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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-16
PRESIDENT DOESN'T Go
TO EXECUTIVE OFFICES
Follows Physicians Advice
and Remains in the
White House.

President Taft's cold was not troubling
him much today. but his physician
thought it better that he should remain
in the White House proper and attend
to his work rather than go backward and
forward to the executive offices and over
tax himself by seeing large numbers of
callers.
The President has been hoarse for three
or four days with many Of the other
symptoms Of an annoying cold. He has
not been ill enough to give up his work
and go to bed. but he has been in that
indoors is better than the outside air. and
where much work would be inadvisab BILE
All Office engagements were Cancelled to-
day and the President gave himself up
to disposing of business that has been
pending some time. He saw Secretary
Knox early in the morning and during
the day expected to see one or two other
members Of the cabinet
District Offices Not Considered.
The District offices to be filled-tWO
Commissioners and one Juvenile Court
judgeship-were not considered, and there
is now little prospect that the President
Will act upon these places until after he
comes back from Panama
AS to these three places. the tendency
is strongly in the direction of no con-
firmation by the Senate no matter who
Is named. The democrats naturally want
all the patronage they can get, in and
out of the District. and will prevent the
confirmation of nominations for Com
missioners and judge unless those nomi-
nations are particularly agreeable to
them.
But the President will not be deferred
by the possibilities of hod-ups in the
Senate. He proposes to go ahead and do
his duty as he sees it, and this duty, in
his opinion, consists in sending nomina-
tions to the Senate whenever he has Sc
lected good men to fill the vacancies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-16
DR.. Wiley Is Appointed.

DR.. Harvey w. Wiley has been ap-
pointed Il member Of the advisory board
Of the national conservative exposition,
which will be held at Nashville. Tenn,
next fall. Clifford Pinchot is chairman of
the board, which will have charge of
planning the exhibits and appointing vari-
Gus committees to arrange for the de-
paFfments. -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-16
TWO MEN KILLED BY FALL
Albert Goodbread and Walter
B. Sebastian Victims of
Accidents Today.

Albert GoOdbread. aged sixty-fve years.
and Walter b. Sebastian. seventy years
old. died this morning as the result of
falls GOodbread died an hour after he
was taken To Casualty Hospital. while
Sebastian death occurred while he was
In the ambulance on the way to Emer-
Sency Hospital
Goodbread, who was employed by W.
w. Griffith, coal dealer, slipped and fell
from the railroad trestle in his employer $
coal yard at 1st and y streets northeast.
The fall, a distance of about twenty-five
feet, resulted in a fracture of the skull
and other injuries. With his wife and
family Goodbread lived at 614 Sth street
northeast.
Falls From Second-Story Window.
Sebastian, who was for many years a
slazier employed by the District govern
nent, slipped from the ledge of a second
story window at the Morse School. on r
street between New Jersey avenue and 5th
street northwest. while he was replacing
some window panes. His skull was frac-
tured and his death quickly followed
Coroner hewitt investigated and gave
certificates of accidental death in both
eases
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-16
ONE CONTENTION UPHELD
Supreme Court Strikes Down So
Called 65 Per Cent Contracts.
NO DISSENT IN THE DECISION
Declared by Justice Lurton to Be in
Restraint of Trade Regardless
of Original Intent.

