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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-23
MANY CHILDREN STARVING.
Berlin Faces Problem Of Having to
Feed Thousands,

BERLIN, December 23-The municipal
ity faces a serious problem in connection
with the supply of food to thousands of
virtually starving children who attend
the primary schools here, and whose num-
bers have been greatly augmented this
year by the industrial inactivity. Hitherto
the Children's Canteen Society has been
able to cope with the task in a fairly sat
isfactory way by subscriptions from pri-
vate sources, but the calls on its funds are
so great that 1t will be unable to supply
many of the children.
In the first week of December. accord
ing to official statistics from 245 out of
the 2S5 primary schools, 1I,947 children
attended in most cases without breakfast,
and in air cases without the prospect Of
obtaining dinner at home. OF those 3,49S
receive simple daily meal from the four
teen canteens belonging to the society;
the other 7.449 are unprovided for.
The question of the citys responsibility
the socialists In the municipal council,
who propose that the council should I'M
dertake the task.
The canteen society will be able this
winter to dispose of s., 421 so, and this will
all be taken up by the provision of a meal
a day to the 4,49S children already on its
books. Altogether for the feeding of the
1900 starving ones during the winter
$37 500 will be necessary, and the council
the amount.
. Parents who do not send their children
to school are fined unless they can give
medical authority for keeping them home.
Therefore, poor parents send children to
school even foodless and miserably clad.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-23

Austin B. Fletcher, head of the New
York organization of New Englanders,
declared yesterday that no disrespect to
Mr. Roosevelt is intended in the omis-
sion of the toast. In offering the open
ing toasts of the banquet in Brooklyn
to THE Sovereign People of the United
States instead of to The President of
the United States" Mr. Kennedy said
yesterday. he was entirely justified by
logic and the facts of history
Il did not intend the slightest disre-
spect to Mr.. Roosevelt" he said; ION
the contrary, have the highest respect
for him, but fail to see why ne should
be toasted as our ruler when The real
ruler of this country is the people
the sovereign people-and they should
be toasted whenever there is oppor-
tunity.
The situation with US in the United
States is very different from what it is
in monarchies. There it is quite fitting
that toasts should be offered to the
king or queen or emperor, whatever
may be the title of the ruler 10 whom
the people swear allegiance. but in this
country we do not swear allegiance to
the President, or to Congress or the
Supreme Court, but to the United
States, and the ruler of the United
States is the sovereign people. And so
1 say, let us drink at public dinners
and on every fitting occasion, not to
the President, for whom a, majority of
the people may not have voted, but to
our real ruler"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-23
DIR. CHARcoT's SHIP LOST.
Twenty Of Austral's Crew May Have
Been Drowned.

BUENOS AYRES. December 23-The
loss of the famous Argentine steamer Aus
trail. previously known as lie Francois, or
which DR.. Charcot. the French scientis,
and explorer, made his great voyage OF
discovery to the Antarctic regions, was
announced Saturday. evening in a dis.
patch from Montevideo OF the twenty.
eight persons on board a score may have
been drowned
The Austral, d, fine seaworthy craft, was
purchased by the Argentine government
after the completion Of her service with
Or. Charcot, and was on her way from
Buenos Ayres to the Orcades New South
Shetland 1slands). south of Cape Horn
with provisions medical supplies. fuel
etc. for the Argentine station there.
By an accident the Austral, soon after
leaving this port. ran on the Ortiz bank
in almost the broadcast part of the mouth
of the Rio de la Plata, between Ensenada
Argentina and Puenta de Pavon, Uru-
quay.
mander of the wrecked steamer, and men,
bers of the crew. was picked up by the
steamer Amazone, of the Pacific Steam
Navigation Company. but no news has
been received of the boat containing the
rest of the crew.
Shetland or New South Shetland) Islands
are situated in the South Atlantic. 600
miles Off Cape Horn. They are almost
destitute of vegetation, with the excep-
ton Of species of moss upon the rocks
near the shore. The islands. which were
discovered by Capt. William Smith in 1919,
are mainly frequented by whalers of diff
ferent nationalities The remote, noun
famous regions are perpetually covered
with snow and ice.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-23
NO TOAST TO PRESIDENT.
Health Of Sovereign People" Drunk
BY Brooklyn New Englanders.

