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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-01
PLATFORM IS BLOWN UP
TRAIN PASSENGERS HURLED
HIGH INTO AIR.
twenty-five Persons Hurt by Gas
Explosion at Montreal
Railroad Station.

MONTREAL. Quebec, January 1.-Twen-
ty-two persons were injured in the ex-
plosion which wrecked the train plat
form at Place Viger station at the east
end Of the city last night. Most Of the
injuries consist OF broken legs. Mrs.
Charles Bruneau of Montreal cannot live.
The explosion was caused by the igni-
ton of an accumulation Of gas under the
long wooden platform parallelins the
station.
The midnight train of the Canadian
Pacific COR Quebec was standing on the
tracks adjoining the platform and an un-
usually large number of holiday travel
ers were bidding goodbye to friends,
when suddenly score of them We're
hurled into the air as though shot from
giant catapult. Some went straight
up twenty or thirty feet. Others were
thrown over the top of the train and one
man with both legs broken was found
on the roof Of one of the coaches.
Rumors of a bomb outrage quickly
spread and an excited crowd was attract
cd to the station, SO that the police re-
serves summoned had great difficulty in
controlling the frenzied people while the
injured were being removed.
But little damage was done to the
coaches of the Quebec train, which left
Tie station twenty minutes later showing
no marks except a few cracked windows.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-01
New Regime Brings New Faces
to Reception at the White House

The White House was the scene of the
Cfrst formal level of the present admins
tration this morning.
The Presidents e'ew Year reception be-
gan at IL O'Clock and concluded when the
| last of the citizens who desired TO pre-
sent their respects to the chief magis-
trate of the land had acquitted himself of
| that duty.
What was seen In prospective year
ago today. new faces and new figures and
the new ways bound to follow in con-
sequence, were the realities Of the 1910
celebration of this most formal of the
observances which our national simplicity
permits. The history making of the past
year, the transfer Of authority and pow
er from one set of the representatives of
the people to another was in visible evi-
dence.
The official Importance of the capital Of
the nation was seen again on parade. Not
the hasty quicksteps which marked in
auguration day. but the statelier measure
which comesN with closer acquaintapce
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-01
QUOTES UNITED STATES.
More Unemployed Under Protection
Than Free Trade.

LONDON. January lin refuting the
contention of the conservatives that per-
sistence in the policy of free trade Great
ed unemployment, David Lloyd-George,
chancellor OF the exchequer, addressing a
meeting in Queens Hall last night, ar
gued that unemployment was more prev
aent in protectionist countries than in
England An an instance of the truth of
this argument he cited the United States,
which he described as 1.-The protectionist's s
paradise, where customs officers line the
shores like cherubim with flaming swords
keeping every foreign-made article out Of
this garden OF Eden: but once inside you
find the serpent of hunger, want and un-
employment kissing In every grade"
Mr. Loyd-George then quoted statistics
showing that in May, 1905, while there
was 80 per cent of unemployment in New
York state. there was only per cent in
England.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-01

with and better knowledge OF persons and
forms, and which stands for grace and
ease and the restful things in life
Heritage From Roosevelt.
The Rooseveltian era bequeathed to its
successor a commodous White Hous.
and hospitable conceptions OF how the
head of the nation should be housed In
size il is likely to answer for a long time
all the demands which shall be made upon
It, But there is an inkling of the growth
OF official necessities when, in a few
wears. twice as much room for the work
ing forces Is every day in use.
The White House has now q mistress
who made happy visits there when she
was a girl. and long before the possibii-
ity of her marriage with one of the ma
tion's marked men could have come TO
any ones mind. She participated In tho
merry crushes of the Hayes regime.
when Mrs Hayes bright eyes seemed
somehow to be the very center OF the
picture and Ohio was the only important
part of the Union.
Mrs. Tafts impressions OF those days
and times have not been effacsd. and are
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-01
WHITE HOUSE DOORS KEPT OPEN
TO GREAT THRONG OF VISITORS
Reception at Homes of Vice President and Speaker
of Cabinet Officers-Feminine Washington in
Brilliant Garb-Perfect Day Increases Fes-
tivities- Watch-Night Parties See Old
Year Out and New Year In.

