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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-24
Deep Drifts in Connecticut.
GOV. WILSON GETS A PIPE.
But President-to-Be Says He Smoked
Only Once.

TRENTON, " J.. December o4.-The
arrival OF a gold-mounted, amber-stem-
med meerschaum pipe al the statehouse
today from one of Gov. Wilson's Prince
ton friends in Vicksburg Miss, brought
from the President-to-be the confession
that once in his life and only once, lid
he smoke.
1T was this way" he said "My father
was a smoker OF some attachments. and
had got TO the stage where he liked q
fat. blacS cigar. In his leisure hours
my mother took advantage of his habit
and employed him To blow the pungent
smoke over her rose bushes to kill in
sects. One day when he was not at home
she suggested that I try ii on one of her
favorite plants and / obliged, somewhat
proudly. For five minutes / steamed
away like a furnace. and then IL hit me
with disastrous effect ! never tried it
after that.
And you never had any ambition to
learn smoking was suggested
No" he replied. You see. i never was
forbidden to. so there wouldn't have been
any point to it.
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TO ASSIST MRS. WILSON
Miss Hagner Will Be Secretary
to Wife of the Next
President.

TRENTON, y. j.. December alt was
announced today that Miss Isabella L.
Hagner had been chosen by Mrs Wilson
to be her secretary at the White House.
Miss Hagner was secretary to Mrs.
Roosevelt during the latters stay at the
White House. She is now in the State
Department in Washington.
Miss Isabella Hagner is member of
one of the oldest resident families of the
District. She is the daughter OF DR..
Charles f. Hagner. Her uncle is Justice
Alexander b. Hagner of the District
Supreme Court. retired. Her brothers
are DR.. Francis Il. Hagner. Paymaster
l. Thomas Hagner and Randall Hagner.
Miss Hagner served through both Of the
Roosevelt terms as social secretary to
Mrs Roosevelt. having been a personal
friend of the latter during her earlier
residence at the capital.
The position was created for her by
President Roosevelt, whose order trans
ferred her from the War Department,
where she was clerk during the war
with Cuba. After the Roosevelt admin
istration she was made clerk i'm the
State Department. from which she will
be detailed for service with Mrs. Wilson.
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ATTEMPT TO KILL PRINCE
WouId-Be Assassin Is F0iled
in Effort to Murder Jap
anese Statesman.

TOXIC. December 24.-An attempt was
made early today TO assassinate Prince
Aritomo Yamagata, the president OF the
Japanese privy council and supreme mill
tary councillor of Japan. The prince
escaped unhurt His assailant tried to
commit suicide.
The would-be assassin broke into
Prince Yamagata's residence just after
midnight and endeavored to approach
the prince. He was. however. observed
by some attendants and he then tried to
commit suicide, but he was caught and
prevented as he was i'm the act Of stab
bing himself. He was arrested and an
Investigation is now proceeding into the
reason for his attempt.
Prince Yamagata was the chief Of gen.
eral staff during the Russo-Japanese
war. He is well known in all the Eu
ropean countries.
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AS A TRIBUTE TO WILSON
Entire National Guard of New
Jersey May Come Here for
Inauguration.

TRENTON. y. J., December 24.-The
entire National Guard of New Jersey.
numbering 4.JO0 men, may go to Wash
ington to participate in the inaugural
parade as a tribute from Mr.. Wilson 3
home state.
State Senator Isaac Nichols. republi-
can. announced today that he would in
troduce bill providing an appropriation
of $4,000 to defray the expense of such
a plan. The bill may come before Gov.
Wilson for his signature. and he is said
to be against having the state spend $780,
600 for such purpose. He opposed hav-
ing the militia present at the ceremonies
at Seagirt notifying him of his nomina-
ton.
Through depths of snow that made au-
tomobile travel hazardous Mr.. Wilson mo-
tored from his home in Princeton to the
statehouse today. The governor found
a cozy fire i'm the CRATE in his office and
settled down to his work with state Of
ficialS.
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ground over tomorrow. and that the boy
or girl with a brand-new sled in all like
lihood will have an opportunity TO rup
the newness off tomorrow afternoon.
There is a but however. In the pros
pect of white Christmas day tomorrow.
for the weather bureau says that IL will
probably not turn any colder. and that
1t may warm up little tomorrow. So
that every boy and girl who has sled.
and every girl who has beau who owns
or can afford to rent cutter is ad-
vised by the weather bureau to take
time by the forelock' and begin to en-
joy these pleasures of a snowy Christmas
as soon as possible, for the snow may
melt and pass away as the day itself
must do.
Those who live in the suburbs OF
Chevy Chase, Cleveland Park, Friend
ship Heights, Bethesda, Glen Echo.
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Many Arrests Made for At
tempt on viceroy's Life.
BOMB FILLED WITH SCREWS
Investigation Shows How Narrow
Was Escape of vice-Regal Party.
VARIOUS MOTIVES ATTRIBUTED
May Have Been Act Of Revenge for
Removal of Capital-Baron
Hardinge Suffers Pain.

