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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-14
SUCCEEDS DIR. CARROLL.
Adds B. Browne Named Trustee of
American University.

A Reorganization Of the board Of trus-
tees Of the American University. made
necessary by the death Of DIR. d. H Car
roll. was effected at the annual meeting
last "Wednesday. when Adds B. Browne
Of Washington was chosen to succeed DR.
Carroll The other officers elected are:
Judge B. F. Leighton. vice president: Dr.
c. w. Baldwin. secretary; Charles C.
Glover. treasurer; Bishop w. F. Nc
Doweu acted as adviser to the board.
Chancellor Franklin Hamilton present.
ed for the consideration Of the board q
plan for a system of higher education
which. II adopted, will eliminate the uni
versfty from competition with any other
similar institution in the United States
and will give it a special and distinctive
sphere of action of the broadest scope.
The plan contemplates the specialization
covered by any other university. Cham
cellor Hamilton's idea was adopted in
principle, and a committee consisting Of
A 3. Browne, DR.. c. w. Baldwin, Bishop
Earl Cranston, Justice Anderson. Bishop
Hamilton, Bishop Mcdowell and Chan
cellor Hamilton, was appointed to give
the idea thorough study and to report
at meeting to be held next May.
Reports We're made on other matters Of
importance to the university, and an offtr
OF cooperative assistance was made to
the trustees Of Goucher College Of Balu-
more, which is making a campaign for
support for that institution.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-14
PELLAGRA IS SPREADING.
Has Claimed $4,000 Victims in thu
Last Six Years.

Pellagra is spreading in the United
States, and in the six years 1t has been
known to the authorities has claimed not
less than 10000 victims, with q case ia
tality rate in excess of 40 per cent, ac-
cording to a report Of the public health
service.
1t has reached the report contends,
the dignity of a public health question
OF national importance"
The report gives for the first time with
any degree OF assurance, in the view of
the officials, approximately how much
pellagra there has been in the United
States and where it Is prevailing. It
announces these results by states for the
period 1907-1911:
Virginia. total cases. 628: deaths, $40:
death rate. per hundred cases, 55 per
cent. North Carolina, cases, 2.4l2;
deaths, 1.O67; rate. A per cent; South
Carolina. cases, 1880; deaths. $50; rate,
81 per cent; Georgia, cases, 1858; Deaths
1.5S2: rate. "a per cent. kentucky, cases.
513; deaths. go; rate, 43 per cent Ala
bama, cases, 2,314; deaths. $50; rate, 81
per cent. Mississippi, cases. 2S95; deaths.
], $50; rate, 43 per cent. Louisiana,
cases. $40: deaths. 29e; rate. a per cent.
The figures show pellagra either preva-
lent or sporadic in the greater part of
the United States, but particularly serious
In the south.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-14
L0COMOTOR ATAXIA CURED.
Claim Made by Philadelphia Ply.
stefan, Who Discovers Remedy.

PHILADELPHIA, December IA
case Of true locomotor ataxia has been
cured-the first to recover from this OBJ
scure. chronic affection caused by degen-
GRAFTON and hardening of the spinal cord,
So claims DR.. Frank R. Starkey of
this city. He exhibited his patient at a
meeting OF the Philadelphia County
Medical Society. membership in which
establishes physicians professional
standing. The patient is a woman, forty
years old. who had suffered from Loco
motor ataxia for twenty-seven years.
She IL about to return to her home in
New York state.
DR.. Starkey has treated her, he said,
since July II. 1912, only with his poly
glandular fluid. a serum made from va
rious glands Of the sheep and chicken,
with which he has been experimenting
for twelve years. When he showed the
patient at the meeting of the county So
cietys DR.. Starkey emphasized the fact
that she displayed not one Of the symp-
toms of locOmOtor atcxia saying:
AT present 1 consider her cured She
is now entirely free from pain, has no
ataxia Uncertainty in her gait, can
walk q chalk line and turn corners
sharply and stand with eyes Closed. She
walks an average OF three or four miles
each day. She has gained twelve pounds
in flesh and her vision, which was nearly
gone in her left eye. is now normal"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-14
AMENDS NEWSPAPERLAW
Representative Mott Intro.
duces Bill to Greatly Alter
Present Statute.