Write 1910!
The birth of the baby hailed throughout the District
with noisy demonstrations feasng red fire.
With the first stroke of the midnight bells the din began
Whistles footed welcome enthusiastic boys
away with pistol and every other
While the year receiving joyous welcome
1909 not forgotten. Speakers watchngt
other gatherings told the good things
the history pages OF the dying Remembering
poverb Say nothing but good the dead they refraned
recalling the disasters and other dire things that
corded
From churches and halls floods melody Chorus
sooss sang 1909 and
weathe for New Year Day.
The weather conditions ideal for the birth of the
year There crispness
clear and blue The winter svry
light the blanket enveoped things
Washington enjoyed of the finest New Year days has
Business generally era suspended OF the mercantile
closed FOR many during the morning hours the OF
After that there calling the
greetings the exchanged Uncle Sans employees.
making holiday celebrated with the rest OF the folks Open house
Of the day.
Throngs at House.
The White House the of dwelers in Washington,
the United States incidentally happy New Year and
President Taft civic and patriotic Or
carnations officers the army navy and National Guard dpo-
In the white Christmas week ago. New
uniforms gold House The yellow OF
the cavalry the red of the artillery and the white and sky blue the
infantry merged into of color and added
OF the picture batlled in genial sunshine.
Then OF sdeight the varcolored uniforms of dip
lomas and the somber black the pan everyday citizen The
worth seeing against the
white walls of the executive mansion
Other Official
In official life following the dongs White House, Mrs.
Sherman wife OF the Vice President and number of the ladies
the cabinet received their homes the including
MacVeagh, Mrs Dickinson Mrs Wickersam Mrs Meyer
Balnger and Mrs Nage All had as their assistants the ladies of
families officials connected with the
their husbands preside.
Of the birth of flashed around the
world precisely midnight button pressed
the Naval Observatory An electric spark
girde globe with the intelligence that in Washington
year dead and the year had come into being.
There particular about the
flashing the intelligence all peoples of all imes operator
his home
of watching the old
known Familiarity watcnght meetings
generally District last night The morning Sing
the when the cebrants wended their homeward
afte O festivltv.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-01
IN PLUSH-LINED COFFIN.
Minneapolis Collie Buried With Dis.
tinguished Houors.

MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi. January I'm
small plush lined especially made cof-
fin, covered with white velvet and fitted
with ornate silver handles. jerry. a
scotch collie dog belonging to Mrs. w.
II. Schafer OF Minneapolis. was buried
yesterday in lot across the street from
Laymann's cemetery and not more than
fifty feet away from the burial lot of the
Schafer family.
A. hearse drawn by plumed black horses
carried the corpse from the Schater homo
to the grave. A closed carriage contain
Ing the mourners. Mr. and Mrs. Schafes
and their son Harold. completed the
funeral procession. Mrs Schafer de-
clared that the dogs grave would be
marked with a monument.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-01
HOPE FOR MIDSHIPMAN.
Paralyzed Foot Ball Player Able to
Move Arm Slightly.

ANNAPOLIS, Md, January THAT
there was perceptible movement below
the neck was yesterday reported for the
first time by the surgeons attending Mid
shipman Earl -. Wilson. the Naval Acad-
emy foot ball player whose neck was
broken during a game on October 16 last.
1t was said that there was undoubted
at point where it is hoped it is con-
t-olled from the spine below the point of
injury. The circumstance has given much
encouragement TO those having Wilson in
charge.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-01
A Good Thing for the
New Year.

A subscription to The
SATURDAY or SUNDAY
STAR would please an out
of-town friend or relative.
Send your order now with
one dollar for the Saturday or
a dollar and a half for the
Sunday edition to start a SUBJ
scription with the new year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-01
Missing Couple Described.
RECORD-HERALD SOLD.
Mr.. Noyes Announces Transfer to
II. II. Kohlsaat.

CHICAGO, ILL.,. January 1.-Frank B.
Noyes. publisher Of the Chicago Record
Herald, last night gave out the following
signed statement:
My friend, Mr.. Herman a. Kohlsaat,
has this day acquired the Chicago Record
Herald. and, beginning tomorrow morn
ing. the paper will be under his control" I"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-01
Madriz Aids Prisoners.
Aged Priest Dead.