DELHI, India. December 24.-The at
tempt on the life of Baron and Lady
Hardinge yesterday by an Indian fanatic
kept the police and the civil authorities
Of the imperial city of India busily
occupied today
large number of persons have been
arrested on suspicion of participation in
the outrage
In the course of the investigation il
has been proved that at least $50 people
were gathered at the back of the prem
ises from which the bomb was thrown at
the viceroy and vicereine. In the vicinity
also was dense crowd of natives. There
was an immediate scramble after the
explosion Of the bomb. and confusion pre-.
vailed everywhere
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SPEECH OF THREE WORDS.
]. P. Morgan's Address" in Recog.
milton of Honor Paid Him.

NEW YORK, December 24.-Members
of the New England Society were declar-
ing today that J. p. Morgan made
speech of record length to them at the
10th annual festival of the society late
last night when he spoke only three
words. They were the simple Anglo
Saxon Il thank you.' but it was regarded
as a record, since Mr.. Morgan is so much
more celebrated as listener than a
talker at large dinners.
The -financier delivered his address
when it was announced that he had been
elected an honorary member of the New
England Society. AS a response he re-
ceived Hip. hip. hooray." from the five
hundred diners standing. and he was OBJ
viously pleased with the demonstration.
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URGES PEACE PRAYERS
Pope Also DepIores Attempt on
the Life of India'S
viceroy.

ROME, December 24.-The Pope during
his reception Of the cardinals today. re-
ferred to the London peace conference.
saying that all Christians should unite
in prayer that the outcome Of the present
counsels of the nations should be peace,
for which he rejoiced to think that there
was new and reasonable hope.
The Pope deplored the recent attempt to
ssassinate the vicerOy of India at Delhi.
He looked remarkably we'll in spite of
the arduous task of receiving many dele
cations that had come to bring him the
greetings of the season.
Cardinals Farley and O'Connell both
telegraphed their Christmas good wishes
to the Pope from America.
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DETAILLE is DEAD.
Passing of the Famous Painter of
War Scenes.

PARIS. December 24-The French bat
tie painter. Jean Baptiste Edouard De-
tsile. better known as Edouard Detaille,
died here todsy at the age Of sixty-four.
Detaille was the best known OF modern
French artists. He had suffered for a
long time from an affection of the heart.
This morning when he awoke he found
considerable difficulty in brea thing a
doctor was called and administered
stimulants without effect and the painter
shortly after passed away. His aged
parents, both of whom were living with
him, were at his bedside when he died.
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UNDISMAYED BY STORM.
Gen" Rosalie Jones and Suffra.
gettes Proceed Toward ALBANY.

UPPER RED HOOK, n. Y, December
24.-Braving one Of the worst snowstorms
in wears Gen Rosalie Jones and her
little army of suffragettes resumed today
their march to Albany to carry a mes
sage TO Gov Sulzer. They planned to
walk SIX miles through knee-deep snow
to Livingstone, where they will stop for
the night. The women purchased over
shoes. mittens and muffiers before start
ing.
I'VE must keep our schedule. no matter
what the weather is. said Miss Jones.
a che sounded Forward march,"
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PASSENGERS SLIGHTLY HURT.
Train on Central Georgia Railway
Derailed Near Americus.

SAVANNAH, Ga, December pa re-
mort received at the Office OF the general
manager of the Central Of Georgia rail-
road here said the Seminole limited,
hound from Jacksonville to Chicago. was
derailed this morning near Americus, and
eight or ten persons were slightly hurt
Bad alignment OF the track was given
as the cause of the wreck. Three sleep
ery left the rails, but did not turn over.
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Fire Causes Loss of $3.50. 900.