The government today lost it's fight be-
fore the Supreme Court of the United
States to have the anthracite coal carry
ing railroads and their affiliated coal
companies declared to he in a general
combination in violation of the Sherman
antitrust law
1t won a victory in getting the court
TO strike down the contracts whereby the
railroad coal companies" buy the out
put of independent mines.
Justice LurtOn in announcing the
opinion said these contracts We're plain
" in violation of the law. The court
also held that the railroads had violated
the law by attempting TO shut out of the
anthracite a competitive road through
the control of the Temple Iron Company.
Minor Combinations Discussed.
AS to minor combinations of railroads
and coal companies charged to be violat-
ing the law. the court dismissed the ac-
iion without prejudice TO future actions
because it was not fair to require these
groups to make Il defense in an action
primarily against a general combina-
ion"
Justices Day. Hughes and Pitney took
70 part III tne CeclSlOn. Incre was no
dissent.
The case is barren of documentary
evidence OF solidarity" said Justice Lur-
ton, i'll NE opinion. He added that if
there existed general combination it's
existence must be deduced from specific
acts
He took up the organization of the
Temple Iron Company with the aid of j.
r. Morgan & Co He concluded that so
powerful an agency did a new road into
the coal fields promise to become that the
defendant railroads We're moved at great
cost TO thwart it. The justice said that
although the building of the road had
been stopped yet the Temple Iron Com
pany was still SO effective an agency for
the collective activities OF the carriers for
the purpose of preventing competition in
the transportation and sale of coal that it
should be proceeded against.
The government suit charged that the
principal misunderstanding railroads and
their affiliated coal companies had en-
tered into general combination to end
competition in the transportation and sale
OF anthracite. Several groups of the de-
PENDANTS were further charged with small
er combinations for the same purpose
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-16
Holds Contracts Illegal.

The so-called 80 per cent contracts were
arguments whereby the railroad coal COM
panies were to buy the output of the IN
dependent operators at IS per cent of the
price of coal at tidewater.
In announcing the opinion. Justice Lur-
ton said that these contracts were in
restraint OF trade and Illegal no matter
what the intent with which they were
framed.
The court expressed no opinion as to
the legality of the minor combinations
charged, but dismissed the charges as TO
them because the government had no
right 10 make the smaller groups. with
in the alleged general combination. de-
fend their action in a suit which charged
first Of all, a general combination
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-16
DETAILS ARE ARRANGED
Sir Edward Grey Delivers Brief Ad-
dress of Welcome.
QUESTION OF GUARDIANSHIP
Delegates of Five Nations Concerned
Will Take Turns as Presid-
ing Officer.

ONSTANTINOPLE. December 16.-
The Turkish fleet ged the Greek
fleet off the Island of Lemnos this morn
ing, according to an official telegram
from the Dardanelles.
The Greek fleet was compelled to with
draw from the action.
LONDON, December 16.--'rhe delegates
of Bulgaria. Servia. Montenegro and
Greece assembled at noon today in the
picture gallery Of ST. James Palace, to
meet the Turkish delegates in the mo-
mentous conference which is to settle the
question whether there is to be peace or
a continuation of the war in the Balkans.
The plenipOtentiarieS were welcomed by
Sir Edward Grey. the British foreign min
lister. His address was brief but full of
sympathy and good wishes for the sue
cess of the gathering. He said:
Gentlemen: His majesty the king de-
slres me to convey to you his welcome
and to express his best wishes for the
success Of your labOrs. 1t is my agree
able duty to welcome you ON behalf of
his majestys government and to say with
what pleasure your presence is regarded
in this country.
His majesty the king, being anxious to
facilitate your task in every way, has
placed these rooms in ST James Palace
at your disposal. l trust you will find
them suitable. and at the same time I as
sure YOU that his majesty's government
will do all in its power to promote your
convenience.
You will. I believe. find In this coun-
try an atmosphere of calm and impair
tiality that will be favorable to your
work, and within these rooms which YOU
occupy you will really be on neutral
ground, where there will be no politics
except your own
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-16
Cheers for Rockefellers.

Just before the march started an auto
mobile swung through the park bearing
John d. Rockefeller and John D. Rookie
feller, jr. en- route to the city from Po-
cantico Hills.
The women waved hats and flags and
cheered, and both Rockefellers bowed and
smiled.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-16
Brings Annual Message.