NEW ORLEANS. La, January 1.-Rev
Father Nicholas S. Simon. a native of
France, for the past forty years pastor
OF the Saint Francis de Sales Catholic
Church i'll this city. died yesterday. aged
eiGhty-seven years Death was due indi-
rectly to erysjpelas.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-01
REBELS ARE DISAPPOINTED
Hoped for American Recognition
After Victory at Rama.
BOTH SIDES PREPARING
Insurgent Generals Sign a Compact
to Stand by Estrada
to the End.

BLUEFIEI4DS, Nicaragua, January l.
Hope that the war would be brought to
an end through the recognition OF the
provisional government by the United
States has been abandoned. Many be-
lieve that two more battles must be
fought. one in the state of Chontales and
the other near Managua
There is popular feeling of gratitude
toward the United States because of the
attention given the wounded by physi-
clans from the American cruisers and the
supplies sent for the relief Of the half
starved prisoners of war. There is, how
ever, some disappointment that the United
States has not formally recognized the
government of Estrada.
Tne impression was strong that Secre-
tary Knox awaited only decisive vic
tory by Gen. Estrada before giving him
the moral support of the Washington
government. Such victory was won
more than week ago, and still no en-
couraging word is received from Wash
ingtOn. \ defeat IN battle could not de-
press the insurgents more tnan has the
tacL that Washington has lost interest.
seemingly, in the cause OF the revolution.
Preparing for Big Battles.
If another battle is fought it is likely
that no less than 12,UlO men will be en-
gagged. Preparations for the campaign
in the west continue. The next ten days
| will be devoted to securing more rifles.
with a view to equipping 1000 additional
soldiers. This will bring the provisional
strength up to 600 men. A schooner has
been sent to Cane Gracias and will bring
here horses and mules to be used on the
long march toward Managua.
The insurgent generals have signed a
! solemn pact to the effect that they wki
stand as a unit with Estrada until the
last vestige of Zelayanism Is blotted out
of the government of Nicaragua.
The peace commissioners which PreSl-
dent MadriH announced that he was send
ing to negotiate with Estrada have not
arrived
The American gunboat Eagle has gone
to Bocas del roro to make observations.
The British cruiser Scylla which brought
d duplicate OF the letter sent by Madriz
To Estrada December %, also has de-
parted from this port.
Madriz Aids Prisoners.
MANAGCA, January 1-President Ma
driz has sent 5000 in gold to aid In the
work Of the Red Cross among the pris-
oners OF war at Bluefields:
Gems. Toledo and Vasquez have been
ordered to the front. 1t is said that Gen.
Toledo is going to Greytown, where an
attack upon the government troops, now
in possession of the city, lie Anticipated
Nasquez it is understood. is going to
Acoyapa. where it is likely battle may
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-01
Mexican Diplomat Coming.

MEXICO CITY, January 1.-Francisco
de Labarra. Mexican ambassador to the
United States, left here last night fol
Washington. The Mexican diplomat has
thoroughly familariZed himself with the
details of the Central American situa-
ton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-01
Second Recent Attempt.

This is the second dynamiting 10 occur
on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad with
N two months. The former one was at
the Riverside roundhouse.
Shortly before the explosion an un-
known man was seen lettering in the
neighborhood by Frank Maher of Mine
Bank lane. The man, who is described
as being about thirty-five years old, five
feet three inches tall and weighing about
80 pounds, wore black overcoat and
black derby hat, and came down the road
from the country. According to Mr..
Maher the man stood around the tollgate
for about five minutes and ascended the
to the left of the bridge.
Mrs. Mary Erdman, the station agent,
was in the front room on the second
floor, and said she saw some one at work
on the other side of the bridge. After
about twenty minutes the man, she said,
descended the embankment and crossed
to the middle Of the road.
Mrs. Erdman said he stood there for
several minutes looking up the road, as
though undecided which way to go, and
finally started toward the city and dis
appeared up North avenue toward Balti-
more cemetery
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-01
USES Strong TERMS BIC DYNAMITE PLOT
COL Weaver Condemns Cond Men Under Arrest Admit Con-
ton of District Armores. spiracy Against Railroad.
STYLES 1T DEPL L0RABLE 900 WORKMEN IN PERIL
Describes Shabby and Explosion Under Gay Bridge
Inadequate Night
ORGANIZATION PRAISED MOUNT CLARE SHOPS MENACED
Spring Lat
Per Cent Be Men nder Arrest
Men Under Arrest Admit Con-
spiracy Against Railroad.
1000 WORKMEN IN PERIL
Explosion Under Gay Street Bridge
Last Night.
MOUNT CLARE SHOPS MENACED
Train Escapes Catastrophe by Being
Several Minutes Late-Three
Men Under Arrest.

