas, and the final saving OF their
lives, by a steamer which hove in sight as
though heaven sent it, was told for the nrst
time to-day by Captain John B. Stahl and seven
men of the crew of the four-masted schooner
Nimbus. who were landed at Long WhaH
aboard the United Fruit steamer Admiral oahlP-
son from Jamaica. They were wrecked on cape
Hatteras, on December 10, and then ensued such
a struggle to keep themselves from Watery
graves has seldom, if ever been experienced
by seamen who lived to tell the tale
The Nimbus sailed from Philadelphia for New
Orleans on December 1. On the second day out
she struck a hurricane. The vessel sprung d
leak and all of the small boats were stove in.
All day and all night the crew worked at the
punps striving to keep the sinking boat above
water There nine feet of water IN her
hold when the Beatrice sighted. In one
of the smashed dories. leaking like sieve, the
eight men made the trip. between their own boat
and the Beatrice, and had just boarded her
when the Nimbus sank. The Beatrice trans
ferred the men to the Admiral Sampson which
brought them to Boston.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-30
METHODISTS MEET IN OLD SOUTH
The Rev. DR.. Hale's Suggestion Carried Out
Senator Dolliver Speaks.

Boston. Dec. 29.-Carrying out the sugges-
ton made some time ago by the Rev DR. Ed
ward Everett Hale, that the historic Old South
Church should be thrown open to all denomina-
tions for holding Sunday services in order to
attract the non-churchgoing public. two meet
iugs were held there to-day under Methodist
Epiccopal auspices.
In the morning the Rev DR.. John Galbraith
presided and sermon preached by Bishop
d. A GeodseIl. Bishop William F. Maaleu also
taking part in the service. -.-. -..
In the afternoon an address on National
Character was delivered by Jonathan p. Dol
liver United States Senator from Iowa, former
Governor John L. Bates presiding Both meet
ings were we'll attended.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-30
RAILWAY OUTDOES CANAL
SDeedy Construction Work Done by
the Western Pacific.
rBy Telegraph TO The Tribune. ]

TBy Telegraph The Tribune1
San Francisco, Dec. 29.-Winter weather con-
ditions on the western slope of the Sierra Ne
yadas are so favorable that the Western Pacific
Railroad is rushing construction work. BY
means of bridges and several tunnels the new
overland line will climb the Sierres at
grade of L per cent.
Western Pacific officials have been eongratu-
lated by George J. Gould because, with 5000
men, they have moved more earth and rock
than has been the on the Panama Canal.
with 10000 men. During the first eleven
months OF this year the Western Pacific moved
II All 800 yards. more than half of which was
rock The Panama Canal Commission in ths
same period moved S151 .6i5 yards. In addition
to the yardage moved, the Western Pacific dur
ing the same period has driven over three miles
OF tunnels most of which lined. has built
an immense quantity of masonry, erected nu-
merous steel bridges, laid nearly two hundred
miles of main line track and bal1asted most
of it, constructed station buildings. water tanks.
coal chutes and telegraph lines and put twenty
locomotives and 200 cars into service.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-30
PLAN YEARS REVIVAL MEETINGS.
Statewide Evangelistic Campaign for Kan
sas Along Business Lines.

Kansas city. Dec. 29-''kansas for Christ is 10
be the slogan in cvangelistic campaign that is
10 he pushed simultaneously in every county Of the
state next y ar. Hundreds Of preachers of various
denominations. together with numerous evangelists.
hold rcVivals. An entire year will be spent in
the movement. An effort is to be made TO demon
strate what may be accomplished I'm concerted re-
ligous work carried forward on strictly business
lines
The revival is to be under the leadership of the
Rev William Edward BicderwoIf, who planned il.
The undertaking Will b" subject to the general
supervision of board of two preachers and two
laymen from each denominatio ton. This body. which
has already been organized. with fifteen denomina-
tions represented. has selected Edward F. Taylor,
of Pha ephia. secretary.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-30
RAILWAYS IN THE SOUTH.
More than s75, 900 900 Spent In That
Section This Year.