Brings Annual Message.
The President-elect brought with him
his annual message to the New Jersey
legislature which meets January IA. 1t
embodies every plank in the democratic
state platform.
New Jersey is just now paramount in
the governors mind. and ii is quite likely
that until he is able to complete his pro-
gram of progressive legislation he viii
not only continue in Office as governor,
but will not take up many of the pre-
liminary tasks OF office-flling with re-
spect to his presidential administration.
AS to appointments Gov. Wilson admits
that while selections have been running
through his head he has not decided
finally on any post of Importance and
has not even chosen private secretary.
Friends at the Pier.
The fog was just lifting when the Ber-
mudian docked and it was much too early
for crowd to gather; but a handful OF
friends were at the pier, among them the
governors secretary, Joseph F. Tumulty,
and reception committee headed by
| Dudley Field, who accompanied Miss
| Margaret Wilson. The other daughters.
! the Misses Eleanor and Jessie, took the
Bermuda trip with their father and
mother.
| Mrs. Wilson and the girls will remain
| in New York to attend the banquet of
| the Southern Society tomorrow night,
when Mr.. Wilson will make his first pub
/ lie speech since his election. To do so he
J will return to New York from Trenton
! late tomorrow afternoon.
The President-elect carefully made out
| his declaration for the customs officials
| stating the number of pieces of baggage
| and value OF goods purchased abroad.
Reputation for Luck Grows.
During the trip up from Bermuda the
ocean was smooth an inlet river
| Not since Mr.. Wilson was en- route to
Bermuda four weeks ago had there been
such calm, hence the President: :elect
acquired with the sailors a reputation for
luck Not only did the Bermudian exceed
al her past records for the northbound
voyage from the Bermudas, but with the
exception Of a half hour just OUTSIDE the
Bermuda reefs, when the ship pitched into
a heavy land swell, there was hardly a
wave to disturb her.
Gov. Wilson said he had spent his va
cation amusing himself and answering
letters, of which there were about 1,GJ0,
perhaps half of them applications for
government positions.
Other passengers began leaving the Ber-
mudian as soon as she docked. but it was
half an hour later before the Wilson
party left the vessel
Looks After His Baggage.
The governor RENAME on the pier for
nearly half an hour, looking after the
| baggage.
| OF the arrest of three men in New
Jersey charged with sending threatening
| letters to Gov Wilson, he said today he
knew nothing. He had never read the
| letters. and for this reason will not be
needed to testify at the arraignnlent of
| the prisoners, set for tomorrow. Letters
| from cranks and others are always inter-
cented hy the governors secretary
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-16
To Distribute Literature.

The sun was smiling brightly and the
air was crisp but not too cold, but come
sleet, storm or blizzard. the women were
under vow to carry the scroled message
on foot the entire distance. Each woman
has a knapsack inscribed with the words,
Votes for women" and containing suf-
fragette literature, which will be scat
tered through every town and village on
the way.
Walking leisurely, the pilgrims expected
to reach Yonkers, the first stop on their
fourteen-day itinerary. shortly before
noon. There in Getty square, Mrs. Jessie
Hardy Stubbs Of Chicago will speak for
the "cause" The route then led to Irv-
ington. where tonight a suffrage meeting
will be held under the auspices of local
organizers. 1t had been predicted that a
hundred women at least would undertake
the journey. but as the itinerary calls for
Christmas day on the road many decided
to Stay home,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-16
WILSON HOME AGAIN NOT TO FILL PLACE
Presdent-toBe and Family President Not to Nominate
Reach Gotham. Successor to Reid.
EYES TURN TO NEW JERSEY CHOICE is LEFT TO Will SON
Will Devote Chief Attention England Offers Wahp Am
Progressive Legislation bassador's Body America
APPOINTMENTS NOT DECIDED MEMORIAL SERVICE FRIDAY
Admits, Ceremony
Thinking
to Late !
EYES TURN TO NEW JERSEY
Will Devote Chief Attention to
Progressive Legislation.
APPOINTMENTS NOT DECIDED
Admits, However, He Has Been
Thinking Of Those He May Name
to Fill National Posts.

NEW YORK, December 16-President-
elect Wilson returned today from his VA
cation trip to Bermuda. The steamship
Bermuda, which carried him and his
party, docked here a few minutes after
o'clock this morning.
Not an announcement as to national
politics or anything else did the governor
have to make on his arrival.
I'm going to devote myself to New
Jersey affairs" he said. After a few
hours in New York he planned to go d.
rect to his home in Princeton, SO as to be
on hand at the state house in Trenton
early tomorrow for the regular budget of
state business.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-16
Balkan ENJOYS Determined.

