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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-15

were present only a few personal
friends OF the Colorado millionaire. In
Guiding Mr.. John Givian of Colorado.
Mr.. T. A. Wickersham, Mr.. Walsh )
business partner. and Mr.. Scott c. Bone.
Last evening he was in conference with
w. F. Downey, president OF the United
Irish Societies Of Washington, with ref
erence to the cause for which Me.
O'Connor is laboring.
In the afternoon Mr.. O'Connor paid a
visit to the 18th street home of Mrs. J.
c. Phillings. who is a relative of Mrs.
OConnor. This afternoon the distin-
guished visitor will meet members OF
President Taft's cabinet and others. In
GLIDING DR.. Wier Mitchell, at the resi-
dence of Mr.. Walsh at 4 80 o'clock.
Mr.. O'Connor is on his fourth visit to
Washington. He has been received at
the White House, where he expects to
call before leaving the city to pay his
respects to President Taft. He said las
night that he had been the guest on
previous visits here of Presidents Ar :
thur and Roosevelt.
Mr.. O'Connor VIII leave Washington
late this afternoon. Tonight he will be
a guest at a dinner in the Aston House
given by the New York Times To the
Associated Press at which he will re-
spond to a toast and in his speech tell
of the work accomplished for the good
Of ireland and her people.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-15
Supposed Bone Proves to Be Splinter

CUMBERLAND, Nd. December ia
piece of chestnut wood. 5ss inches long
and rs inches in circumference. was re
moved from the body of Walter hauff-
man. aged nineteen years. son of Harry
j. Kaufman OF Somerset While return
ing from church in company with two
young ladies some days ago the horse
which the young man was driving ran
away anu Kaufman was thrown across
rail fence. striking upon his chest and
forcing big splinter into his body above
the collar bone. Physicians made an ex-
animation and mistook the splinter for n
piece of the third rib. which they thought
had been broken. They forced what they
believed to be the broken rib into its nat
ural position. and the boy felt relief for
several days, when the pain returned
worse than before. Then a second exam
nation was made. and the broken splin-
ter found. The splinter was forced out
through his neck.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-15
Increase in Our Imports.

The enormous increase in imports in
the United States shows the recovery OF
Tie purchasing power of our people, which
is very remarkable. and one of the most
significant items is the importation of
more than $4O.OOO.OOO worth of diamonds
and other jewels thus far during the year
1909. in comparison with s29,OO0.OOO for
1903. which was the highest amount on
record. A nation that can buy S40.0n.OEi
worth of diamonds in one year, you will
admit. must be very prosperous as well
as extrayagant. considerable part of
the increase I'M our imports. which
amount to nearly s3OOOO,0O. represents
luxuries, although raw materials. such as
WOOL hides, silk, rubber, f.bers, sugar.
coffee and tea, make up the greater part.
The falling off In Orr exports of wheat
ard corn during the last year. because of
the increased consumption at home. ac-
counts for the minus sign before the ex-
ports. The minus sign before the exports
from the United Kingdom is due to de-
creased shipments of manufactured mer-
chandise. iron and steel, cotton fabrics
and similar goods which are supplied TO
the world by British factories, while the
increase in imports is mostly raw mate
rails for those factories to work up into
finished products-and that a favorable
sign.
TIE large increase In the exports from
the Argentine Republic and Russia is
due to wheat. and that from Brazil is due
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-15
VISITS UNCLE Joe
7. P. 0'Connor Puts Brogue
on the Cannon Tongue
AN ANIMATED DISCUSSION
Commons and House Of Representa-
tives Exchange Courtesies.
GATHERING OF THE CLANS
Irish Leader Greeted by Many of
His OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Of
Thomas r. Walsh.
GATHERING OF THE CLANS

