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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-01-01
NOTABLBS GATHER
AT new WILLARD
Wine, Music. and Song Mark
Passing of 1909.
ALLEY" IN SPLEND0R
Dining Rooms ThrOnEed with Eight
Hundred People, Including DipIO-
mats, Men Of Science, Statesmen,
and Social Leaders - Special New
Years Musical Programme.

The old year was hidden g0od-by and
the new one heartily greeted amid wine,
music. and song at the New Willard last
night The tables had been engaged
weeks ahead. and among the diners were
men Of science, statesmen. diplomats, and
society leaders. Eight hundred persons
sat down to the tables. the Green and
Red rooms having been thrown open in
addition 10 the Palm Room.
The music was furnished by a section
Of the Marine Band, which was sta
toned on a platform IN the center Of
the corridor. which. because OF the hand
some assembly Of gowns and women.
more than ever lived up to It's name OF
Peacock Alley
Whilesthe upstairs dining rooms were
crowded the most happy and hilarious
groups were gathered in the downstairs
dining room, which. under ordinary cir
cumstances, Is reserved for men only.
But for nonce, the staid management
shut its eyes 20 rules. II was rather
lTeeT Lu0, TOO, down there.
Lights Announce Event.
Promptly at midnight twelve strokes
rang out from a big bell and the lights
were extlngulshed for few seconds,
Every one rose with a full glass. Then.
at the end Of each room. Happy New
Year" flashed out In letters a foot high,
while the band played Aud Lang Syne."
Among those present were Commander
Robert F. Peary. Mrs. Peary and her
sister; Baron Ambrozy, of the Austrian
Embassy; n. and Nine. L. J.. CherBOnt,
Of the Brazilian Embassy; Col and Mrs.
Buckner, Mai. c. c. Arosemeua, DR..
Bliss, Mrs. Bartlett the Salvadoran
Minister and llme Mejia. Miss Paulita
MeGa, Miss Amaua Mejia, and their
house guests, Misses Baiz; the Third Sec
rotary Of the British Embassy and Mrs.
Esmond Ovey, Peter Y. De Graw and
Mrs. De Graw, Mrs. George Hoover, Capt.
james F. Oyster, Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Wardman. Mrs. Zerponi, Representative
Mckinley and his niece. Miss Maths; Or.
Chisholm. Lieut. Haldridge. Mrs. Mat
tingly and the Misses Matdngly Miss
Almyra Sessions, Miss Bessie Ses-
sions, Miss Crawford, Mrs. Francois
Moran. DIT. and Mrs. Maurice Francis
Egan. Nine Calvo, wife Of the
Minister from Costa RiCa. and the Misses
Calvo: Judge A r. MullOWny. Baron Won
HaTdenbroek, Of the German Embassy;
Henri Martin, Of the Swiss Legation;
Paymaster Barber. J. A Emery, B. F.
Vaughn, Samuel g, Blythe, Mr. and Mrs.
Conrad Becker, E. F. Caverly. Mr.. and
Mrs. II. w Fuller. W. B. Hibbs. Charles
Jacobsen, Mrs. J. Armory Moore, of New
York; ]. H. Stoddard, Col. H. II. Ward
Clarence F. Cobb, c. c. Billings, W. F.
DAILY, z, c. Quinn. J. H. Hewson. T. r.
Johnson. l. 4. Moore, w. A. Mearns. c.
F. Quincy. Of Chicago; Smell Smith. and
D. J. Suny.
Gus Buchholz was n charge of the ca
tering
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Entered Wall Street.
HANSEN OUT OF PRISON.
New York Lawyer Is Released from
BIackweIIs Island.

New York, Dec. 31.-CarI Fischer Han
sen, the lawyer, who ten months ago
pleaded guilty to the charge Of suborna-
ton Of perjury, and was sentenced to
serve a year in the penitentiary on Black
wells Island, was released from prison
here to-day, having received a commuta-
ton for good behavior.
Fischer Hansen, who married the only
daughter Of Isaac Y Brokaw, was in
dicted April I, 1903, on the charge Of ex-
torting S95,OO0 from Joseph E. O'Brlen. a
Philadelphia decorator, Back of the ac-
cusation against Fischer Hansen were
scandalous charges against O'Brien which
the lawyer was said to have threatened
TO make public
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MERRYMAKERBURNED
Woman Dining at Martins Victim
of ACCidetn.