Chattanooga. Tenn, Dec 29--Several hundred
miles Of railroads have been constructed in the
South during 1907. and it is estimated that
more than S75.OOOO0O has been spent by the
railroads of the South in improving the systems
during the last twelve months
The largest contract during the year was IN
Southwestern Virginia, where the South &
Western Railroad is being constructed. This
work has been from different points in the
iron Ind coal section of Virginia and West Vir-
ginia by way of Bristol to points in North Caro-
lima where connections will be made with the
Seaboard and kindred lines. II is said to be
a part of the great tidewater system When
complete the line will be more than one hun
nearly S1Oo0OOOOO. II is through rough Sec
tion and the thirty-fve or forty miles completed
during 1907 aggregated a total cost of nearly
SIS 100000 The cost of one tunnel was in ex-
cess of S2Oo0OO0
The Queen & Crescent has done double track
ing to the extent of more than S15.O0O,OOo.
Work continues on the second Lookout Noun
tain tunnels, but other improvements are sus-
pended Thirty miles of the Savannah. Augusta
& Northern have been graded The contract
for construction, Savannah to Chattanooga, is
for Sf2.000.000.
Tidewater developments in Virginia. the Flag
Ter and other systems in-ssssFiea. and other en-
terprises in Louisiana and Mississippi. have
been active during the year Moreover. numer-
olls coal lines and minor branch systems of DIFF
ferent railroads have been started and COM
pleted during 1907.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-30
OBITUARY NOTES.

CHARLES A PORTER, sixty-eishI Yeas Sa'
>orr,.r S.ata SENATOR and widely known Repuon-
can politician died at his home In PhIaoephia'
Saturday night. from apoplexy
LIE BARON REIFSNYDER, hfty-nlne years oiu.
lumber agent for the Pennsylvania Raiiroao ileS
east of Pittsburg, died suddenly In Fhiiaoeip
yesterday. Christian Reifsnyder' son. - '
sionary Ia Central China
,o.pDxAN cARNEs. thirty-four years old as
.,...,, business manager OF the a c. F1eios Mln
strel. died OF pneumonia at Point Pisssant, w W.
~. yesterday He formerly lived In New ioiN
City.
DIR LOUIS R. PIERCE died at Nswburs' =. L.
Yesterday from pneumonia. ased iorS-oue - ,,.
II. v.. a native of Binghamtou. graduate o' -
Irnv I.la,d College Hospital and memoss "
several medical socistisA
New-York tribune., 1907-12-30
NEW WITNESS FOR THAW.
PENNSYLVANIA Not Summoned at First Trial
to Testify for Defence.
fBy Telegraph to The Tribune, !

GBy Telegraph TO The Tribune
Wilkes Barre PENN Dec 29.-John, J. Dom
nelly. of this city, has been asked to appear
as witness at the second trial of Harry K.
Thaw. which has been set for January g. DON
nelly agreed to-day to go to New York. 1t is
expected by the defence that his testimony will
aid Thaw by showing his condition Of hysteria
at the time Of the shooting.
Donnelly was seated with friend at table
near Stanford Whites. He says his attention
was attracted by Thaw walking around the
table at least dozen times. He adds that he
the point Of asking a waiter to tell
Thaw to sit down leave the Garden when
the shooting occurred. He was not asked to
appear at the first trial.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-30
ELopING JOCKEY REACHES PORT.

" w Pickering jockey who has been riding
for James Piccione a mine o. johannesburg,
South Africa. and who married his employers
daughter while he visiting in Argentina. ar
rived here yesterday with his bride on the White
Star liner Cedric. customs official who knew of
Pickering's marriage which he said was an eiope-
rnent touched the jockey on the shoulder and re-
marked: Pickering we've been looking for you"
The Jockey became excited, but regained his COM
nosure when the customs official said he knew
chickering's brother and had been informed of the
elopement. The couple are on their way TO New
Orleans where they hope to get message of pa
ternai forgiveness.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-30
CHARGE VIOLATION OF AGREEMENT
Miners Accuse Coal Operators of Barring
Soliciting of New Members.