Representative Luther W. Mott of New
York today introduced a bill amending
the newspaper rider to the Post Office ap-
preparation bill last session. Representa-
tive Motifs bill provides that all publish
ers must file a sworn statement giving
the names Of the responsible officers and
owners of the publication. providing, how
ever, that 1t Is not necessary to give the
names Of persons owning less than 5 per
cent Of the total amount of capital stock.
It does not make exemption in cases of
religious and other publications, and it
does not require statement Of the in
debtedness of the publication.
1t also omits the requirement of giving
the average number of copies issued and
leaves out the provision requiring the
marking Of all reading matter published
for which money IS received as advertis-
ing, which feature has been so objection
able, and is thought by many to oe I'M
constitutional.
In discussing his bill Representative
Mott said today: II believe l have en-
bodied in this bill the only good features
Of the hastily considered act which has
been so properly opposed by the best
newspapers in the country.
II believe it is right that the public
should know the ownership of publica-
tons, and that this provision is in line
with the general tendency of legislation
to fix the responsibility of the right peo-
pie.
1T is in line. for example, with the pro-
visions Of the pure food law, which COM
mands the publishing of the names of the
manufacturers Of food products. but see
no reason why the genei al pubic should
know the Indebtedness Of a newspaper
any more than it should know the indebt-
edneSs of any manufacturer"
So far as the part Of the act which re-
quires the marking of all matter for
which a valuable consideration is re-
ceived as advertising, I think this not
only unconstitutional. but. If carried out
to the letter of the law, would be ridicu-
lous.
II believe the best sentiment of the
country is in favor of modifying this law
to the extent indicated in the bill / have
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-14
EGGS FROM OKLAHOMA
COME WITHOUT BREAK
Demonstrates That Fragile
Commodities Will Be Safe
in. the Parcels Post.

That even as fragile a commodity as
eggs may be shipped with safety via
the parcels post has been demonstrated
to the satisfaction of the Post ONCE
Department The Postmaster General
today received a carton Of eggs from
Oklahoma City, a distance OF $500
miles. and although the package had
been subjected to more or less neces-
shell was cracked.
The package was marked "merchan-
disc" and received no more care In
handling than any package OF I'M
breakable material. Under the parcels
post. which becomes effective January
1. it is pointed out by the post office
authorities. the packages will be
marked eggs" and will receive care
full handling.
The department does not claim that
transmission unless they are carefully
packed, but those received today were
wrapped only in a little cotton and
paper and laid in separate divisions
such as found in the ordinary egg
crate.
Under the present postal regulations
the shipment of eggs Is prohibited, but in
this case the department will not COM
plain, as 1t is pleased to learn that the
field Of the parcels post will not be limit
ed to unbreakable merchandise.
Morning delivery of eggs by the post
man after the first Of the year will not
be unusual, 1t is expected.
Gov. D. III. Johnson Of the Chickasaw
nation of Oklahoma received three boxes
Of eggs by express from ]. NJ. Shelton of
Oklahoma City. These boxes were not
marked. and received the usual amount
of rough handling, but no egg was broken.
Mr.. Shelton packed the eggs in special
cartons.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-14
STATUS OF AMERICANS.
Rights in Russia Will Be Governed
by Local Laws.

The rights Of American citizens in Rus
sian territory after the present treaty
expires. December 81, will be governed BY
the local laws of Russia, subject only to
the commonly accepted principles of in
ternational law.
This is the substance Of a reply made
by the Secretary of State to an American
firm engaged in Russian business, which
had applied for information. No ia
vored nation" treatment will apply be-
tween the two cuntries. The Secretary's
letter added:
II am not without hope that it may be
perfectly feasible to arrive at such an ad-
justment of the several questions involv-
ed as will obviate the possibility of the
treatment of American i'm
ports into Russia"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-14
FOUR BODIES RECOVERED.
Others Believed to Be Buried Under
Train Wreck Near Cumberland.

