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OTHER EVENTS OF THE
YEAR.

Foremost among the strictly ecclesias-
teal happenings of the year were the
celebration, at Baltimore, Of the fiftieth
anniversary of his ordination to the
priesthood and his twenty fifth to the
cardinalate of Cardinal Gibbons, and the
creation of three new members of the
college of cardinals In the American
church. The recipients of the latter dis
tlnctlon were Archbishop Farley of New
YORK, Archbishop OConnell of Boston
and hbishop Falconio, papal dele.
gate to the United States. OF special
religious moment, also, was the conSe-
Grafton of the completed portion of the
great Cathedral of st. John the Divine,
at New York, which was attended with
most elaborate ceremonial.
June 10, the city Of Rouen celebrat-
ed the one thousandth anniversary of
the landing Of the Norsemen in France.
On the last day Of March, the Loetsch-
berg tunnel through the BerneSe Alps,
the third longest in Europe. was opened
through it's entire length by the tunnel
ing parties. Admiral Togo, famous
Japanese naval leader, visited America
August 4. remaining until August 20.
Mona Lisa" Leonardo da Vinci's
han1pe I pansing s.. was stolen from the
February - the report of the German
census commission showed u popula-
ton of 81 S96, SSI, which is a gain OF
per cent in five years. May % the popu-
liaton of London was announced as
1859, 963, an increase of 10 per cent in
ten years.
The Roosevelt storage dam In Arizona.
the second largest in the world, was
opened by exrPEesident Roosevelt March
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The years progress in aviation has been
most decided, and il has been effected
largely by long-distancc flying, while new
records for height have also been made.
January IA, Eugene b. Ely flew, fin a.
Curtks biplane, from San Francisco to
the deck OF the cruiser PENNSYLVANIA
thirteen miles distant. and returned to
the point of starting. The first time such
a feat was ever undertaken, il proved the
feasibility of employing aAopIanes in
naval warfare for scouting purposes at
least. January %, =. o. Parmalee with
Wright machine, established a new
American endurance record of ) hours
and 40 minutes, at San Francisco. :,
week later. in an attempt to fly rom Key
West TO Havana, ]. y. ID. McCurdy drop
ped into the sea, when six miles from the
Cuban coast. February =, Bellinger,
Frenchman, flew from Vincennes to Pau.
1873 miles. in hours and Ii minutes.
March =, United States army biplane,
in service near the Mexican border, car
ried Parnalee and Lieut.. Foulois from
Laredo to Eagle Pass-116 miles-in =
hours and minutes. April L.. Pierre
Prier flew from London to Paris without
stop-a9O miles-in 4 hours and 8 minutes.
May rs, Pierre Vedrine. Frenchman.
won the aeroplane race from Paris to
Madrid-766 miles-in L. hours and IS min
utes. July Z. Lieut.. Conneau. French
Amy aviator won the 4o00-mile circuit
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the service have been issued from the
division OF the service as follows:
Second Lieu. F. A. Nichols, eranted
ten days extension of sick leave. COM
mencing December 20, 1911
First Lieut. p. w. Lourait. granted
five days leave
First Lieutenant OF Engineers w. a.
Myers. placed on waiting orders as of
January j. 1912. to proceed on January
4 to Port Townsend, Wash, for duty
on the Thetis.
Second Lieutenant of Engineers r.. t.
Adams. detached from the Tyhee upon
relief and ordered to the 4amacraw.
Second Lieutenant OF Engineers l.. J.
ker, detached from the Yamacraw and
ordered to the Tybee
First Lieutenant of Engineers II. Il.
Boyd, relieved from temporary duty on
the Wissahickon. and ordered to resume
duty on the Guthrie.
First Lieutenant of Engineers R. II.
Wright, detached from the Yamacraw up
on relief and ordered to the Wissahickon.
First Lieutenant of Engineers w.
Spear, detached from the Wissahickon-
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KING OF SIAM ANGRY.
Furnishes Nobleman for Directing t,
Wife Appearing on Stage.