The delegates of the Balkan states be-
fore entering the conference chamber de-
clared that within this week either Tur-
key will find a way to surrender Adria-
nople or the war will be resumed They
believe that Turkey will yield unless she
is impelled to resistance by Austrian and
German support
The peace delegates adjourned imme-
diatey after luncheon until IL o'clock to-
morrow morning.
1t has been arranged that the chair
shall be taken alternately by the dele
gates representing the five nations con-
cerned, and this is to be done alphaber-
cally- Bulgaria will thus be first and
Turkey last.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-16
SUFFRAGEUES MARCH
ON NEW YORK CAPITOL
Twenty-Five to Walk 140
Miles to Deliver Petition
to Gov. SuIZer.

NEW YORK, December 16.-"F'irst aid
Is all right for our bruises, small.
But nothing will cure us but votes for
ALL
Thus sang twenty-five suffragettes to-
day as they started on their 14O-mile
walk to Albany to deliver to Gov. Su.Zer
on his inauguration day a message for
the cause of woman suffrage.
Clad i'm sweaters, mackinaws. short
skirts and high boots. and headed by one
of their number beating martial tattoo
on a snare drum. the marchers left Van
Cortlandt Park. on the outskirts of the
city, shortly after . o'clock. Sympa-
thiZers Of both sexes were on hand, and
cheered Justify when the leader of the
pilgrimage, Miss Rosalie Jones-"Gen.
Jones'" as she is called by her fellow
suffragettes-gave the order, Forward,
M rChfp
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-16

Fair tonight. Tuesday increas-
ing cloudiness, with moderate tent
pcrature light west winds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-16
Difficulties in Way.

There are difficulties in all negotiation
for peace after war l will not attempt
to estimate what they may be in your
case. They have been. no doubt, the
subject of full instructions to each set
Of delegates from their respective gov
ernments: but there can be no nobler
task than to overcome these difficulties
and to accomplish peace as result OF
your own efforts and your own work.
I'm this way you will lay foundations on
which. / trust, will be built by true wis
dom and craftsmanship the prosperity
moral, economic and national-Of your re-
spective countries. Without that states
manship the gains of war are of little or
no worth to future generations. With
that craftsmanship the losses of war can
be repaired and bitterness merged in the
realization of the blessings of peace.
Il Will say no more. except to wish you
success in your task and to assure you
that you have the good will of every one
in the object for which you have assem-
bled here and that by accomplishing
peace you will secure the respect of the
whole of Europe"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-16
Responses Are Made.

The chief of each delegation cordially
acknowledged the welcome and the SEN
timents expressed by Sir Edward Grey,
who was unanimously elected to the hon.
Orary presidency of the conference
DIR. S. Daneff, president of the Bulga-
rian parliament, replying to Sir Edward
Grey. said:
Your Excellency: Our first words in
this historic occasion must be to express
our profound gratitude for the hospitable
reception which his majesty the kind
and the noble British nation and govern
ment have extended to the representa-
tives of the Balkan peoples.
In choosing the capital of the British
empire as the scene of our deliberations
We have been guided. above everything,
which will surround our labors can be
only prOpitiOus for the success of our
mission.
The guiding thought of all our efforts
will be to work for the elaboration of an
instrument of concord, which will insure
for the Balkan peninsula. troub ed in
the past. durable peace. and will form
the commencement of an era of tran
quillity and progress"
Attracts Little Attention.
The British foreign secretary then left
the gallery and the plenipotentiaries set
about the task Of arranging the questions
| OIL the chalrmanship. the procedure, the
| language, etc. of the conference Con-
| sidering its historic character the con-
| clave attracted remarkably little public
! attention. Some hundreds Of reporters
| and photographers and few of the gen
| eral public gathered in the vicinity of ST.
| James Palace. Otherwise nothing be-
yond the extra squads ,Of policemen in
| dicated any thing out Gf the common.
| Rigorous precautions have been taken
| to prevent the near approach of strang-
eTs to the quadrangle of the palace. A
strong force of police has been stationed
about the ancient archway and will re-
main on duty during the conference
The Turkish plenipotentiaries We're the
| first to arrive. They were followed at
| brief intervals by the Servians, Monte
negrins and Bulgarians. All these arrived
| in taXicaDS; the Greeks alone rose to the
| level of a private automobile. The ne
gotiators sat for only an hour and halt
and then adjourned for lunch. which was
served in room adjoining the confer
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-03-27
COOPERATING FOR SOCIAL Up
LIFT