Scranton, Penn, Dec. 2a.-The executive commit
tee of District No. /. Ur''ed Mine Workers of
America, following meeting held here yesterday
submitted a report to President Mitchell to-day
cha rging that coal operators have notified them
keep off their property when soliciting men to join
the organization The Erie and the Lehigh Valley
companies particularly accused Of having issued
such orders which the members OF the committee
say in violation of the agreement entered into
by the mine operators during the hearing before
the anthracite strike commission. They ask that
the matter be brought up for consideration at the
next meeting of the conciliation board.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-30
LECTURE ARRANGEMENTS COMPLETED

Arrangeinenis have been completed by The Board
of Education for the free public lectures be de-
livered under it's auspices I'm the first two months
nj 1908 The first lecture will be delivered Fri
day More than fifty of the sixteen hundred Iect-
natural science, while the others are
on history. sociology. music. art and geography.
Five additional assembly and lecture halls are to
be opened. which will bring the total number OF
them UP 70 les; two in Brooklyn, at No 1ls Avenue
X and No. lo2 list street The others are at the
Hebrew Technical School for Girls, "a avenue and
18th street; Riverside Hail. at 25oh street and the
Bronx Church House, at 17lst street and Fulton
avenue.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-30
WILLIAM L. CUNNINGHAM.

Wflkes-Barre, Penn, Dec 2s-William L. Conyns
ham, seventy-eight old. one Of the weaithiese
men In the Wyoming Valley, died at MS holle
here to-day of general debility He was DIRECTOR
NJ tbs IahiSh Valley Railroad Company For up
xv.ra NJ FORTY wears he was associated with the
late Joseph Stickney, OF New York. under the MN
name of Stickney. Conyngham & Co. sales aseh-s
for tina Psnnsylyania Railroads anthracite
New-York tribune., 1907-12-30
CALLED FROM GRACE CHURCH.

The Rev. Karl Reiland. assistant 10 DIR. Hunt
ington at Grace Church, Broadway and 10th street,
has been called 10 the rectorship Of ST. Johns
Church. Ycnkers. Mr. Reiiand has been on the
staff Of Grace Church for the last three years,
having previously had small church in Con-
necticut- The vestry Of St Johns is making a
strong effort TO get him rector. and the vote
call him was unanimous.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-30
). q. YEATS HERE TO ATTEND IRISH FAIR

John Butler Yeats. father Of tho Irish poet and
dramatist, arrived here yesterday on the Cunard
liner Campania. accompanied by his daughter. Miss
Lily Yeats. Miss Yeats who comes hero to at
tend the irish Fa,r. brought with her great guam
tity of work turned out by Irish looms.
The press agent Of the fair was hand with
Jaunting car, In which Mr.. and Miss Yeats were
taken to the Grand Union Hotel Most Of the
fabrics brought by Miss Yeats were made by an
Irish cooperative society. In the steerage OF the
Campania were several hand weavers who arc to
be at the fair.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-30
ALL OVER A QUESTION OF SHIRTS.
Man Agrees to Change Them Bi.weekly-
Divorce Called Off.
fBy Telegraph to The Tribune. ]

TBy TeIesraph 70 The Iribuhe
Brookheld. Mass, Dec. @-Frecerick Chambers
has purchased lot OF shirts and has agreed
TO change them twice week, and so he and his
Wife from whom he divorced two years ago,
TO be remarked
At the time that the divorce secured Mrs.
Chambers testified that her husband in the
habit of donning a shirt and keeping IL on
continually until it worn out, when IL would
be discarded like old porous plaster. Chambers
has entered into an agreement which has been filed
with court, TO change his shirts twice q week
They will be remarked tomorrow.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-30

Mobile, Dec. ga meeting of stock and bond
holders of the Mobile, Jackson & Kansas City and
the Gulf & Chicago railroads will be held here to-
morrow when It Is said the lines will be formally
consolidated into the New Orleans. Mobile & Chi
cage Railroad, with capital of 500 100000. 1t is
stated that IS per cent OF the bondholders of the
two corporations have agreed to the consolidation
Tho consolidation Is reported to be merely the
organization Of a holding company to take
over properties for the Frisco system
New-York tribune., 1907-12-30
PICTURE OF CHRIST rs MANIA CURE.
Experiment in Treating Patients in the Ohio
Hospital at Massillon.
fBy Telegraph to The Tribune. ]