Special Cahlegram to The Star.
BANGKOK, December 30 - Although,
Siam Is undoubtedly progressing, there
are ways in which it hardly comes up to
the idea OF a land of light and leading.
A case has Just occurred which called
forth a good deal Of comment among the
foreign residents in the land of the white
elephant The present King of Siam Is
very enthusiastic on theatrical matters,
and had arranged a gala performance to
de given in connection with tho corona
ton fetes.
A Siamese nobleman, Luang Rahsanart.
who possesses well favored wife, OBJ
jected to her taking part in this PERFORM
ance, and on one occasion made her leave
the Royal Theater during a rehearsal
This was reported to the king, who forth
with deprived the unfortunate man of his
title, sentenced him to one years i'm
prisonment, and ordered him to receive
thirty blows with a rattan. After this
had been carried into effect the woman
was compelled to 60 on attending the re-
hearsala,
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second auditor That position has iong
been held by Judge John G.. Dew Of King
and Queen county, and the announce
ment that he was to have opposition
came as a surprise. Just what complica-
lions may arise from the action Of Mr..
Page is hard to conjecture, but II is be-
lieved that there will be a considerable
swapping and changing I'm order that
certain clerks in the several places to be
filled shall be taken care OF when the
heads Of the departments are chosen.
Judge Dew and his friends had been rest
ing secure in the belief that he would be
overlooked and the sudden entry of Mr.
Page into the fight Is believed to portend
trouble for some of the candidates for
other places.
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Literary Worlds Losses.

Among the we'll known men and women
who have passed from the literary world
are Antonio Fogazzaro, the brilliant
Italian novelist whose works were put
on the index expurgatorious, but who
was reconciled to the church on his
deathbed; Sir William 8. Gilbert, the
librettist of "Pinafore"" and its success
sors, the light operas which have made
the names of Gilbert and Sullivan known
TO all the civilized world; Thomas Went
anti-slavery agitator, Johann NJ.
Cchleyer, inventor OF Volapuk; David Ora
ham Phillips, at the zenith of his popu-
larity rs writer of fiction with a pur-
pose: Charles Battell Loomis humorist;
Samuel Scudder. whose popularity writ
ten studies in lepidoptera have endeared
him to young naturalists the world over;
the venerable Prof. Francis A. March,
long acknowledged to be the worlds fore;
most Anglo-Saxon philologist; Eugene +.
Ware once United States commissioner
of pensions. whe, under the pen name of
lronquill, wrote verse that brought him
recognition: Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
Ward, whose Gates Ajar" was the liter
AIRY sensation of the post-bellum decade;
katherine c. Thurston, whose strong
imagination and firm touch put her In the
front ranks of fiction writer's almost at q
bound: Myrtle Reed, one Of tie most pop
ular of American story tellers.
The number Of prominent churchmen
on the death list is unusually large No
less than six bishops Of the Protestant
Episcopal Church in America completed
their life work. These were OH w.
Whitaker of Pennsylvania and Alexander
Mackay- Smith, his successor: Wliliam
Iaret of Maryland. Alexander H. yinton
of western Massachusetts,. Edward +. At
will of western Missouri and James T.
Iiolley who was a negro. The Engfish
Church lost William Alexander. Arch-
! bishop Of Armagh and Primate Of all Ire
land; Francis Paget, Bishop of OXFORD
and john Wordsworth. Bishop of Sails
bury. The latter was a cousin OF the poet
SienarsS% tTs the Eomas ers taSen
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Oblige Him to Swear.
Member of Noted Family in Trouble.
special Cablegram 70 The Star.

SpeclHI LADIegfdm 10 The StHr.
PARIS, December 30-The police havs
arrested, on a charge of swindling. :.
young man of twenty-eight, Coung
Philippe D'Ornano said to be a grandsou
of Marshal D'Ornano. who was famous
during the reign of Charles Y. The count
is alleged to have obtained goods ami
jewels from Paris merchants under false
pretenses.
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Protests Against Russia.