BALTIMORE, January 1.-Following an
attempt last evening to blow up the Gay
street bridge of the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad three men were arrested on a
charge of conspiring to dynamite the
bridge aud also the Mount Glare ma
chine shops of THE railroad company.
The bridge was not seriously damaged.
William B. Shipley Hamilton w. Light
ner and William II. Zimmerman. all ma
chinists, were later taken into custody.
Detective Capt Humphrey claims to
have evidence directly duplicating the
men. Shipley had dynamite in his pos
session when taken, and practically ad-
mitted that it was his purpose to place
the explosives in the railroad shops, says
Pumphrey.
Pumphrey is of opinion that all three
men are connected with committee OF
striking Baltimore and Ohio railroad ma
chinists, formed for the purpose of in
juring the railroad property, basfng his
belief upon the results of police investi-
cation into the attempt, made some time
ago, to dynamite the Riverside shops Of
the Baltimore and Ohio.
Two Men Confess.
Both Zimmerman and Shipley. who
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad here last
May, In formal statements to Detective
Capt. Humphrey today confessed they
had engaged in a plot to blow up the
Mount Clare railroad shops last night.
In the shops at the time the bomb was
to be exploded were more than LOCO
workmen. The alleged potters admitted
they did not know how many people
would be killed by the explosion.
The explosion under the Gay street
bridge, which is forty feet above the
street level, occurred only a few minutes
before the passage of a southbound pas
senger train.
Detectives are looking for three other
men whom they say they can connect
with the plot. and can also show that
they were not only concerned in the blow
ing up of the Gay street bridge last night,
but that they plotted to destroy the
Mount Clare shops and dynamited the
Riverside roundhouse October 26 last.
In their confessions Shipley and Zim-
norman mentioned names of persons
which, for police reasons. were not pub
nciy disclosed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-01
Explosion at Gay Street Bridge.

Solely because the charge of dynamite
was improperly placed, and that train
No. 10, of the Baltimore and Ohio rail-
road, was a few minutes late, the at
tempt to blow up the railroad bridge at
Gay street station failed last night.
AS it was a bridge girter was twisted
out of shape, an eight-inch tie was blown
asunder and rail on the westbOund
track was broken by the force of the ex-
plosion. The explosion occurred shortly
after 6:15 O'Clock.
At go local passenger train was due
at the station bound to Aberdeen, but de-
lay somewhere along the line caused il
to arrive about 6:23. Had it not been for
the delay the explosion would have oc-
Cured just as the train was crossing the
bridge, and many persons would prob
ably have been injured and the force OF
the explosion. it was said, would have
thrown the train from the track into the
road below. distance OF about thirty
feet.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-01
Explosion Skaters Windows.

Six minutes after he left the explosion
occurred. 1t was at that time that the
train was due.
The force of the explosion was so great
that many windows in the neighborhood
for several blocks around were shattered
and the residents Of the vicinity were
thrown into state of excitement. In one
house. about a square away. a coffee pot
and a fiat iron were thrown from the
stove TO the floor.
No cause for the dynamting could be
given by any of the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad officials, but it is the general
belief that the dynamiter bore some
animosity against the company, and at
tempted to wreak his vengeance. not con-
xtdering the lives that might be placed in
jeopardy.
The first man on the scene after the
explosion was Fillmore Harker. assist
ant track foreman of the division He
was in his home at As Belair road when
he heard the explosion. and hurried out
without hat or coat.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-01
Mere Cubby Holes. :"

The LIST Battalion of the 1st Regiment
occupies the third and fourth floors of
the Oyster building. on Pennsylvania ave-
nue., in convenient vicinity to the Center
Market Armory. The annual rental is
Sl,20O. The third floor contains an office
room about 10 by 25 feet and a common
hall about 30 by 35 feet. The office room
is expected to accommodate the battalion
and four company offices; the hall is all
the space at the disposal of the battalion
for any sort of assembly except drill
The store and locker rooms are on the
fourth floor, which contains small well
kept battalion StOreroom and four COM
pany store and locker rooms. All the
rooms on the fourth floor are mere cubby
holes IN a Sarret-dark, nsufficientiy
lighted and ventilated, so small as to
leave barely ID passdseway between rows
OF lockers, wall paper torn, plastering
fallen 1rtIn the ceiling, insecure, made
Guaie, Shabby and prejudiclai to the dig
H.iy " Tie National Guard.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-01
SEEK MISSING HE|RESS
DETECTIVES LOOKING FOR RO-
BERTA DE JANON.
Supposed to Have disappeared With
Ferdinand Cohen, Philadel-
phia Hotel Waiter.