My name is 'OCannon, and l feel like
a broth of a boy said Uncle Joe en-
Enthusiastically yesterday afternoon. right
In the middle of a chat he was having
with T. P. O'Connor, the Irish newspaper
man and a member of the British parlia-
ment. who had dropped in on the House
ment. With Mr.. OConnor was Thomas
old friend, who has been helping 7. +.
to have good time.
Mr.. OConnor hadn't been in the Capitol
Ave minutes before there was a gathering
OF the clans and all the Fitzgeralds.
McDermotts, Murphys. Conroys. Burkes,
Cassidys, Driscolls. Gallaghers. Kelihers,
kennedys. McGuires. McKinleys. Nc
Laughlins and Riordans in the House
| membership came running in to say
''howdy" and turn loose some of the little
homage due blood brother.
1t was just about this time that Rep
resentative Richard Bartholdt, the dove
Of peace. who has an accent as rich as
"smearkase,' and HalvOr STEVENSON OF
Minnesota. whose ancestors founded the
Viking trust, came along and stopped To
harken to the clacking of tongues and to
find out what was in the wind. But a
friend who loves them both whispered
something and they turned pale and
hustled out.
Speaker Cannon is most adapta BILE
man. Before he had been talking with
the great Irish leader very long he be-
gan calling himself OCannon and enrich
ing his ordinary camp meeting tones
with a flavor of brogue. 1t wasn't sc
bad. either He told Mr.. O'Connor every
thing about the House of Reps-all of
which T. p. undoubtedly knew before
and spoke OF the plan to make the House
chamber smaller and to substitute for the
bulky desks and chairs now i'm use
benches of the sort that grace the British
house of commons.
Discusses British Crisis.
In return Mr. O'Connor told the Speaker
of the present critical situation i'm tho
right little. tight little isle, and what
rampacious auld divls the lords were.
and all that sort OF thing.
You see." said T. p, 1.-The issue in
England is far broader than the mere re-
lection Of the budget. The fight means
either II great decline in the power Of the
house of lords or its perma nent estab-
lshment AS the governing body of Eng
laid. The liberals say that there cannot
lie popular government as long as the
upper body has a practically unchanging
J. nlbersh.p which is not responsible ~
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GAIN IN COMMERCE
Revival of Activity Throughout
the World.
INCREASE IN OUR IMPORTS
Falling OFF in American Exports of
Foodstuffs.
HOME DEMAND IS GREATER
Argentina Taking the Place of This
Country in Furnishing Europe
With Grain and Meat.
BY WILLIAM Z. CURTIS.


Written for The Star and the Chicago Record
Herald.
Everybody will remember that the finan-
cial depression which followed the rich
mans panic in New York in 1907 extended
around the world. There is scarcely a
corner of the globe in which 1t was not
FELT, and scarcely an atom Of anything
Dc use TO mankind that was not affected
in value for better or for worse. Inter-
national commerce felt the depression
more than any other form of human ac-
tivity. Exports and imports of all ma
tions fell off; that caused fleets OF mer-
chant ships tn be laid up in idleness, and
resulted in stopping of work in the ship
yards where steamers are built and re-
paired. In the city OF Glasgow alone,
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the people and which is recruited entirely
from the land-owning classes. So MT
Asquith may ask the king to appoint 9
number of liberal peers-five or six hun
dred or so-in order that the liberals may
have a majority of the upper house.
Speaker Cannon scratched his head
and nearly bit his cigar In half during
This calculation of the complexities or the
British situation.
'It sounds real easy he said. but il
is rather different from our procedure
when we want majority in place OF q
minority"
Impromptu Reception.
After T p. and Uncle Joe had finished
their chat in the chamber Mr.. O'Connor
adjourned to the Speakers room. where
he received many of he members of the
House. Later. in company with Mr.
Walsh, he made little trip around the
Capitol. He appeared particularly inter
ested in the House, although he expressed
considerable admiration for the admir-
able bathtubs in which the members OF
the Senate are accustomed to have then
aristocratic epidemics
1t was remarked around the Capitol to-
day that Mr. o .onnor is ringer for
Senator Dolliver of Iowa. Put them in
tho Senate side by side and they could
spotted through smoked glasses.
During his visit in Washington Mr..
O'Connor is the house guest of Thomas
F. Walsh, who is a friend of long
standing. 1t seemed to do both of them
good to meet again yesterday.
Mr.. O'Connor came to this city from
Grand Rapids. Mich, where the last
meeting for the cause he represents
was held. He says he has raised $4,000
week in the eight weeks he has been
in the United States. And last night
the Irish leader announced he fully ex-
pected to take back to London with him
$50 600
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which is the largest center Of this indus
try. more than 1900 men were thrown
out OF employment. and in all Of the ship
building centers of England, Scotland and