The closing months Of the year mass
meetings held in many parts Of the coun-
try protested vigorously against Russia's
failure. under the terms of the treaty of
1882, to recognize the passports or Amer
lean citizens of Jewish extraction. De-
cember IL the House of Representatives,
by vote of 300 to /, passed a. resolution
denouncing the Russian treaty, ON the
ground that that government had will
fully violated it's terms by refusing to
honor the passports of American Jews.
Six days later President Taft notified
the Senate that he had abrogated the
treaty December IL and had so notified
the Russian government The Senate
ratified the Presidents action. and as
the year closes the two nations are face
to face with the task of drawing up
new treaty to take the place of the one
abrogated.
In his new role of the peoples bank
err Uncle Sam is doing thriving bust
ness. Hundreds of postal SAVINGS banks
have been opened and deposits have been
flowing in rapidly. After successful trial
in smaller communities, New York, Chi
cago and Boston began the operation of
their repositories August /, and since
the post offices Of several other large
cities have been designated as depos-
itories. Altogether 5000 of the $1,000
post offices of the country will be en-
powered to receive savings.
Foremost among the notable benefac-
tiohs of the year is an additional gift of
$4,000 600. made by Andrew Carnegie to
the Carnegie Institution at Washington,
and his twenty five million dollar endoW-
ment of the Carnegie Corporation, organ
lied to carry on the Carnegie philan-
thropies. Gen. 7. Coleman du Font of
Delaware offered to present to his COM
monwealth public highway los miles in
Il x NY
factions of the year in America amount
to more than $3.50. 100000.
Copyright, 1911. by the Associated Lit
erary Press.)
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DEATHS SHINING MARKS.

Among the famous Americans in the
public service, some Of them retired and
some in the active discharge Of their
duties, who died during the year were
Rear Admiral Winfield Scott Schley. in
command of the Brooklyn at the battle
of Santiago; Rear Admiral John c. FIRE.
mont, son of the pathfinder, and a
famous naval expert: Rear Admiral
Charles S. Sperry, commander OF the
American battleship fleet on its cruise
around tie world, 19OS-9; John M. Har-
lan associate justice of the United States
West Virginia, Harrison's Secretary OF
War in 1878; Senator Charles J. Hughes
of Colorado, Ex-senator Charles +.
Henderson of Nebraska, Paul Morton.
Secretary Of the Navy in Roosevelt's
cabinet; Tom L. Johnson, four times
mayor of Cleveland and ardent disciple
of Henry George; J. Proctor Knott, ex-
representative from Kentucky, widely
known as a congressional wit; ex-Sen-
ator Roger Q. Mills of Texas, author of
the famous tariff bill of 1851: ex-Sen-
ator Albert B. Kittredge of North Da-
kOta ex-senator Thomas III. Carter OF
Montana, Senator William p. Frye of
Maine, whose term of continuous service
in Congress covered a period of forty
years: ex-Representative William b.
Baker of South Dakota, father Of rural
delivery Cornelius N Bliss, Secretary
of the Interior under Mckinley: the
venerable eX-Gov. John Lee Carroll OF
Maryland. Walter Wyman, surgeon gen
and marine hospital service and father OF
our present quarantine laws; John F..
Dryden, former senator from New Jersey
and life insurance president
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Mrs. Laura Williams, twenty-nine
years old. wife Of Harvey Williams, of
burg Thursday from the effects OF burns
received "Wednesday. ---
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OBJECT TO PROFESSOR,
PELT HIM WITH MISSILES
Students Of Medical Department,
Paris University, Use Hook on
Faculty Member.
Special Cableeram to The star.

Special Cablegram to The star.
PARIS December 30.-For some time
the faculty of medicine of the University
Of Paris has been in a state of uproar and
confusion owing to the opposition shown
by the students to the lectures of Prof.
Bicolas. who was appointed to the chair
Of anatomy from the faculty OF Nancy.
The app ointment Of a provincial professor
to this post caused a considerable amount
OF jealousy, as there were a number OF
agreges OF the Paris faculty unprovided
with Official employment.
Offer Indignities.
The students have pelted NJ. Bicola 8
during his lectures with every kind OF
missile, and even when the dean of tho
faculty called In the police IL was i'm
possible to maintain order in his lecture
room The other day the scholars sue
ceeded in surrounding the professor in his
laboratory and prevented him from
reaching his lecture room at the appoint
ed time.
You will be late" they cried TRY an
aeroplane" Nor were they more respect
when he proceeded to the laboratory to
ascertain the cause OF the delay. They al
lowed him to pass, and as soon as he had
entered they again blocked the doors. The
doyen tried to parley with them, but in
vain, and finally he was released on
pledging his word that he would not send
for the police.
Oblige Him to Swear.
Raise your right hand and say L swear
it," the young men cried. 81 swear tt
repeated thu doyen, with a smile, as he
raised his right hand. Let our doyen
pass. he is now sacred to our eyes,' the
bystanders shouted. and by dint OF hus-
Ting they got him through the crowd.
Afterward the young men amused them
selves by setting fire to newspapers in
the street until the police interviewed and
arrested five of them. The lectures ara
suspended until further notice.
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Irish Railway Strike.