New York, Jan. IA minute or two
before midnight last night. when they
were getting ready 10 celebrate the COM
ing OF the New Year az Martins restRu-
rant, al Broadway. Fifth avenue and
Twenty-sixth street. a woman's clothes
caught on fire and before the flames were
extinguished she was badly burned. she
Is Mrs. Charles Els, Of 30 East Fifty
sixth street.
In the main dining-room Of the first
floor Mrs. Ellis was dining with her
father. brother. and sister. when some
body AT a nearby table started to light
a cigar. He scratched a match and the
head few of, landing IN some himsy hang
ings. This caught fire and It communi-
Gated To Mrs Ellis gown.
Two policemen got the flames with
their gloves and In a minute or two had
them out. Most Of Mrs. Ellis outer gar
ments were burned Of. The worst burns
were around the neck, shoulders, and
arms.
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GOVERNMENT CLERKS
DESERVE MORE PAY

With the increased of living wages and salaries through
out the country have been raised In Washington heads of
departments have been kindly dealt with the only class whose
wages for have been stationary that of the underpa gov
eminent clerk
The Washington Herald tomorrow will present facts regard
ing this unfortunate condition The data will be official and the
conclusions drawn will be justified.
Although retrenchment the policy of the present admins
aton is believed Congress will pending measures pro-
Udng for civil service retirement fund and will also consider
the question OF increased salaries for the clerical force of the
national government
Do not fail to get copy of The Washington Herald Sunday
morning. read the discussion and send your Your s
gesons will be given consideration and will be appreciated
United effort will accomplish much Be helper in good
cause.
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SCORE HURT IN EXPLOSIONS
Crowded Railroad Station Platform
Torn in Gas Blast.

Montreal Dec 3l.-More than a score
Of persons were injured, some fatally, in
an explosion. which occurred at IL. 20
O'Clock tonight at the Place Viger sta
ton here The Quebec train was Just
about to pull out and the platform was
thronged with people wishing the pas
sengers good-by and a Happy New Year.
A lighted cigar fell into a leaking tube
underneath the platform from which the
Plntsch gas Is fed to the trains and the
explosion which followed ripped Up the
whole platform.
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BIRDS IN BALLROOM.
Dancers Catch Canaries Let Loose
at Midnight.

Philadelphia, Dec. a.-SeveraI hundred
canary birds floating through the room
save an enliyening touch TO the ball
which Mr. and Mrs. George Harrison
Frazier gave tonight at the Bellevue
Stratford for their daughter. Miss Ellen
Frazier The birds were concealed in one
OF several large balls Of roses, which
We're suspended from the ceiling.
At the stroke Of midnight the balls
were opened and large quantities Of con-
fetu slfted upon the dancers from the
ether rose balls. The canaries coming
down on the heads Of the dancers were
caught by them and placed IN berib-
boned cages which were ready TO receive
them.
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COURT SUSTAINs TAwNEY.
Minnesota Supreme Court Holds Rep
resentative Was LibeIed.

st. Paul, Mimi, Dec. 31.-The Supreme
Court Of Minnesota handed down a unani-
nous decision to-day. in the case Of an
appeal by Representative James Tawney,
chairman Of the House Committee on
Appropriations, in a libel action against
a newspaper in Mr. Tawneys district The
court held the articles complained of.
which were political I'm their nature. to be
attacks on the plaintiff and libelous
per Sc
The decision directly reversed that OF
the lower court which tried the suit. It
now goes back to the lower court for re-
trial.
The case relates 20 Mr. Tawneys ac-
tivity in limiting the scope Of the Secret
Service Bureau in the Treasury Depart
ment
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HERALD NEWS SUMMARY.


Pages.
Alternately Stays Two Bandits.
Sharks Operate in Departments.
New Year Finds City Awake.
Banker Killed in Wreck.
2-Pioneer Reporter Passes Away.
New Year Dance by Masons.
S-The Big Stick.
News of Alexandria.
Auto Show Opens in Gotham.
Bacon Received as Ambassador.
5-Social and Personal.
6-Edltorials
I'm World Of Women.
Poodle brakes Have Dinner.
6. W. T. Frats Give Ball.
S-Sporting.
9-Hale Out for Economy.
New Year ReceptionG.
Taft at Home Tod
l0-In Church World.
TIE Deum Service {. Aloysius'
Sons Of Jonadab Nd
Army and Navy Notes.
12-Daily Court Record.
13-Markets.
14-Farmer Beaten by Thugs.
Policeman Fractures Skull.
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HOW TO FIX RATES.
Mrs. Eddy Tells Practitioners Charge
for Healing.