NEW YORK, December 23-Presi-
dents of state societies in New York
and the heads of other large organiza-
tions which hold public dinners were
deeply interested yesterday n an in
novation made by the New England
Society of Brooklyn Saturday night in
emitting toast to the President AL
most without exception those whose
opinions were asked deplored the omis-
sion. especially at the present time, al
though several of them, on the under
standing that they would not be quoted,
admitted that the Offering of the toast
would in their cases be rather with the
lips than with the heart.
The New England Society of New
York will, however, follow the example
set by the Brooklyn New England
gathering At it's dinner tonight at the
Waldorf-Astoria no separate toast will
be offered to the President, but his
name will be coupled with Congress and
the courts in this order: THE Con-
gress. the President and the courts"
At the other public dinners t. be held
this winter the time honored custom of
drinking to the health of the president
will be followed unless plans already
made are changed at the last moment.
Both Elijah r. Kennedy, president of
the Brooklyn New England Society, and
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IMPRISONED AND FORGOTTEN.
American Languished for Years in
a Mexican Jail.

GALVESTON, Tex, December %
James Kenzbury, native of Nebraska.
aged seventy-five. has been released from
a Mexican prison at Guadalajara. where
he was confined for nearly twenty years.
He had trouble with a Mexican of local
influence in Jalisco about land matters.
Alberto Sanchez assaulted him with a
knife, and Kenzbury shot and killed him.
This was nearly twenty years ago, and
after languishing in prison for several
months the American, who had invested
in large holdings, was given trial and
convicted of murder. He never knew
what sentence was imposed, and was
not allowed witnesses at the trial. About
a year ago he communicated with rela-
tives in Nebraska through Mexican who
had served a term In the same prison.
They appealed to President Diaz, and it
Is said that the government had difficulty
in locating the records in Kenzbury's
case. 1t is believed he was imprisoned
and forgotten.
He was a young man when he went to
Mexico, and bought a ranch of 5000
acres, and was making money when he
killed the Mexican. His property was
sold at public sale sixteen years ago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-23

services were held, marked the burial OF
James S. Scaggs, who died at Providence
Hospital last Thursday.
DR.. Bruner took his text from Isaiah
However useful or beautiful ones life, II
is soon finished The pastor sketched
the life Of Mr.. Scaggs. telling of his
achievements. of his character and his at
titude toward religion.
THE value of life" DR.. Bruner said. lis
measured by the friends made and the
kindly acts done. 1t is unnecessary for
me to praise our departed brother. This
great concourse present is the best eulogy
that could be delivered to his life and
works"
After the sermon funeral services &C
cording to the ritual of the knights Tenn
plar were conducted by members of De
Molay Commandery, under the leadership
Of the prelate, William Hart Dexter.
These services concluded, the hymn
Nearer, My God. to Thee was sung. and
while it's strains still sounded in the
church the casket was borne between lines
of knights Templar extending to the
street.
Lafayette Lodge, F. A. A. M, of which
Mr.. Scaggs was past master. conducted
the services at the grave according to
it's ritual.
Mr. Scaggs, who was fifty years old, was
a graduate of Georgetown Law School
and practiced his profession in this city
Until two years ago. when Ill health COM
PEELED his resignation, he was president OF
the Southwest Citizens Association. AL
though for a long time he had been suf-
fering from Bright'S disease, he continued
his work at his office in the Columbian
building, and before the courts, until a
week ago Saturday, when ne was taken
to Providence Hospital. His sister. Mrs.
Emma L. Everette. and his brother, Eu-
gene c. Scaggs, are his only surviving
relatives. Mr. Scaggs never married.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-23
Boer Would End Slavery.

NEW YORK, December 23.-Gen. j. Pie
naar. foremrly of the Boer army. was
passenger by the American liner New
York. in from Southampton and Cher
bourg yesterday. Quarantine said that he
would lecture here on General Emanci-
patton of the Human Race He denied
at the pier that the scope of his project
was so universal. He sad he wanted to
enlist American sentiment in the freeing
of the slaves in Africa. He would not at
tempt to free them all at once. He would
devote himself first to stirring the world
to action on behalf of the serfs of the
Portuguese section of Africa. Later, after
getting some results in this line, he
would take up the subject of ioerating
the slaves of the Congo. Other passen-
gers by the New York were William
Friedlander, DR.. j. R. Johnson, Mr.. and
Mrs. Edward Keene Mohler Charles H.
Dickinson. Horace Goldin, the illusionist;
William H. Wilde. DIR. c. c. kimball. l..
H. Janvrim and Prof. David Nyvall.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-23
GIVES AWAY HIS ESTATE.
Millionaire Roebling Leaves Ashe
Vile Because Of Prohibition.