PHILADELPHIA, January 1.-Diligent
search by many private detectives, aided
by. the police of Philadelphia. New York
and other eastern cities, has thus far
failed to disclose clue as to the where
abouts of Roberta b. de Janon, the six
teen-yearol heiress. and Ferdinand Co
hen, waiter at the Bellevue-Stratford
Hotel, who are believed to have disap-
peared together last Wednesday, While
letters in the possession Of Cohen's wife.
purporting to have been written by the
girl, show a strange fascination for the
man, the police are working on a theory
that there may have been another mo-
tive connected with the disappearance Of
the pair. II Is said that Cohen's wife
knew of the attachment between the ma n
and girl for some time.
Ferdinand de Janon, New York stock
broker and father of the girl, and Will
liam Buist, the grandfather of Miss de
Janon, are in close touch with the po-
lice, and believe the girl will soon be
found. The grandfather is a millionaire
and the granddaughter was to be the
heir to his wealth.
Missing Couple Described.
The police have sent broadcast a mi
mute description OF tne missing couple.
Miss de Janon Is described as five feet
one inch tall. weighing 1O7 pounds, very
large black eyes, heavy black eyelashes
and eyebrows. olive complexion, oval
face. long, straight nose and long chin
Cohen, alias Cook. alias dc la Chapelle,
is described as forty-five years old, five
feet two inches tall. 1iS pounds, smooth
face and dark complexion. The notice
sent out also includes a description Of
the fox terrier the girl took with her
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-01
Train Is Flagged.

Upon arriving at the bridge a glance
told him what had happened. and quickly
taking lantern. he hurried down the
track to flag the approaching train Capt
Horn of the BALTIMORE and Ohio railroad
detective force. WNs notified. and was
quickly on the scene. was a gang OF
track hands, who hurriedly repaired the
bridge and opened up traffic. which had
been temporarily suspended.
Although it was not thought that the
explosion had seriously damaged the
brid%e. trains We're allowed to cross over
slowly. Capt. Horn Immediately started
an investigation assisted by Lieut. Hut
ter and several of the railroad detec-
tiveS.
No wires could be found. and it is the
belief of the detectives that a time fuse
was placed set to go off just as the train
was on the bridge Detective Lancaster
of headquarters was sent to the scene of
the explosion and is at work on the case.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-01
Inadequate and Repulsive.

These inadequate. unattractive and In
some instances positively repulsive ac-
commodations have ulterior deleterious
consequences. Owing to the ammonia
fumes the rifles are kept heavily coated
with cosmoline. and in most cases were
presented for inspection in that condition.
Company commanders are unable to prop
eriy care account for their property:
&ontinued on Nineteenth Page1
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Center Market Armory,

the majority of the troops are accom-
ilodatcd Oh the second and third floors
- the Center market, the Corps of Field
Muse IS accommodated in the garret and
tAc band has no armory accommodation
whatever beyond small storage closet
OIL the iioCr OF the drill hall. The ac-
conmodatiCns are rented at $1,000 per
annum. The building shelters two regi-
mental and five battalion headquarters
nineteen companies of infantry. the Signal
Corps. the ambulance company section
and the Corps OF Field Music, besides
furnishing d brigade storeroom about 70
by 10 feet, a drill hall "A by 3W feet
much cncroached upon by store closets
and boxes stored along the walls, a gym
naSium Oh by feet and a shooting
gallery 30 by 100 feet. The rooms occu-
pied by the various headquarters and
companies are about Is feet wide and
run the depth of the building, about fifty
feet AT the rear a space about eighteen
feet in length Is cut off by a partition
and this rear portion Is used as storeroom
and in many cases also locker room
In both of these compartments light and
ventilation are insufficient and the floor
space Is wholly inadequate. One regi-
mental headquarters shares its scant
space with battalion headquarters, and in
another similar compartment three bat
talon headquarters are crowded together