Boston. Dec. S1.-Alrs. Mary Baker G.
Eddy, head or theFChristIan Science
Church, in letter published in the Chris
tan Science Sentinel to-day. advises prac-
tiuoDers Of the fam 20 charge only as
much as would be asked for by reputable
physicians.
The letter is called forth as a result OF
q doubt in many Christian Science practi-
TONERS minds as TO a proper and just
charge for treatment
Mrs. Eddy. in her letter to-day, dehn-
itely and authoritGtively fixes such
charges for treatment Her letter sent
TO Archibald Mcclellan. editor Of the
Christian Science Sentinel, is as follows;
Bro0kline. Mass. Dec. "A. 1909.
Dear Mr. Mcclellan. Christian Science ITactitiOH-
FRS should make their charges for treatment equal
70 those Of reputable Ihysicaus in their respective
localities. Sincerely yours,
MARY BAKER EDDY.
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BIG GIFT TO YALE.
:. Russell Sage Buys Thirty Acres

Mrs. Russell Sage Buys Thirty Acres
for University.
New Haven, Conn, Dec a-The fol-
lowing statement was issued to-day from
the secTetary's office at Yale:
Mrs. Russell Sage Is to make Yale
University one OF the largest and most
important gifts which It has received in
its history. The sum OF $4,000 is offered
for the purpose OF meeting the entire cost
Of securing the beautiful thirty-acre park
at the head of Hillhqpse avenue, known
as the Sachem Wood estate. or Hiihouse
property"
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Tries to Freone to ncnth.

Wilkesbarre. Pa, Dec. a.-John Koss.
of Dupont, near here, was frozen to
death this morning in a field. and Ber-
nard McNulty tried to commit suicide by
freezing in a cell in the police station
there. ATcNulty broke out every pane of
glass in the barred window and blocked
the drainpipe so that the floor was flood
ed and ice formed. He was covered with
ice from head to foot when found His
exposure to the coh had been so trying
that his death is expected.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-01-01
STEAMER IS ADRIFT.
The Algonquin on BOdie Island with
Broken Shaft.

New York, Jan. IA United Wireless
dispatch received at I:2o this morning
states that the steamship Algonquin. Of
the Clyde Line, is drifting Oft Bodie Island
near Cape Hatteras. with a broken crank
snaft
The Algonquin left Boston yesterday
for Galveston, Tex. This is one
Of the new runs OF the Clyde Line
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-01-01
ARERNATHY THEHERO
INKILLING OF BANDITS
Bank Robbers in Oklahoma Take Alarm and Two Are
Slain the Third Seriously Wounded
TO Take Them Alive frustrated
ONE VICTIM WAS A BASEBALL UMPIRE

Guthrie. Okla, Dec. 3I.-Oni.eu
States Marshal John Abernathy'
Roosevelt's guide and friend, VINO
catches wolves with his hands, ana
his chief deputy, Chris Madsen'
we're the heroes III a battle al
o'clock this morning in the town OF
Harrab. which resulted in the kill
inc of Frank Quigg, Texas base
tali league umpire, and Frank Car
penter. and the probable death from
wounds of ]. B. DiIbeck, who IS
now in the Methodist Hospital
here.
The three men were carrying out
a prearranged plan to rob the Har-
-ah bank and post-ofice, located IN
the same building. when they were
detected.
Harrah is on the Rock Island
Railroad, midway between Okla
homa CITY and Shawnee.
I'VE got word yesterday afternoon,
said Madsen. that there was TO be a
holdup near Oklahoma City and TO come
10 Oklahoma City with two Winchesters.
Arriving there we learned that the at
tempt % rob the Harrah bank and post
Office had become known TO Dick Leahy
8 post-offlee inspector, and George Suu-
bel. a plain clothes nan. in the employ Of
the oklahoma city street Railway Com
pany
Party 4 Murdered
our party imnediately went to Har-
rah. including FEDERAL Marshals Aber-
nathy and John Paul Jones, and Reno
Madsen, my son; strubel and Jim Rippy
plain clothes men Of Oklahoma City. and
Dick Leahy. the INSPECTOR, and Sheriff
BInion. of Oklahoma City.
''The three robbers were already at
work when we reached Harrah and Sc
creted ourselves at convenient places in
tending TO let them set well at work
and then capture them alive,
our p!an was frustrated when a farmer
boy. returning home at o'clock in the
morning from a country dance, came gal
looping down the main street Of the town,
yelling and singing and creating such a
disturbance that the robbers left the bank
and made necessary an order from US
for them to throw up their hands. This
they refused to do and started to run.
The the fusilIade Of shots followed.
Two Are Killed.
"luigg was dead when he fell face
downward with a gun in his hand. Car
penter fell not far away, mortally wound
ed, and Dilbeck was also shot Dilbeck
had a gun and think Carpenter did not
1t is said that two others OF the robber
x were on top Of the bank building
the purpose of standing guard and
J Jtecting the men in the bank but they
made a good getaway and so far as I
.lrow Quigg. Carpenter, and Dilbeck con-
6titgted the gang.
I'VE found the valise containing fuses
and dynamite caps In the alley at the
rear of the bank. Whether the men left
the valise there when they ran from the
bank. or intended getting IT when the
time came for its. use inside. I do not
know. BY the vallse were also two horse
blankets IN which the robbers intended
carrying away their swag.
The bodies Of Qulgg and Frank Car.
inter- were Immediately removed to Ok.
aOma City, where Carpenter died later
Dubeck was brought to the Federal jai
mere and later removed TO the Methodist
Iospital, that an operation might be per.
-Urmed."
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WEATHER FORECAST.