try. more than 1900 men were thrown
out of employment. and in all Of the ship
building centers of England. Scotland and
Ireland and other countries Of Europe
there was general SUSPENSION OF opera
the iron furnaces and mines and by every
body who had to do with producing the
materials of which ships are made. That
is one of the principal causes for the in
dustrial depression in England The emu
meratiOn of the unemployed workmen In
the United Kingdom shows that. except
ing common laborers, the largest number
are from the shipbuilding trade.
But now everything is looking up, and
from the depression so promptly as the
United States, there is a general re-
vival of industry and commercial ac-
tivity throughout the world. This Is il
Illustrated in a very remarkable manner
by the results of an investigation re-
Gently made by the bureau OF statistics
in Washington. The improvement in bust
ness is almost universal. There are very
few countries in which the exports and
not been much larger than for the cor
responding period Of the previous year.
Gain in Foreign Commerce.
The following table Is taken from the
official figures. and represents the gain
or loss in the imports and exports for
the calendar year 1909 SO far as returns
have been received. In some cases it rep
resents six months, in the cases of
France. Germany and the United King
dom nine months and i'm the case of the
United States ten months:
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Leaves for England Shortly.

Mr.. OConnor will sail this week for
England, hoping to arrive there in time
to take part in the general election
which will be held the second week In
January.
AS the guest of Mr.. Walsh Mr.. O'Con-
nor was given a luncheon at the New
Willard yesterday afternoon, at which
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-15
Announcement.

One of the most rigid policies
which this house has always main-
tanned is strict adherence to the
truth at all times and under all cir
cumstances. Perhaps that is one of
the reasons for the gratifying
SUCCESS which has attended this
business more than fifty years.
Not the slightest vestige of un-
truthfulness or cxaggeration OF
any character is allowed to creep
into our publicity. either through
advertising or statements made
when merchandise is shown. The
fur business is primarily bust
ness requiring confidence. This
season fine fur pelts are much
initiated, and frequently these in
ferior limitations are advertised
and represented as genuine.
Whenever you see a value
quoted, a price named or goods
described by this house, please re-
gard those statements as absolute
facts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-15

Where the minus sign appears it means de-
crease Of the amount stated.
The returns for October show an in
crease of So, 100000 in the imports and
So, 100000 in the exports Of the United
States over the corresponding month of
the previous year.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-12-01
BATTERY DAN" FINN ILL.
Magistrate Said To Be Suffering from
Nervous Break Down.

Magistrate Battery Dan" Finn has been
seriously I'll al his home. No. $50 Broone
street, for the last week. il was learned
last night. He is suffering from a nervous
breakdown Though he was reported last
night 10 be much better. il was said that
II would be some time before he could
take up his court duties again.
Since the first Of the year BATTERY
Dan" Finn, as he is best known, has APP
peared conspicuously before the public al
most continuously. In January war de-
Veloped between him and Police Commits
siOner Bingham. The cause of this contro-
Versy Was due TO the Commissioners an
parent annoyance over criticism made from
the bench OF the way the Police Depart-
ment Was run. and he issued a formal
statement covering what he said was Finn's
police record. Magistrate Finn retaliated.
and In his testimony before the legislative
committee appointed 10 inquire into the
minor courts in this city severely criticised
The system under which policemen are pro-
vided with an incentive 10 make as many
arrests as possible.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-12-01
VISIT WHITE HOUSE.
Trauelling Ne1csbOy and "Plas-
tering Parson" Call.

