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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-29
THIRD ESCAPE FROM PRISON.
Woman in Blue" Passed
Saws to Bank Robber.

JACKSONVILLE. Fla., December %
Albert Driscoll. alias A. ID. Cannameyer,
noted bank and post office robber, who
has served time in several federal pris-
ons. escaped from the county Jail here
last night. He was held on the charge
of robbing the post office at Green Cove
Springs, Fla, where he was posing as a
preacher, holding services there regularly.
\ mysterious woman in blue from
Macon, Ga, is said to have handed In
the saws TO Driscof. The prisoner es-
capped from Atlanta and Leavenworth
prisons in similar manner.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-29

sanatorium, is not expected to live
through the day. According to the at
tending physician, she has been steadily
growing weaker since last night and
may pass away at any time.
Mrs. Blake, who is eighty years old.
was for many years known as the
champion of women's rights. For
eleven years she was president of the
New York State Woman Suffrage AS
sociation. She was also prominent in
national suffrage organizations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-29
Five Meetings of Protest.

CHICAGO. December 2S.-Fiye meet
iugs Of protest by labor men against
the attack on Charles III. Meyer at
Calumet were scheduled today by John
H. Walker president of the Illinois
Fedora tion of Labor. One meeting viii
he held in Chicago tomorrow night.
-Four viii be held New Year day, two
IN Chicago. one in Pullman, ILL.,, and one
in South Chicago.
At the hospital Meyer was said to be
resting easy. with no sign at present
OF complications developing The sur
-eons attending Meyer expected to de-
cide today whether the bullet should
bs removed from his shoulder.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-29
Americans in Mexico Who
Hunt Trouble Need Look
for No U. S. Protection

VERA CRUZ, December 29.-WarninSs
have been sent to Americans at Tampico
and the outlying districts that in case
they become engaged in battle with either
rebels or federals unless attacked. they
need expect no assistance from the Amer
lean marines and bluejackets who will
he held off the coast Intimations also
have been conveyed TO the management
of the companies in this district that any
nrecipitate action by their empoyes would
render it exceedingly difficult TO reach
satisfactory adjustment OF subsequent
war claims.
There are several hundred Americans
at the oil camp around Tampico- They.
as well as their employers, have been
subjected TO hardships, loss and indigni-
ties, which they attribute to the state or
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-29
Saws State Can Handle Affair.

He made il plain" said the governor.
that he came here merely on concilia-
tory mission, and. of course. / have no
objection 10 any efforts in that direction
All We ask is that we be allowed to at
tend TO our own legal affairs When we
do not do il. it then is time for the fed
..raI authorities to take the affairs out OF
.ur hands. Mr. Densmore seemed very
hopefui accomplishing something by
IN erInS eonci istory suggestions. but L
am not sure about sucn results at TINS
time
NJ DenSmore left for Calumet lnlne-
diateIy after the conference. he carried
with him a letter of Introduction u
G;eorg. \. Nichols, special prosecutor IN
IN. strike district. Nichols was to have
app..red at the conference this morning,
III missed his train at Grand Rapids.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-29
THREE KILLED IN NINE.
Four Others Injured in Explosion
Near Bicknell. Ind.

B1CkNELL, Ind, December 29-Three
men were killed and four injured today
at the Indian Creek mine four miles
south of here, when a gas explosion oc-
CURED. The dead are Emery Williams.
Robert Cotton and an unidentified man.
The injured are buried in the mine.
The explosion occurred this morning
as the night shift of $50 men was Ieay-
to the mine
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-29
Mrs. Secord, Actress, Killed by Fall.

CHICAGO. December 29.-Mrs George
Secord, thirty years old, an actress, fell
or jumped from a fifth-story window in
hotel here today and was killed No one
saw the fall. Mrs. Secord's husband is
an actor He left Chicago Saturday TO
JOIN his company Mrs. Secord left
sealed letter addressed to her husband at
Appleton. Wis. Her parents live in
Hopkinton. Iowa.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-29
Students Send Fresh Eggs.