For the District of Columbia,
Maryland, and Virginia-Partly
cloudy to-day and tomorrow;
warmer to-day light to moderate
southerlY winds.
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That shylocks are operating
anotig government e5aploy,s in the
guise of friends and squeezing
them for exorbitant fees on small
loans was discovered yesterday by
the citizens committee which is aid
ing The Washington Herald in its
loan shark war.
Among them are men in official
positions and professional lenders
who obtain government positions
for the opportunity Of worming into
the graces Of employees who fall
into need.
Their system 'catlike, and they
Turk about the departments on pay
days or have their collectors follow
the prey through the shadows of
their misfortunes.
At meeting of the citizens
committee yesterday afternoon the
secret sharks were denounced in
bitter terms, and the war has been
turned upon them with renewed eff
fort.
Loans in Office Hours.
An emplOye or the Bureau Of Engraving
and Printing. it was charged, has $4,000
capital invested in the loan business.
that he carries on the business in Office
hours, and that his rates far exceed the
rates of the loan shark.
For example, this man will lend man
81 on Friday before pay day, for which
the man will pay back IS on the Monday
following-s1 interest for the use Of 81
for three days.
The operations Of a man IN the Gov
eminent Printing Office were described
He is a solicitor sO-called TO a high
Continued on Page 4. Column :.
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SHARKS OPERATE
IN DEPARTMENTS
Work Quietly in the Guise
of Friends"
COMMITTEE GETS NAME
Official Is Said to Use Position
Against Debtors.

Men Are Swallowed by Collectors and
Forced 10 Pay ExOrbitant Fees for
Small Loans Made to Them when
They Are Caught in Need-CifiEens'
Committee Is strengthened for
War Upon Secret Shylocks.
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PensiOned litter Fifty yao~

NIIkesbarre. Pa Dec q -, e,,-,-,,-
OF Haistead, near here ~ 80 90 ,7.iiei's'
D1,a- i'''S Veen an employe OF the
Railroad. gave ub worLiro %, 90. ~ i" es'ei /"
pany today and was ra+i.. - 1''o OOin-
earned pen siOn. Wei
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QUAIL DYING BY THOUSANDS.
HuddIe Together in SNOW and Make
No Effort to Find Food.

Clarksburg, ". Va, Dec. a.-Reports
from the country districts are to the
effect that quail are dying by thousands
on account Of the severe weather.
Close observers Of their habits state
that quail caught in the snow huddIe in
punches until they starve, making no
effort whatever to get out and seek food.
rs pheasants VIII do.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-01-01
Gen. Draper serious1r III.

Gen. w. F. Draper. former Ambassador
to Italy, Is seriously i'll at his home, X
street and Connecticut avenue.
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s1.2s to ReIt,mor. ,nd Retur,

Saturdays and Sundays via Pennsylvania
Railroad. Tickets good returning until
Sunday night. All regular trains except
Congressional Limited
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NEW YEAR FINDS
CAPITAL AWAKE
WITH GLAD HAND
ClangOr and Festivities Mark
It's Advent.
GOOD-BY FOR OLD 1909
Stroke Of Twelve a City-wide
Signal for Merrymaking.