CHICAGO, December 24.-Fire early To-
day destroyed the three-story brick build
ing occupied by the plant Of the STANDARD
Glass Company. causing a loss of $3.50
600. Dwellers in dozen cottages near
the fire moved their belongings into the
street and shivered for several hours
while firemen, summoned by several ex-
ira calls, fought the flames.
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ONLY Parts of Letters Read.
English Aviator Dashed to Death.

LONDON, December 24.-Edward Pc
tre q well known English airman, was
killed near Redcar while underta king a
eight from the Brooklands aerodrome to
Edinburgh He intended to cover the
distance without stopping. His mono
n,ane ran into a heavy gale on the way
and his machine was dashed to earth.
The motor fell on the aviator, killing
him instantly Petre narrowly ,escaned
death near Aldershot October n
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Dies at Funeral of Old Master.

CONYERS. Ga, December A.-While
the funeral services were being held over
the body of her master of slavery days,
Aunt Maria Harper. old-time negro
"mammy," more than seventy years old,
dropped dead here yesterday. She held
in her arms grandchild of the dead
man, who was j. o. Bohannon, wealthy
planter
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here and there some
enthusiasts combined
business with pleas
ure and appeared in
the downtown streets
i'm cutter" muf-
fled with furs, free
with small coin for
the newsboys and
for the pots OF the
Salvation and Amer
lean Salvation Army
organizations placed
at various points. to
collect money for
dinners for the poor.
The merry Jingle of
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by most OF the pun
lie may result in de-
laying deliveries a
little. As a rule.
however. packages
and parcels will be
delivered on time,
especially as there IL
no ice OF conse-
quence i'm the city
streets.
There will be many
more of these par
cells and packages TO
deliver this after
noon and tonight
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along the Great
Falls line. around
Fort Myer, Arling-
ton. Falls Church.
along the Potomac.
around AnacoStia,
Bladensburg, Wood
ridge, J. a n h a m.
Terra Gotta. Sol
diers' Home. Rock
Creek Park and
other ut ! Y ! n r
communities W ! ! 1
have all the best
of { h is wv h 1 ( e
Christmas" for the
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peratures, they NAV
get il wholly. The
weather bureau says
that the snow which
came I'm the night
to deck the trees.
houses and streets
of the capital and
make the day be-
fore Christmas an
old-tlme one In APP
pearance Will prob
ably remain on the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-24

tndn Uner. have
been at any other
day of the Christ
mas season. Most
of the government
departments, d as Well
as the District
building. closed at
noon today To give
employees an oppor-
tunity to prepare for
Christmas day, and
this afternoon the
streets are thronged
with what are said
to be the largest
crowds i'm their hist
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Guests of Ell Reno Hotel Res
cued From Burning Building.
TAKEN DOWN ON LADDERS
Mrs. Mary Smith Leaps From Third
Story, But Is Not Seriously Hurt.
AWAKENED BY CRY OF DANGER
Damage Estimated at About So, 900.
Fire Confined to Third Floor and
Space Under Roof.