1AAAA1oAdAAc ksoSoAA0S AcdNSe AeAc-
vile Because Of Prohibition.
.ASHEVILLE, N. c., December 23-John
A. Roebling. owner Of Beaux Chiens. a
500, 900 country estate on st. Dunstan's
road. between Asheville and Biltmore. has
decided his entire property to the Home
Mission Board of the Northern Presby-
terrain Church, and will return soon to his
home at Trenton, N. ].
Mr.. Roebling says he is leaving because
AsheviHe has gone for prohibition; that
there is no other reason for going away
and abandoning a magnificent mansion
which has been under construction for
three years and which would take ten
years to complete.
1T is just matter of principle with
me-" he said today. Il am opposed to
prohibition from principle"
Mr.. Roebl;ng is a son of Washington
He has been resident here for ten years,
and has been the largest individual tax
payer. except George Vanderbilt, having
paid the city $4,000 in taxes, besides a
heavy state and county tax. He has con-
tributed thousands year to charity.
Last winter. when a large posse was
hunting for a negro who had killed five
persons, Roebling carried a Mauser rifle
and searched night and day with the
posse until the murderer was found and
shot.
During the recent prob. ,ition campaign
in Ashevile Mr.. Roeoling was one Of the
most prominent leaders against 1t. He not
only contributed large sums to fight 1t. but
gave much of his time making speeches.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-23
IN COMPLETE ACCORD
REPLIES TO APPEAL OF PRESI-
DENT ANDERSON.

To a telegram sent by Luis Anderson,
president of the Central American peace
conference, which has just brought its
sessions to a close in this city. to the
presidents of the five Central American
republics. a reply has been received from
the heads of three Of those governments
Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Salvador
showing that those governments are in
complete accord with the action Of the
conference. Prompt and favorable re-
plies are expected from the presidents
of Honduras and Guatemala. President
Andersons telegram follows:
December 90 19O7.-To the presidents
of the republics OF Costa Rica, Guate-
mala. Honduras, Nicaragua and FL Sal
vador:
THE Central American peace confer
ence upon happily terminating !ts
labors today. has agreed by reclamation
to recommend the governments Of Gem
trail America to grant full amnesty for
Herewith
lency this generous appeal, we rely upon
your high sentiments In entertaining the
hope that you may see Mt to crown our
labor with g measure which win be
pleQSe Oh TeCOnCludtIOH dHu lEdtctHty
and a happy beginning of an era of con-
corn for our Central American family.
, LUIS ANDERSON, President"
Gonzales viquez, President Of Costa
Rica, replied:
II applaud the generous appeal of the
conference. In Costa RIGA amnesty Ii I'M
necessary because no one Is actually
suffering on account of political offenses
or others connected herewith: otherwise
1t would be pleasing to me to comply with
the request of the conference"
]. s. Zelaya, President of Nicaragua,
responded as follows:
PLEASED to hear Of happy termination
of Central American peace conference.
In accord with high sentiments that ami
mate the honorable delegates. My gov
eminent had already granted amnesty
COR political offenses. l congratulate the
honorable delegates"
President Figueroa of FL Salvador re-
piled:
Impressed with the pleasing appeal
of the conference, l have the pleasure
to advise you that with respect to Saliva
dor the government had decreed amnesty
since the latter part of November"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-23
Charges Husband With Murder.

ELBERTON, Ga, December 23.-Hugh
Wall, a well-to-do planter, who is in Jail
here on a charge of murder, made by
his young wife, yesterday confessed that
the charge Is true and that he forced
his wife to assist him in burying the
body of his victim.
Wall. according to his confession. killed
Wilbur Harris, a negro, about a year ago
The crime would never have been known
had not Wall, while drunk. struck his
wife several days ago. The blow enrage6
Mrs. WALL and she accused her husband
of numbering the negro. Mrs. Wall also
said she was forced to aid in buryine
the body.
The egro was at Wallis home on bust
ness. when Wall became enraged and
Drained him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-23
Ships to Use Gyroscopes.