A great many things have been
made possible through the co-opera-
ton of all the forces interested in
religion as the source and inspiration
of the elements that make for the So
cial uplift during the progress of the
evangelistic services that have been
conducted ~4n the tabernacle during
the past month and are just now
coming TO a close, and not the least
of these is the thought of how easy
st is after all for the forces of good
to forget minor details and unite
upon essentials.
The potentially of Christianity has
been weakened by its creeds, but the
fact that it has succeeded as It has
under this plan of a house divided
against itself is an indication of the
vitality of the faith. Its twenty cen
turtles of progress have been an un-
broken advance despite of the de-
terrent influences that have arisen
among the churches over matters not
effecting the essentials of a faith that
more than anything else has made the
civilization Of today a possibility.
The union of the churches in the
present work has made it compare
lively easy to form a union of forces
for civic and social betterment that
will not be handicapped by the fact
that barriers of creed must keep
apart forces that have a common pur-
post and a common aim. Just as the
big choir converted into a human or
gan which. responsive to the touch OF
the trained director, produced the
wonderful tones and harmonies that
have as much as anything else con-
tributed to the success OF the union
meetings, just so may all the forces
Tor good in this community be gath
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-03-27
NORTHERN PACIFIC
TO BALLAST TRACK
Extensive Work Soon to Be
Taken Up on Line Through
This Valley to Ellensbrg

Approximately two hundred men
will be put to work early in April
ballasting 40 miles of tracks of the
Northern Pacific railway from Yak
ina City to Ellensburg and seventeen
miles will receive new 90-opund rails.
1t Is the intention of the railway
officials to put several ballasting
trains at work between Pasco and
Gle Elum and a great deal of work
will be done over the entire road in
this valley. Trackmaster Brown Will
be occupied for the next four months
or so in the work outlined above
which has especial reference to the
track from this immediate valley
through to the Kittitas capital.
Survey Short Line
A survey has been made and re-
ported on for the shortening Of the
railroad line through the Yakima riv-
err valley which survey contemplates
a considerable reduction in the mile
age. Whether this shortening of the
route will be made effective at this
time or whether it will remain for
future work remains to be seen. The
present point is that the ballasting
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-03-27
NORTHWEST NEWS
Town Asks Chance of Name

WOODv1LLE. ore. 1.-The CONNER
cial club Of this place has unanimous
ly voted to change the name of the
town to Rogueriver, and steps have
been taken to have the council call
special election to be held soon for
the purpose of giving the citizens a
chance to vote on the change. A pc
tition has already been sent to the
Postmaster General at Washington.
d. c.. stating reasons and asking for
change in the name Of the post
iffce.
The club holds that the name of
Woodville is an excellent one for a
village, but now that the place Is a
growing town, with electric lights and
municipal water system; now that
the authorities. are establishing
grades for cement sidewalkws and
other municipal work is being pushed,
1t is considered time to shake off the
village name.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-03-27

The Chinese republic has not only
arrived, but 1t has come in on the
high gear and is moving down the
speedway determined not to take any
unnecessary dust nor to call for a
pace-maker. China has announced
equal suffrage for women throughout
the republic and takes the forefront
democracy. This is a government of
the people, for the people and by the
people without consent of a peacock
feather or the need of the ensigna of
the yellow robe.