Later there occurred a strike of rail-
way employees in Ireland, which seriously
disturbed the social fabric of the island
for some days. At the height of the
strike fever in England, it was estimated
that 100000 workers. most of them en-
Ployed in moving commerce, We're on
strike.
In September serious rioting occurred
in France owing 10 the high price Of food
stuffs, an economic condition that was
worldwide: and martial law was declared
in Vienna. following several days of riot
ing over the high price of food. SeptcnI-
ber 81 ! 200 shop employees of the Mis-
scuri. Kansas and Texas railroad went on
strike. On the last day of the month a
general strike was declared among the
car shop employees of the Illinois Central
and the Hartman lines, and serious riot
ing ensued at New Orleans and McConrb
City. Miss.
Early in November the ash and garbage
collectors employed by the city of New
York went on strike, and the streets were
quickly piled high with refuse. Consd-
cradle rioting followed the attempt of the
city officials to remove the refuse with
strikebreakers, working under police pro-
lection. But the effort was persisted in,
and after two weeks the strikers acknoWl-
edged defeat and all except about $50
were tried and dismissed from their civil
service positions. The latter part of the
month 10000 garment workers in Berlin
struck.
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:July IA. Harry N Atwood completed MS
aeroplane flight from Boston to WASH
ington and was received by President Tart
on. the White House lawn.
Other Notable Flights.
July II, Olieslagers, the Belgian, made
a flight of 3SS miles in an aeroplane.
July 26, Lieut.. Conneau won the thous-
and-mile aeroplane race around England
and Scotland. August 5, two Americans,
Lincoln Beachey and Hugh A. Robinson,
flew from New York to Philadelphia In
two hours and twenty-five minutes, ana
on the same day Capt. Felix, french
man, assembled 1880 feet. August IA,
Harry Atwood started from st. Louis
on his flight to New York. landing at
Governors Island August %. september
4, Roland @ Garros assembled IN an aero
plane to a height of 13.943 feet. new
record. c. P. Rodgers OF the New YORK
make the flight from New York to the
Pacific coast in an effort to win the
Observation-Disclosures prize offered by
William r. Hearst. He made the coast
to-coast fight in forty-nfne days. but
failed to secure the prize on account of
the expiration Of the time limit, october
10 Thus Rodgers beat the previous
world record for long distance by loo
miles.
During the closing weeks of the year
the aeroplane was used in actual war
fare for the first time, the Italian COM
mander In Tripon employing five ma
chimes to drop bombs upon the turkish
forces opposing him.
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MAY CUT STATE TAX
Proposed Revision of Assess
ments in Virginia.
COMING FIGHT ON LIQUOR
Old Dominion Republicans Generally
Strong for Taft.
RAISING SCHOOL STANDARD
Talk of Newspaper Changes-True
Reformers at Odds-Rosewell
Pages Announcement.
COMING FIGHT ON LIQUOR
SCHOOL STANDARD

Special Dispatch to The Star.
RICHMOND. Va, December 30-With
the report of the state tax commission
declaring that if it's recommendations are
carried out by the general assembly and
the returns for taxation are supervised by
some board to be created, there is the
statement that a reduction of the tax
rate from 30 cents to 20 cents can be
made. This Is the most welcome news
that has come to the taxpayers of the
state in many a day. and if it can be ac-
compaiShed it means much to the state.
In the face of this statement, however.
there is the cold assertion Of some Of the
financial officers of the Old Domin on that
there is a deficit and rumor has it that
the deficit is at least $2JoO00 The tax
commission declares that the remedy Is
at hand in the recommendations for an
adjustment Of tax returns, whereby the
supervision of the reports Of the assessors
can be scrutiniZed and an average fair
valuation be placed on all classes OF
property. Real and personal property are
10 be given the same close examination,
and in cases where the commissioners of
the revenue are derelict and fail to make
what is believed to be q reasonable re-
turn for their city or county sucn offend
ing officer is to be removed from ONCE.
The paramount idea in the report of the
commission is to have the same classes of
property in all sections of the state bear
relatively the same value. hoping by this
means to correct the gross abuses which
have crept into the taxing system-horses.
for instance. differing in price for taxation
from $45 to $140. In dealing with the in
come tax it is proposed to require each
firm, corporation and others to file with
the financial officers a list of all persons
in their employ who receive as much as
$1,000 year. and it is recommended that
the license tax on express companies be
raised from So to $3.50 mile for each
mile operated in Virginia. The report Is
an elaborate affair, and was prepared by
DR.. Douglass S. Freeman, the secretary
Of the commission.
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McNamaras Plead Guilty.