NEW YORK, December 23.-The Ham
burg-American line has bought the Ger
man rights of the Schlick gyroscope, and
it is the intention of the company to equip
it's small North sea and channel boats
with the apparatus. This, it is expected
will keep them steady in the toughest
weather. The first vessel to be fitted with
the gyroscope will be the Silvania. and the
order for the building of one of the new
machines has already been given to the
Vulcan iron works at Stettin. The Sill
vania is one Of the small passenger car
riers of the line, and she runs between the
North sea resorts. The gyroscope will be
put in the stern, and it is expected that
the instrument will entirely counterfeit
the rolling or side movement of the vessel
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-23
$3.50, 900 wnKEsBARRE FIRE.
Nine Firemen Hurt in Big Dry
Goods CONFEDERATION.

wILKEsBARRE. Pa. December "a
Nine firemen were injured and damage
to the extent Of $25O.OOO was done by a
fire which originated in the Globe dry
goods store of Langfeld Brothers yester.
day.
Two Of the firemen were overcome by
smoke. two others were seriously cut
by flying glass and five were burned
about the hands and face.
The contents of the building, a FIVE
storr brick structure, was completely de-
stroyed. The estimated loss to Langfeld
Brothers is 100000 The loss on the
building, which was owned by the Ber-
nard Burgunder estate, Is about $4,000
Structures adjoining the burned build
ing on either side were slightly dam
aged.
None of the fremen Is fatally injured
1t Is thought that the fire originated In
defective electric-light switchboard To-
Gated in the basement of the Globe store.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-23
G. F. U. HEARS FROM LOEB.
Answer to Protest Against Sending
Troops to Goldeld.

NEW YORK, December 23.-In reply to
a protest from the Central Federated
Union to President Roosevelt against the
sending of United States troops to Gold
field, New, the following letter from Pri-
vate Secretary Loeb was read at yester-
days meeting of the C. F. T.:
THE governor of Nevada under the
Constitution made a demand upon the
President for federal troops. The Presi-
dent has put himself in a position where
he can meet the demand if necessary, and
meanwhile has sent to Nevada a commit
tee of three, consisting of Lawrence o.
Murray, assistant secretary of commerce
and labor; Herbert Knox Smith, commits
sioner of corporations, and Charles p
Nell. commissioner of labor, empowered
fully to investigate all the matters con-
nected with the situation. To this COM
mittee your communication has been re-
ferred."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-23
FAST. MAIL WRECKED
TWELVE HURT IN CRASH NEAR
BOLIVAR, PA, LAST NIGHT.

,PITTSBURG, December 23.-Twelve
persons were injured, heavy property loss
was sustained and three tracks of the
Pennsylvania railroad wsre hlookaded
for the night by two wrecks near Bolivar,
Pa, fifty-eight miles from here, last
night
Extra freight train No: 1854 left the
rails of track No. 1 because of a broken
rail, it Is believed. and twenty cars were
smashed and piled up over tracks Nos.
and 8. Almost Immediately after the &C.
cident to the freight, No. IS, known as
the Chicago mail. running at high speed
to make up lost time, reached the point
on track No and plowed into the debris
with terrific force.
Every person on the train was badly
jolted and shaken up. many of the pas
sengers being thrown from their seats.
None of the passenger cars left the track,
and several persons were cut by flying
glass No one on the freight train was
injured.
The following is the list of casualties:
A. F. Elder. postal clerk. of LIE Moyne,
Pa, hip bruised
B. w. Bolte, postal clerk. 1913 Girard
avenue, Philadelphia, bruises on chest.
F. ]. Patterson, postal clerk, 2201 South
18th street. Philadelphia, right arm
sprained
L. A. Wolfe. postal clerk, Newport, Pa.
arm sprained.
E. F. Snyder, postal clerk, LIE hoyne.
Pa, knee bruised.
w. F. Rosenberg, postal clerk. Houses
Post Office. N. j.. hip sprained.
p. j: McCarty, passenger. Merryman,
W. Va, ear cut.
w. Hall, passenger. Irwin Hotel. San
Francisco en- route to Washington, D. c.,
upper lip cut and tooth loosened.
w. E. Thomas. passenger, Shamokin.
Pa arm bruised.
Stoze F. Tomish, passenger Greenburg,
en- route to Jamestown, elbow bruised and
sprained.
John Kowalski, passenger, Simpson, Pa.
cuts about nose and mouth.
Alexander Wahe of Scranton, Pa, cut
and bruised about forehead.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-23
PRoTEsTANTIsM PASSING.
Congregationalist Leader Declares
Churches Have Lost Power.