The Ell Reno Hotel. at New Jersey ave-
nue. and c street northwest, was dam
aged by fire about o'clock this morning
and several guests of the house had mar
row escapes from suffocation by smoke
One woman guest, registered as Mrs
Mary Smith of Alexandria, Va, jumped
from third-story window, landing on
the top of fence, and sustaining painful
bruises. contusions and minor cuts about
the face. body and legs. She was taken
to Casualty Hospital, where it was said
her Injuries are not serious.
The fire started in a linen room on the
third floor of the hotel One of the col
ored maids, visiting the room, dropped a
lighted match on the floor and left the
room without noticing that the match
was blazing A short time afterward the
flames burst from the linen room and
filled the halls Of the upper floor. cutting
off the escape Of several guests, who were
awakened only by the smoke entering
their rooms and by the breaking Of tran
SONS by the heat.
Rescued by the Firemen.
All. with the exception of Mrs. Smith, were
rescued by members of No. 1 truck COM
pany, under Ch1ef Proctor, who took
them down the ladders.
Two alarms We're turned in, bringing
out eight engine companies and three
trucks, as it was difficult to see just how
serious the fire was. The flames were
confined principally to the third floor and
the space under the roof of the building
the structures being damaged to the eX-
tent OF about 5000.
Pan of Grease Catches Fire.
An alarm Of fire was sounded from box
625 last night about IL 10 o'clock because
Of a blaze in the kitchen at Mrs. Yeat-
mans oyster house, 1870 North Capitol
street. pan of grease on the stove
caught fire. About $25 damage was done.
No. 23 engine company responded to an
alarm last night and found q blaze in a
pile of rubbish in the shed on the premi-
ses of Max Cation, DDS II street north
west No damage resulted.
No. 3 engine company went to 31th and
Reservoir streets yesterday afternoon and
found a hedge ablaZe. The origin Of the
blaze could not be determined. No damage
was done.
Policeman l.. H. Farquhar OF the sew
enth precinct sustained slight burns on
his hands this morning about O'Clock
while extinguishing fire in his stable at
3,37 n street He went to Georgetown
university Hospital and had his injuries
dressed. The fire did very little damage.
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Argues in Behalf of Alleged
Dynamite Conspirators.
ALL W0RKINGMEN, HE SAYS
Ortie McManigal Called Greatest
Criminal of His Time"
WITNESS WITH BRAZEN FACE
Indiana Senator's Speech in Defense
of Clients in Trial at
Indianapolis.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, December "a
United States Senator John ". Kern
argued in behalf of the forty defend
ants at the dynamite conspiracy trial
today. He appealed to the jurors to
remember when preparing their verdicts
that most of the defendants came from
distant parts of the country.
Plain wOrkingmen," he said. "some
Of them uneducated ironw orkers," taken
from their homes hundreds or thou
sands of miles away, and made to face
a strange court with district attorney
hurting harsh and abusive language at
them-is it any wonder that some of
them became confused? Is it any wonder
that some of them couldn't remember
details of letters they wrote five years
ago?
Some Of these men didn't know what
they were charged with. They came to
me and asked me what 1t was all about.
I had to explain to them that they were
not charged with dynamiting, but only
with transporting explosives illegally.
You jurors can't convict these men of
crimes with which they are not charged.
You. can't convict them of causing ex-
plosions. but only with carrying eX-
ploSives on passenger trains or con-
spiracy to violate the federal laws"
Denunciation of McManigal.
Attacking Ortie Z. McManigal, the con-
fessed dynamiter as ''the greatest GRIM
nal of his time Senator Kern said the
government charges We're based largely
upon what McManigal had said.
This McManigal came here with a
brazen face and related his crimes with
an air of triumph said the senator.
Would you permit contest over a COW
to be decided by the word of such a man?
"It has been said that the National
Erectors' Association and the United
States Steel Corporation have had nothing
shown here that the agents of the Ma
tional Erectors' Association. took from the
ironworkers union headquarters 10000
letters From these the government took
400 letters In which 1t was sought to show
a conspiracy existed.
Only Parts of Letters Read.
Did the government read all those 400
letters? No; only parts of those letters
were read-the parts which the prosecu-
ton thought showed a conspiracy. Why
since the time for a change in the admin
istration of this country approaches have
received scores of letters on a variety of
subjects. If you read those letters liter
ally YOU might convict the writer's with
almost any charge you wished to make
against them.
The Erectors Association to which Sem
ator Kern referred was organization
the ironworkers' union had called a
strike
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Snow Turned to Slush.

In the shopping districts of the city
today it seemed as if every resident
of these outlying communities had come
to town to do more buying OF Christ
mas things. The tread Of many feet. as
the day wore on, turned the white snow
in the streets and sidewalks into
darker hue. and with ii came the siush
that impedes progress for humans as
we'll as horses and automobile delivery
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Deliveries May Be Delayed.

In the larger stores and at the express
offices and at the post offices II Us said
that the snow so earnestly wished for
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JINGLE OF SLEIGH BELLS
Change in Weather Seems to Increase
Yuletide Spirit.
MAY DELAY DELIVERY WAGONS
Throngs in the Shopping Districts.
Many Going to Former Homes
for the Holidays.

Ihose who wanted "a white Christmas"
nave obtained their wish I'm part. and.
with little good luck in regard to tenn
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-24
Not an Exploitation Of Crime,
But an Exposition Of II.