CUMBERLAND. Md. December A.
The fourth body was removed late yes
terday afternoon from the wreck Of the
runaway train at Roddys Curve, near
Glencoe. on the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad. It was that of Carl F. Masters
brakeman. twenty-four years old and un-
married, Of Hyndman, Pa. The body OF
c. Newton Martz. thirty-two years old.
engineer, and that of John Evans. pump
man, were taken out earlier
With the body of the unidentified man,
supposedly a trespasser. four have been
taken from the debris, and there yet re-
main to be recovered those of w. S.
Small, brakeman, of Cumberland, and
probably several others. Three injured
are at the Al.egany Hospital here. 1t is
stated that four tramps were seen riding
In box car. They are supposed TO be
under the piles Of coal and twisted iron.
Nearly $40 men are working at the
wreck, but progress has been slow. The
cars are being thrown into Laurel run.
Not more than ten have SO far been
taken from the debris of more than forty
cars. A week or more will be required
to clear away the mass.
Relatives of Evans and Martz made
for the removal Of the
bodies to Hyndman. Evans will be bur-
led with Masonic honors tomorrow. The
lated of the three. He was scalded about
the chest, but it is thought death came
from Su1OcatiOn and exposure.
Like Evans, Martz was frightfully
scalded. 1t is stated that he was found
In the cab of the front engine, though he
was the driver Of the second locomotive.
The theory now is that during the rum
away Martz climbed from his engine into
the cab of the front engine to see what
the trouble was, getting there after En-
gineer Kimmel had jumped. Martz was
shortly to have retired
j. s. Hawley of Washington, a repre-
sentative Of the Interstate commerce COM
fission, Is at the scene of the wreck in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-14
CARNEGIE HOST AT BANQUET.
Entertains Officers, Trustees and Di
rectors Of Institution.

Andrew Carnegie was host last night
at the annual banquet of the officers.
trustees and directors Of the various
branches OF the Carnegie institution OF
Washington at the New Willard. Among
those present were Senator Root. DR.. S.
Weir Mitchell, John d. Cadwalder. DR..
C. A. Walcott, head of the Smithsonian
Institution. and DR.. Robert S. Woodward,
director of the Carnegie Institution.
Mr.. Carnegie was present yesterday
morning at the annual meeting of the
board Of trustees at the administration
building of the institution, at 10th and
p streets northwest. John S. Billings was
reelected chairman of the board for a
term of three years. Senator Root re-
elected vice chairman. and Cleveland H.
Dodge reelected secretary.
The board of trustees made appropria-
lions amounting to $1.32O.OO0 to carry
on the work of the institution during the
coming year.
Following the meeting the trustees, de-
partment heads and other officers attend
ed a Luncheon served in the building.
Mr.. Carnegie spent the afternoon visiting
the geophysical laboratory of the insti-
tuition near the bureau Of standards.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-14
SHARP FIGHT IN HOUSE
After Long Debate Body Votes
to Consider immigration
Bill.

Indications Of sharp fight against the
Burnett immigration bill were shown on
the floor of the House OF Representatives
today when an attempt was made to keep
the bill from being discussed at this time.
The bill has q paragraph excluding all
aliens who cannot pass reading and
writing test.
When Representative Henry OF Texas
presented a special rule which would al
low the bill to be brought up and debat-
ed for four hours only. there was instant
opposition from Representative Mann OF
Illinois. Goldfogle Of New York. Bartholdt
Of Missouri and SABBATH Of Illinois. Rep
resentative Mann terms the procedure
gag law.
For one hour and a half the House de-
hated ON the rul itself. Representa- We
Henry leading the forces In favor OF the
bill.
the members voted the Burnett bill was
allowed to be brought up for debate by
a vote Of 1O1 to 10. and at l:4o O'CLOCK
the House started on four hours OF red
hot discussion
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-14
REVIEW OF POLICE CASE.
Court Of Appeals Grants Error Writ
to Lewis Jefferson.

The Court Of Appeals of the District of
Columbia today allowed a writ Of error
in the case Of the District Of Columbia
against Lewis Jefferson, and directed the
Police Court to send up all papers and
proceedings for review. The case involv-
ed the right of the excise board to re-
quire steamboats, selling liquor on the
Potomac river to have a liquor license.
The defendant was convicted in the
Police Court several days ago for selling
liquor on the steamboat Angler without
a license, but, through Attorney Alvin l..
Newmyer, has raised the point that
the act of Congress requiring licenses for
the sale of liquors in the District of Co.
lumbia does not extend in any Of its
provisions to steamboats, operating on the
Potomac river.
This question has never been dedided
by the Court of Appeals, and by the al
lowance of the writ of error the Court of
Appeals will now be called upon to de-
eide the question.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-14
FINAL RITES FOR DEAD.
Funeral of Carl Kettelmann From
the Family Residence.