NEW HAVEN, December 3.-The Rev.
Dr. Newman Smyth. a member of the
Yale corporation. and for twenty-five
years pastor of the Center Church, New
Haven's largest and most conservative
Congregational church, electrified his
congregation yesterday by declaring that
the age of Professionalism is past. that 1t
is no longer needed. He said the churches
are all split up and are becoming more
SO every day. They no longer have power
over the people or the state. He said
that the time for new Catholicism Is at
hand. and that the sooner people realize
1t the better.
The Rev. Artemus j. Haynes. pastor of
the United Church. said in his sermon
yesterday that neither he nor his church
would take any part in the coming $1,000
a-week revival by J. William Chapman.
All the other Congregational churches are
in 1t.
These two sermons have shaken New
Haven, the stronghold of Congregation
alism in New England.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-23
Jersey Has a Talking Hen.

ATLANTIC CITY. December pa
wonderful talking hen, whose superior
intelligence puts to shame the widest
dreams of the country's nature takers,
is the pride of Mrs. John c. Ford of
this city. The owner vouches for the
statement that the highly trained fowl
possesses qualities high above ordinary
instinct, but has not yet managed to
relieve the modest bird of what ap-
pears. to be a sort of stage fright be-
fore Strangers. When we are alone
she talks so plainly that 1 know what
she means" said Mrs. Ford. ''She
calls me 'Mommie' and she can say
that as plain as any child. She has
also learned to call for water. and If
she gets thirsty during the night she
will stand under our bedroom window
and call out until we come down and
give her a drink" The hen drinks
from glass and absolutely refuses to
notice the drinking dish used by other
less educated fowls.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-23
skyscraper Mortgage for 400 Years.

PITTSBURG, December 23.--Trinity
Protestant Episcopal Church has COM
pleted a mortgage for four centuries of
part of its old graveyard adjoining the
church on 9Th avenue. The mortgage
is given by the Henry w. Oliver estate
for 100000 at Il per cent. The Oliver
estate owns adjoining property and in
tends to build upon the land a twenty
four-story office building in 1909 The
mortgage will be drafted upon parch-
ment, Theoretically sealed and placed in
a special vault. The instrument valves
all laws which may conflict with it.
The property was donated for church
purposes only and therefore cannot be
sold outright. In the cemetery were
buried the bodies of the first settlers
and founders of the most prominent
families in Pittsburg. All have been
removed and reinterred elsewhere.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-23
Home for Police Dogs.

NEW YORK, December 23.-The police
dogs of South Orange n. j., are to have
a station house of their own. A building
firm is now engaged in constructing an
addition to the regular police station. 1t
will contain miniature stalls with warm
beds for the dogs.
The windows will be arranged so that
they can be darkened during the day, thus
allowing the dogs which do night duty
to get their quota of sleep. 1t is also
thought the semi-darkness they will con-
tinually live in will make them sharper
eyed at night.
When the kennel is finished more dogs
will be added to the force. At present the
dogs are boarded at the homes of various
policemen. who are paid for their main
tenance by the village.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-23
Christmas Mail Breaks Records.

NEW YORK, December 23-More NOV
ing vans and express wagons were pressed
nto service yesterday as mail-delivering
auxiliaries than ever before in New York
A greater volume of holiday mail than
has ever piled up at the general post Of
fee and branches made the extra vehicles
necessary. Twnty-five moving vans and
express wagons have been ordered into
service for Christmas at Branch Station
Y Sd avenue and 9th stree, At this sta
ton mos; of the mail Of upper .5th avenue
and adjoining residential streets Is ham
died. Extra clerks and carriers will work
today and Tuesday. Never have the pos
tai clerks handled so many souvenir pos
tai cards. Millions have arrived from Eu-
rope In the last few weeks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-23
Fatally Shoots His Sweetheart.

PORTLAND. Me-, December %
Blanche Willems. twenty-three years. old.
was fatally wounded yesterday by the
accidental discharge of a pistol in the
hands of her sweetheart. Martin McCloud.
They were examining an old French pis-
tol an heirloom in the young womans
family, and. not knowing 1t was loaded
McCloud aimed at the girls head and
pulled the trigger. There was an ex-
plosion. Miss Willems fell to the floor
with wound through her forehead and
was removed to the hospital in a dying
condition. McCloud was nearly crazed
by grief and fright.