Massillon, Ohio. Dec. Gan experiment in treat
ing neurotic patients in the Massillon State Hos
pitai was started to-day, when picture entitled
Christ knocking at the Door copy of IIoff-
mann's masterpiece, unveiled during the re-
ligious services. The painting is life sized, on
cathedral glass, and is illuminated by electric
lights
1t is hoped that by flashing the lights suddenly
the picture a beneficial therapeutic effect will
be produced upon the minds of the inmates Of the
hospital.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-30
WHAT Is GOING ON TODAY,

Free day American Museum Of Natural History. .
to p m
Meeting the Frances e. Willard Womsn's Christian
Temperance Union, home OF MTh Martin, No. 2S1
West p6th street, 2:4O m.
Dinner Stokes Of New Jersey By members
of his personal stan. Hotel Astnr. p N.
Meeting permanent orsani1stion the Stssng
Purity League In Astor dining Waldoyf-AstoTta
SD. M
Euchre and reception under the auspices Of the Ldies
Association Of St. Johns Day Nvsoogy. Waldorf
Astoria, $50 . n.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-30
PRISON wARDENs ACCUSED.

IBy telegraph The Tribune.]
Atlanta. Dec 9-The investigation of the af-
fairs Of the state prison promises sensational de-
velopments 1t is charged that the wardens have
received money from the essees OF convicts for
fsvors shown In their management. Shortly after
the investigation started joke Moore. the state
warden, rendered his resignation. 1t will be ac-
cepted.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-30
BOY ACCIDENTALLY KILLS MOTHER.

Stroudsburg Penn. Dec. 2s.--Mrs. George Hoen-
shit Of Scranton. accidentally shot and killed
here to-day by her eight-y -year-old son Lewis. She
was talking to a friend over the telephone when
the boy, who had been shooting at a mark with
q F1obert rihe entered the room and. pointing the
Weapon at her. pIayfully pulled the trigger.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-30
DIES TRYING TO SAVE OTHERS.

Pittsburg. Dec. 29.-Miss Carmela Mondieu.
nfty-hve years old, gave up her life to-day in an
effort to save others. When fire started In the
building at No. 4s3 Fourth avenue. Of which she
was janitress she hurried to the various rooms to
give the alarm. When she reached the office. in
tending to shut or the gas stove. where the fro
started, the floor gave way and she fell to death
by cremation. -
New-York tribune., 1907-12-30
HAMILTON BANK TO OPEN SOON.

William r Montgomery. president Of the HanlL-
ton Bank said last night he confidently expected 10
reopen the bank within a few days I cannot say
definitely lust what the Teopening date viii be
said he Possibly We may be able TO reopen the
dav after New Years. IL certainly viii not %
uuch LATER ANYHOW
New-York tribune., 1907-12-30
oREeoN's HEAVY WHEAT EXPORTS.

Portland, Ore, Dec. 29-The first six months Of
the cereal year 1907 0s have witnessed the exporta
ton from this city Of 77 $40 bushels Of wheat in
cIudine -four reduced wheat, valued at S. $50 299
against bushels, valued at S. 3s7. for the
same period last year. Tne shipments have been
bv far the heaviest in the history Of the port.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-30
DAMAGING MISSISSIPPI BLAZE.

Lexington, Miss, Dec. 29.-Fire in the business
district Of this city to-day destroyed property VAL
ued at SIS 600. sargent's Hall. Swinney & Suglers
store the American Express of1ce, tho Masonic
Euilding anG the Call Hardware Companys store
were burned.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-30
FOUL PLAY SUSPECTED.
No Trace of Missing South Nor7o0'S
Cigar Dealer.

No trace of John ii. Pogsenpurs' J'' W 80
s1or Who mvsterousy disappeared on
Tbrrsdav night while bound for South Nor"ah'
Gown has been found. although the ponce o. t'iS
.5tv and South Norwalk, aided by score oi pr
,,ata detectives have conducted vigorous seareH
for him. With his life a happy one anu no -
io- - hin, the police are at a loss TO assign