Washington. Nov. 30.-This was sooe
trotters' day at the White House. A small
boy made his way into the office OF Score
tary Carpenter this morning with the nope
OF shaking hands with President Tart ana
telling him Of his projected trip arounu
the world The Cabinet was In SESSION.
so the fourteen-year-Old globe rotter'
Louis Greenburg. was disappointed MI
Carpenter gave him a letter testiymg 10
his call. but the boy said he would make
another attempt TO see the President WITH
his head back. his hands In his pockets ana
an air of consequence. young Greenourg
related his experiences.
You see" lie said. II have already met
such prominent gentlemen as Mr.. Jenries
and Mr.. Gotch, and I vanter meet az
President. I'm goin' to stay In town long
enough to see Jefr and Goteh again
know them fellers pretty well Dey treats
me bang up every time dey sees me ana
will give me anything i want Now don
go back on de fact that I know my bust
ness and I expect TO go all around de "ohd
sellin' newspapers and maxim lots OF
money never saw a man yet dat didn't
take 20 me. See?
.sWhy. 7 went 10 Atlantic City last sum
mer ana in three months sold $3.50 worth
N-N~~
de bank. and when I went away Bily
PhiIin gave me check for dis. and
cashed II all In my home bank You see.
don't haul de cash round wild me. i know
how to deal in dis check business just de
same IS Mr. Morgan or any other OF them
gents I'D In Wall Street Watts de use OF
loading your pocket up wild money II you
can write your name on piece OF paper
and get de goods whenever you want II? 1
don't mind saying dat I've got $500 IN de
bank now. See?
Yes. me family lives IN Cd street. New
York. but me fathers sick in hospital
in Reading. Penn. now. and me mudders
there wild him. and I've got sister in the
West Chester Normal School at West
Chester. Penn. She's studyin' to be a
school teacher. but / don't want none OF
that business in mine"
Later in the day the Rev. j. W Van
Kirk. the 'plastering parson." called at
the executive Offices. Mr.. Taft was at the
White House working on his message and
could not be seen. Mr.. Van Kirk is on a
world tour TO proclaim brotherhood
through all the earth unto all the human
ity thereof" He halls from Youngstown.
Ohio, and started on his trip. which Is his
second. on September 8. when he adj
dressed crowd IN front of Independence
Hall. Philadelphia He was in New York
the latter part of October. and from there
he went TO Baltimore. and finally reached
Washington to-day.
Mr. Van Kirk was a Methodist min
lister in his home town. and has long felt
II his duty 10 make this trip in the In
terests OF the brotherhood of mankind
He started out with practically no money,
and outside of some contributions from
Youngstown business men and religious
organizations his expenses have been de-
frayed from his earnings for plastering
buildings in the cities he visited Mr.
Van Kirk expects 10 call on all the rulers
of the world and induce them TO write
their names in his book
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-12-01
FOR POSTAL BANKS
Friends of Plan to Press 1t an
Congress.
rFrom The Tribune Bureau

Washington. Nov. 3o-It is certaia that
postal savings bank legislation will be the
subject of animated discussion at the COM
ing session OF Congress. Already strong
sentiment for the enactment of such legis-
lation is asserting itself in Washington.
and there is every indication that a deter
mined effort will be made to place a law
of this character on the statute books.
Senator Carter. Of Montana. has a meas
ure pending which has been indorsed by
many organizations and which IL is under
stood will be put forward by the advocates
of the plan. The Montana Senator realizes
that at present the leaders in Congress do
not look with great favor on his bill or
any similar measure. but he hopes that by
gentle persuasion he may be able TO show
the members OF the Monetary Commission
that the enactment OF this bill will promote
instead OF retand revision OF the currency
laws.
In the House Representative Murdoch. of
Kansas, seems the most enthusiastic advo-
cate of postal savings banks. He insists
that the passage OF such a measure should
be immediate.
mo one thing OF greater benefit 10 the
entire country can be done at the coming
session OF Congress than the immediate
said Mr. Murdoch to-day. 1T viii bring
20 the country al once two needful things
first. the development of a vast sum ot
money which is not now In the channels OF
trade. and. second. II will begin among the
youthful a lesson that the whole nation
must soon learn in earnest. the lesson o.
economy and frugality.
las an indication OF the amount of money
In this country which Is withheld from the
ordinary channels OF trade II is significant
that individuals have purchased ss.0oO.oOo
In money orders payable TO self, form OF
depositing money by the payment of high
fee. In addition 10 this. there is sent ou:
OF the country yearly from s75.O00,00O to
$50. COO 900 the bulk Of which is deposited
IN the postal savings banks of other coun-
tries and the greater proportion Of which
would remain with US If we had like gov
eminent institutions"
Representative Weeks. OF Massachusetts,
the new chairman OF the House Committee
on Postoffices and Post Roads. is opposed
TO any postal savings bank legislation at
the coming session. He is member of the
Monetary Commission, and thinks it would
be unwise TO change the present financial
system in any way until the Monetary Com
mission has made its report. Mr.. Penrose.
chairman Of the Senate Committee on Post
offices and Post Roads. will have a confer
ence with President Taft regarding postal
savings banks.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-12-01
DIR. JONNESCO HERE
Describes Action of His Ne1o
4nGsthetic.