Funeral services for Carl Kattelmann,
for many years a jeweler of this city.
who died Wednesday, were held this aft
ernoon at the family residence. rs 7th
street northwest. Interment. which was
private, was In Rock Creek cemetery.
The service was conducted by Rev.
Paul Mcneil. A delegation of members
of the Association of Oldest Inhabitants,
Of which Mr.. Kattelmann was Q mem
Der. attended the funeral.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-14
FOR ALTERNATE PRESIDENTS.
Motion Made in the Senate Fails
of Passage.

Definitely abandoning the effort to
have Senator Gallinger made perma-
nent president PRO tempore Of the Sem
ate. Senator Smoot today entered a mo-
ton providing for the alienation of
Senators Gallinger and Bacon in that
ONCE during tha remainder Of the pres
cnt session. The democrats were
favorable to the program, and it would
have been adopted but for the objec-
ton OF Senator Bristow.
On his request the subject was post
poned.
The agreement provides that Decem-
Der 16 Mr.. ,GelHnger shall succeed Mr..
Bacon. and that he shall serve until
January 4 Mr.. Bacon viii serve from
January 3 to January 10. Mr.. Gallinger
from January 10 to February 1, Mr.. Ba-
con from February {" February IS, and
Mr.. Galhnger from February is to March
3, the close OF the session.
Mr.. Bacon viii continue to preside over
the Senate while sitting as q court In the
case Of Judge Archibald.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-14

the Communication forwarded to the Dis
trict Commissioners December B.
, He said that, outside OF the explanation
Of their attitude contained In these COM
munications. ofacials of the company
would make no statements for the pres
ent.
The Commercial Fire Insurance Com
pany has been in operation for number
Of years. but the First National Company
Ia a new concern which Is now being
financed. Prominent local business men
are connected with both companies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-14
OVERLOOK BIG JOB Is YEARS.
Missouri Politicians But Recently
Discovered $9,O0O-a-Year Position.

ST. LOUIS, December IA state ap-
pointive ONCE, with fees estimated at
g. LOCO a year. which had been overlooked
for thirteen years. was filed for the first
time yesterday with the appointment by
State Auditor Gordon Of Thomas Bond.
a young attorney. as the auditors local
counsel In the collection of the collateral
Inheritance tax.
How the lucrative position had been
overlooked SO long politicians were at a
loss yesterday to understand. Under q
statute passed thirteen years ago the ap-
pointee will receive q percentage of the
amounts collected from st. Louis estates
as collateral Inheritance tax. The COL
lections In st. Louis last year were $3.50,
800, and q per cent fee on this amount
would have been 5000
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-14

Proposed New Cabinet in Japan.

TOXIC. December 14.-Prince Taro kat
sura will. it is confidently believed. I'M
dertake the formation Of a new Japanese
cabinet to take the place OF the Saionjrs
ministry, which recently resigned. An Of
fetal announcement of the names OF the
new ministers is expected to be made
Monday or Tuesday next
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-14
PLEA TURNED DOWN BY COURT
Thanksgiving and Christmas Have
Nothing to Do With Justice.

NEW YORK. December A-'Christmas
and Thanksgiving have nothing to do
with the administering Of justice" said
Judge Swami. in reply to a plea for
leniency by John Francredi. convicted
here last night for stabbing q man. 81
think this sentiment should not be taken
into confederation at all do not an
prove OF IT,
The court sent Francredi to jail for six
months, describing the sentence as ga
very lenient sentence At any time OF the
year."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-14

Alleged Revolutionist Makes Safe
Getaway From Russian Prison.

SAN FRANCISCO. December 14-Liotte
DUNN, who escaped in a milk can from
Russian prison, where he had been
confined as a revolutionist. was released
yesterday from the immigration Office at
Angel Island, whittier he was sent sew
eral days ago in the fear that he might
become public charge. He will leave
Immediately for New York to join his sis
ter. Mrs. Cart Wagman, who appealed
to Secretary OF Commerce and Labor
Nagel. when he was detained here. Sec
rotary Nagel sent orders for his release
DUNN disguised himself as milkmaid
after escaping from prison and made his
way to Yokohama, where he obtained
money enough to get to the United States
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-14
FOOT IN PLASTER CAST.
Miss Carol Hartman Injured While
Practicing Scotch Dance.

NEW YORK, December 14.-Miss Carol
Hartman. daughter of the late Il n.
Hartman. win be compelled to carry her
right foot hcased In plaster cast for
some time as the result of an injury
received while rehearsing a Scotch dance
in which she was to have appeared at a
charity function.
Miss Hartman was seen to limp as she
left the stage after the rehearsal She
explained that she had merely wrenched
her foot, but examination by a surgeon
showed that she had broken a bone in
one OF her toes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-14

Priest Finds Five 81, 900 Bills in the
Church Poor Box.