I. Jack Rose, the writer of this re-
4 markable series, says, in part:
Z 1T has been said that I have
= ~ never done an honest days
|; work in my life. That is
4: largely true. / have lived by
8 my wits among the criminals of
6 New Yorks underworld. But that
9. chapter of my life is closed; 1 will
|. never again take dishonest dol
I: lar. And I shall go further than
|. this. / shall do all / can to make
I: restitution for the years of my
Z life which were spent preying
Z: upon the public.
< You, the victimiZed public must
+ believe me in this. / have already
& done everything in my power to
1: help District Attorney Whitman
o and Justice GOff in making sure
. that justice should not be defeated
7: in the trial of Lieut.. Becker and
= the four gunner. But it has been
!. pointed out to me that l still have
: another duty to perform, a duty
: to the public. That many things
Z that I have learned in my life in
: the underworld should be made
: known for the benefit and the pro-
! lection of the men and women
! and even the children who cannot
: possibly know the methods the Sc
5 crets and the traps which are set
: for them by the vultures of the
I underworld.-
: Read
: INV Life in the Underworld"
: BY JACK ROSE,
( Which begins in the
: Special Feature Section
: of the
! Sunday Star.
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bells was heard everywhere. and shoppers
trudged through the snow laden with
holly and mistletoe and wreaths of
Christmas greens The snow seemed to
have the power of bringing out more Wis
ibly than ever the Christmas spirit. ac-
companied with laughing good nature, no
matter how tired the shoppers We're oi.
how heavily laden with bundles. and 1t
must have been a veritable "Old Scrooge"
indeed who could have resisted the In
fluence of his surroundings.
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snow will remain on the ground in the
rural sections for several days at least:
perhaps a week. The city boys and
girls, of no matter what age, will have
every opportunity to envy their SUBJ
urban neig1hbors In this regard.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-24
Cabinet Members Here.

In the absence over the Christmas
holidays of President Taft, Secretary OF
State Knox and Secretary of the Navy
Meyer the members of the President
official household who will be here to
direct affairs OF government will he
Secretary MacNeagh of the Treasury.
Attorney General Wickersham, Secre-
tary of War Stimson. Postmaster Gen
eral Hitchcock. Secretary Nagel OF
Commerce and Labor. Secretary Fisher
Of the Interior Department and Secre-
tary Wilson of Agriculture. These
officials. it is expected, will eat their
Christmas dinners in Washington.
President Taft will be on the Isthmus
Of Panama on Christmas day. Secretary
OF State Knox will be az his country
home at Valley Forge. Pa, and Secre-
tary Meyer will be quail hunting in
North Carolina.
Returning to Former Homes.
Many residents of Washington, who
came to this city from the river counties
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No Special Police Plans.

No special police arrangements had been
made for the occasion, and only the ordi-
nary native police commanded by British
officers were on duty in the streets.
Scores of stories are abroad in regard
to the affair. Some believe that the at
tempted assassination was the work of a
Bengalee who was trying to avenge what
he considered the insult of the removal
of Indias capital from Calcutta to Delhi.
The incident generally is regarded as
significant of the peril to which any high
official is subjected in an Indian city
now that anarchy has permeated certain
classes of the very mixed population of
the Indian empire.
\ close examination Of the howdah
in which the viceroy was seated when
the missile was thrown shows how
narrow was the escape of Baron Har-
dinge. The high back of the howdah.
which was made Of hard wood, and
against which the viceroy was reclin-
ing, was completely wrecked by
splinters Of metal.
Passes a Restless Night.
The bomb was Of the ordinary type.
but contained a large number of
screws and talking machine needles.
Some of these, when dispersed by the
explosion, struck the helmets of men
Kings Royal Rifles, who We're drawn
up in line along the street. None OF
the soldiers was seriously hurt.
A bulletin issued this morning by
the doctors in attendance on the vice.
roy says: -.
''Baron Hardinge passed restless
night. 1t was necessary to relieve ms
pain by injections of morphia. He
suffered little fever last night, and
none was present this morning.
TT was found. through the operation
last evening, that the muscle under
the shoulder blade was rather severely
torn.
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Spirit of the Yuletide.

The "luletide' spirit is everywhere
Drivers of wagons. with the advent of the
snow, got out bells for their horses and