December j. B. Mcnamara pleaded
guilty at Los Angeles, Cal. to dynamit-
ing the building of the Los Angeles Times
October 1, 1910, and causing the death of
twenty-one persons. His brother. ]. j.
Mcnamara, pleaded guilty to blowing up
with dynamite the plant of the Lew
ellyn iron works Of the same city in De-
cember 1910. j. B. was subsequently
sentenced to imprisonment for life and
J. j. to fifteen years imprisonment. Thus
there came to an abrupt end what prom
Used to be one Of the most sensational
murder trials ever held in this country,
j. b. Mcnamara being on trial when the
confession was made. following the I'M
covering of an attempt to brfbe certain
jurymen to hang the jury when the case
had been given to it.. AS the year closed
various federal and state authorities In
many parts of the country were engaged
in Investigating the many attempts In re-
buildings, ETC., throughout the country.
December it was officially announced
that the board appointed to ascertain
the cause of the destruction Of the Maine
in Havana harbor the night Of Feb
ruary Is, 1898. had found that the in
juries to the bottom of the Maine were
caused by ''the explosion of q charge of
ship. This resulted in igniting and ex-
ploding the magazines. The magazine
explosions resulted in the destruction of
the vessel The board arrived at this
conclusion after examining the wreck of
the Maine, laid bare after months Of
work on the part Of United States Army
engineers. Thus, at last, the question
ton Of the Maine is now definitely set
tied
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In the first column on the left is Pope
Plus Y, who created eighteen new cardi-
nails in the Roman Catholic Church. In
the middle column, from top to bottom,
are Chief Justice White of the United
States Supreme Court who read the anti
trust decisions that dissolved the Stand
ard Oil and tobacco trusts: Francisco l.
Madero, President of Mexico and sue
cessful leader of the revolution. and Cal
P. Rodgers. whose flight from the Attain
tic to the Pacific broke the worlds rec
ord for aeroplaneS.
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Archbishop Patrick J. Ryan Of Philadel-
phia and Bishops Bonacum of Nebraska.
Forest Of San Antonio and Van de Vyver
Of Virginia The Methodist Bishops Will
lard F. Mallalieu, Oscar p. Fitzgerald and
James A. Handy were also among the
fallen
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Proposed Anti-Liquor Legislation.

In the latter part Of January the State
Anti-Saloon League will hold It's annual
meeting in this city. That will be during
the sitting Of the general assembly. The
meeting of the league was fixed for that
time in order that its members might
have chance to see the solons in action
A partial poll has been made Of the MEM
bers of both branches, and while the
committals are far from complete. it
clearly indicates that the supporters of
the plan to have the matter Of liquor SELL
ing submitted to the voters have the bet
ter show. Many of the members say that
If their constituents ask them to vote for
the proposition they will do SO. And
many voters will ask the members to do
that very thing. The petitions are now
being signed, and more than 25 per cent
of the voters are already aligned against
the sale Of liquor. The belief exists that
the chances for the passage Of the meas
ure are much greater at this time than
they were two years ago. The Anti-Sa-
loon people are sanguine that they will De
able to force the measure through the
legislature the coming winter. speaking
with more confidence than before on this
subject.
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In the column on the right, from top
to bottom, are Detective William j.
Burns. who uncovered the famous dy-
Mantle outrages and secured evidence
that led to the arrest and confession
of the Mcnamara brothers. and Robert
L. Borden. Canada's new premier.
whose political campaign killed reci-
procity and overthrow the liberal ad-
ministratio in the great British de-
tendency.
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Costs Nothing to Try.

II you have q husband. son, brother, father or
friend who IL a victim of liquor, all you have
to do Is TO send your name and address the
coupon below. You may be thankful as long as
you live that you did IT.
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49, August 26 Andre Jaeger-Schmidt. a
Partisan newspaper man, completed the
circuit of the globe In thirty-nine days,
nineteen hours and forty-three minutes,
establishing new record.