DIR. Thomas Jonnesco. whose discovery
that mixed solution OF strychnine ana
stovaine is a really harmless ansesthetic
has furnished one OF the current sensa-
tions OF the medical world. arrived ON the
Kronrinzessin Cecie. Of the North Ger
man Lloyd Line. yesterday. DIR. Jonnesco
is dean of the II edical faculty of the Uni
versity Of Bucharest. I'm Bavaria He In
tends to demonstrate his new anesfhetic
before the surgeons of this country, al
though he has no definite plans at present
''The solution is applied by hypOdermic
injection into the spinal cord" DR. jon
nesco said. when asked for a popular ex-
PLANTATION of his method. For operations
on parts situated above the heart II Is
applied between the first and second dorsal
vertebre; for the lower operations. between
the twelfth dorsal and first lumbar verte-
bre. There is no feeling OF pain, and
there is no depression Of the heart action
or Of respiration. In fact the pulse often
gains slightly
THE analgesia usually lasts about two
hours. In an operation performed a week
ago in the Seamen's Hospital In Greenwich,
a man whose skull had been trepanned rose
from the operating table and walked to
his bed. The London Lancet critised
one of the operations which l performed
at the Seamen's Hospital. saying that the
patient. a boy. was In fearful pain. The
lad was in a highly nervous state before
the drug was applied. and he admitted
after the operation was over that he had
felt no pain, but that his cries pad pro-
ceeded from nervousness and fear.
1T has also been objected that IL is a
terrible experience for a patient TO witness
an operation upon himself. That has it's
drawbacks 1 frequently make 1t a prac-
tice TO bandage the eyes of the patient.
For the higher operations. above the
heart. the mixture is OF ten centigrammes
of stovaine to One-half milligramme of
stryehnine; for the lower operations IL is
ten centigrammes Of stOvaine to one MILL
granme of su ychnine. The method has
been successful IN many varieties OF
operations; for amputations, trepanning.
operations for cancer and operations on the
stomach among other things ! did not
discover stOvaine; its powers have been
long known. But / am glad TO have found
in the combination means OF ansesthesia
which is practically without danger"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-12-01
CANNON ON HAND.
Erpects Busy Session, scith
Support for President.

Washington. Nov. s0-Speaker Cannon ar
rived here from Chicago late this after
noon. He said he expected a busy session
of Congress. and 'lid not agree with those
who predicted that little would be accom-
plished besides passing the appropriation
bills
The appropriations are the first con-
sideration." said the Speaker. ''and will re-
quire careful thought. I have no doubt
that Congress Will cooperate with the
President in an effort 20 keep the appro-
priations within the revenues"
He also said that Congress is awaiting
the Presidents message as anxiously as
the country is. His only Information Of
what Il is likely TO contain had been
pected from the Presidents speeches. the
Speaker said. that important recommenda-
lions would be made in the message.
In my judgment. the Republican major
fly will cooperate with the President to
the best OF it's ability" he added. The
Committee on Appropriations has been at
work for a week. and I am advised that
members Of the Committee on Interstate
and Foreign Commerce have conferred with
the President and his advisers.
This prediction that little will be done
outside Of appropriation bills is one usually
made al the beginning OF a session. and
have never known IL to come true"
Speaker Cannon did not see the President
to-day. but went to dinner with friends He
will call on Mr.. Taft tomorrow. He said
he expected TO spend busy days until the
opening OF Congress in conferences with
committee chairmen and House leaders.