NEW YORK, December 14.-Untii this
week the largest amount that the pastor
Of the Roman Catholic Church of Our
Lady Of Guadalupe. on 156th street. had
ever taken out Of the poor box was about
81. This week, however. when he opened
the box he found inside. nicely folded
together. I'VE crisp one-thousand- dollar
bills.
The priest had never seen a one-thou-
sand-dollar bill before, and when he saw
tho figures he could hardly believe his
eyes, but he soon found that he had a
fund such as he never had expected for
the relief Of the poor In his parish.
The person who put the one-thousand-
dollar bills in the box did not leave any
clue to his identity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-14
Nominations Sent to the Senate.

Nominations sent to the Senate today
by President Taft included:
Gilbert B. Deans. to be United States
marshal, southern district of Alabama:
Charles l.. Harris. to be register of the
land ONCE at Billings. Mont, and William
NJ. Enright, to be receiver Of public
moneys there. To be postmaster. Charles
e. Atwood. Biddeford. Me.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-14
LIQUOR BILL TO COME UP,
Senate Will Consider Sheppard Ken
yon Prohibitory Measure Monday.

The contest long waged for legislation
to prohibit shipments Of liquor into dry
states will come to a head in the Senate
Monday. when the Sheppard-Kenyon bill
will be taken up for consideration.
Senator Kenyon today secured an order
for the converting Of the Senate at II
o'clock Monday. giving two and a half
hours for consideration of the bill before
the Archibald Impeachment trial inter-
venes.
An effort will be made to pass the bill
next week. 1t is in different form from
the measure as passed by the House. and
further action by that body would be
necessary to make the law effective.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-14
BEAR TH0MPSON'S NAME.
Treasury Gets First Consignment Of
Bills Signed by New Official.

The first lot Of 81 bills bearing the
name of the new treasurer of the United
States. Carmi Thompson was received at
the Treasury today from the bureau Of
engraving and printing. There were co.
600 bills In the lot. Within the next few
days many more will be printed in order
to accommodate the Christmas demand
for new paper money.
Mr.. Thompson today took the second
oath OF Office as treasurer Of the United
States. Mr.. Thompson took the oath
when he assumed the duties as treas
urer a week or SO ago and following
the confirmation of his appointment by
the Senate he again took the oath today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-14
Fire Sweeps Pittsburgh Suburb.

PITTSBURGH, December 14.-Ffre, be-
lieved to have been of incendiary origin,
detroyed twenty stables, warehouses and
residences In Braddock, a suburb, early
today. Scores of men, women and chill
dren were rescued by firemen. a dozen
Of whom suffered slight injuries. The
loss is estimated at $4,000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-14
TO PLAN FOR GREAT CAMP.
Pennsylvania Commission Soon to
Take Up Gettysburg Celebration.

PHILADELPHIA, December 1.-THE
state commission arranging for the cele-
bration Of the fiftieth anniversary of
tho battle Of Gettysburg will hold a
conference with the representatives of
other states in this city January 90.
1913. when final plans for the event will
be taken up.
Gen. III. Irvine Walker Of Charleston,
8. c.. representing the Confederate
Veterans, and Judge Il. Torrance of
Minneapolis, representing the Grand
Army Of the Republic, have been ap-
pointed to confer with the Pennsylvania
commission from January / to August l.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-14
DIES IN FARMHOUSE FIRE.
Child Perishes in Flames and Boy
Is Burned Trying to Make Rescue.

MONTGOMERY, Mass. December IA.
Grace Healey persisted
In q fire that destroyed the farmhouse
Of her father. Charles H. Healey, early
today. Charles Cole, fifteen years old,
who lived with the Healeys. was ter
the child.
The boy went back into the burning
house for the little girl, but before he
could reach the room in which she was
sleeping the floor collapsed and he was
buried under the ruins. He probably
will recover.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-14
Disorders Again in China.

Annoy. China. December 14-Serious
disorders have broken out again at Hin
ghwa, north Of this city, in the province
of Fukien. A force of 500 government
troops has been dispatched there to sup
press the disturbances. Only recently the
rebels inflicted a severe defeat on a de-
tachment Of government troops