Watch Night and DevotfOnsRservIces
Are Held at the ChUfches-Danoes
and Musical Programmes at Clubs
and Hotels, apd Streets Run Rife
with NOiseas History Changes
for Another Cycle of Time.
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new YORK BANKER
KILLED In WRECK
Spencer Trask Only Victim
in Crash of Trains.
EXPRESS HELD UP BY SIGNAL
Engine of Freight PIOVYs Through
Pullman, Killing One and Manning
Been Placed, but IL Is Supposed
There Was Mix-up "a sIgnaIq.

New York, Dec. S..-A man or ma
chine failed 10 work for the New York
Central to-day az Croton, thirty-fve miles
up the road. A fast freight train. tear
ing for New York, with 100000 worth OF
silks. crashed into the rear end Of the
Montreal express, which had been stalled
by dead local train.
Spencer TrasS, banker, phianthropist,
and patron Of art. senior partner in the
firm Of Spencer Trask & Co. bankers.
was instantly killed. crumpled up in the
drawing room or the end car OF the Mon
treaI express. Mr.. Trask was the only
person killed. Three were hurt, two pull
man car porters and Charles Simpson, a
young man from Brooklyn
Brakeman l. Blamed.
Bert Ritter. the brakeman Of the Mon
treaI flyer. who was sent back TO flag the
fast freight. is blamed for the wreck on
the ground that he did not 90 back far
enough. Ritter says he did. Engineer
Flanagan and Fireman Knapp. Of the
freight, were arrested with Ritter. pending
an investigation as 20 whether they took
a chance and disregarded the block sig
nal to stop. Flanagan and Knapp say the
signal gave them a clear track. The
fourth man under arrest is NJ F. Bel
lew. signal man in the tower. Bellew
insists that he had adjusted his soma
phores properly and that the freight
should have kept out OF the block in
which the Montreal express was I'm
prisoned
There are three sets Of stories from
which the railroad officials. the public
service commission. and Coroner Squiers,
Of Westchester. are trying 10 pin down
the responsibility. The fagman sticks to
ii that he did not lie down on his job.
the crew Of the fast freights locomo-
tive are positive that they obeyed the
rules of the road. and the signaiman IS
certain he did his duty. The railroad Off
Gals would make no statement fixing the
cause, but one Of them said that It was
impossible TO believe that the signals
had failed to work.
Entered Wall street.
Spencer Trask was born in New York.
September IS. 1874, was graduated from
Princeton and Immediately entered the
banking business IN Wall street. He
was interested in the Edison electrical
enterprises and his firm has been very
prominent in the street for several years
Trask was a director and president OF
the Broadway Realty Company and pres
ident and director of the Lake George
Real Estate Company besides being heav-
lily interested in rhany other corporations
Mr.. Trasl1 was member Of the Met
ropolitan. Union League, City. Reform,
National Arts, and Lawyers clubs.
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S1.25 20 baltimore and Return
To-day and tomorrow via Baltimore q
Ohio Il. r
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R.Il,I,,'.,rrnor e and Return,
Every 81 49, q Ohio r. r.,
botb st and Sunday. All trains
Pe e,li1,ed 4 icy Offices. 1a7 G st. and SIS
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Choice Flowers for All Occasions
At Blaclistone's. Floral ArbiteI. 18th & II
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Continued on Page :, Column q.
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Those IN charge Of the affair were:
Executive eommittee-Dr r. Arthur
Iooe, chairman; George B. Haske. secre-
airy; J. L. Feeney. ". H. Clark, c. q.
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l3TTER CAR SERVICE OUT
/ JEFFERSON AVE. IN 10 DAYS
u. r. superintendent Makes
Promise TO Council Committee
and Manufacturers.

AID. Koenig's amendment TO the
Fafryiew car service ordinance was
(l{s only obstruction in the wheels
ghen the council committee on pub
~ utilities met, Friday morning, to
,dnfer with the east-end manufac-
&rers and the ID. u. K. representa-
ties. relative to improved car SER
lie out Jefferson The ordinance as
list drafted called for six-minute
Idkyice to the Alter road during the
1ay. Koenig insisted on introducing
~ amendment calling for two-min-
~ service during the hours when
brkingmen's tickets are in effect.
IN the conference. Friday, Reuben
Hill, representing the Hudson
4otor Car Co; w. r. Anderson, of
che Anderson Forge & Machine o..
md others interested in the street
(car service, said that the two-minuie
}flanse was useless and not asked for
by them. Harry Bullen, superintend.
{ent OF the ID. u. r., said that il was
I1mpracticable, and that the company
(1Rould run carst o take care OF the
actory workers as soon as its new Y
~ the Alter road is completed. Bull
ZEN promised the and the service
I'M 10 DAYS