Students Of the Mississippi Agricultural
College, at Starkville, have planned to
prevent President Wilson and his family
from being inconvenienced by the egg
famine while here. Three dozen fresh
eggs today We're sent to President VIII
son through the parcel post by the col
lege students, who will continue to dis
patch a supply daily.
The President today went golfing, al
though heavy rains had transformed
some of the putting greens into mud pud-
dies The President said he was feeling
unusually we'll today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-29

dividual expressions indicated that those
present felt that no federal question was
involved
Chairman Henry is opposed to an in
vestigation. Acting Chairman Pou de
clared that the committee would be forced
to investigate nearly all local labor dis
putes if it set precedent in the Calumet
case. The Western Federation of Miners
and Representative Macdonald of Michi-
gan are pressing for federal inquiry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-29
Funeral of Joseph Cullen Root.

OMAHA Neb., December 29.-The fu-
neral of Joseph Cullen Root was held
here today. The burial was i'm Forest
Lawn cemetery with the ritual service of
the Woodmen of the World, of which
order he was founder and the sovereign
commander from the time of its organi-
Zation The body of Mr.. Root was
brought here from Henderson. n. c..
where he died. arriving Sunday. and lay
i'm state in the city hall yesterday after
noon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-29
Gets Only Urgent Letters.

Only letters OF an urgent character
have been referred to the President by
those who are handling his mail The
bulk of the correspondence, OF the kind
that pours in at the White House daily,
covering requests for engagements, in
dorsements of candidates for office and
matters of similar nature, is not to be
directed to the Presidents attention until
he returns to Washington. Then it will
be Systematically condensed for him in
the customary way.
Among the letters which have been
pouring in at Pass Christian are many
indorsing various bankers and others for
membership in the new federal reserve
board None of these recommendations
will be presented to the Preident until
he returns to the White House
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-29
CALUMET ISSUE DISCUSSED.
House Rules Committee Members
Deem No Federal Question Involved

Congressional investigation OF the Calu-
net copper mine strike WAS discussed at
informal conferences between members Of
the House rules committee today, and in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-29
Dead, Result of Christmas Eve
Panic, Buried, Residents
Turn to State Inquiry.
PROBE OF M0YER CHARGES
BY GRAND JURY TOMORROW
John B. Densmore, Solicitor of U. S
Department of Labor, Confers
With Gov. Ferris.

CALUMET. Mich, December 23.-With
the most of its dead buried. Calumet to-
day turned its attention to the coroner 5
inquest into the Christmas eve panic
which cost the lives of seventytwo per-
sons and to the Houghton county grand
jury investigation of the forcible ejec-
tion from the copper country of Charles
III. Meyer. president of the Western Fed
Grafton of Miners.
The coroner's inquest began here today
and the grand jury investigation is ex-
pected to begin tomorrow at Hancock.
where Meyer was put aboard a Chicago
hound train.
Gathering of evidence as to the identity
OF the men who escorted President Meyer
out of Hancock Friday night was con-
tinued by strike leaders. The man who
shouted the false alarm of fire" thereby
causing the panic at the Christmas eve
celebration for the children of striking
miners is still at large. Union men init
mated. however. that they have clue to
his identity and that an arrest may be
made soon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-29
SPANISH CITY IN FLAMES
Blaze Famed by Breeze Threatens
San Sebastian With Com
plete Ruin.

SAN SEBASTIAN. Spain. December %.
A fire which threatened to wipe out
most of this city started at midnight in
the tenement house district and was still
raging unchecked at noon.
The flames We're famed by high
wind An immense block of buildings,
mostly tenement dwellings. was destroyed
before daybreak. Thousands of the in
habitants of the surrounding districts
spent the morning in the streets, guard
ing such of their household goods as they
had been able to remove hastily.
Military Barracks Vacated.
Shortly after daybreak the fire reached
a big theater and a variety hall in the
center of the city. Both buildings were
DESTROYED in spite of the best efforts of
firemen and soldiers. From this spot the
flames advanced toward the military bar
racks. which were vacated Immediately
nv order OF the commanding officer
Practically all the available soldiers
were assigned to duty as firemen, al
though their efforts had little apparent
effect in checking the conflagration.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-29
Hundreds in All Parts of C0un-
try Write, But Only Urgent
MiSSiveS Reach Him.
LITTLE GULFPORT CHURCH
is VISITED UNEXPECTEDLY
Little Girl Gives Him Bouquet on
His Birthday-Kng George
Cables Congratulations.

PASS CHRISTIAN. Miss. December
29--Although President Wilson is courte-
ously left unmolested by residents of this
vicinity, yet hundreds of people in all
parts of the country daily are pursuing
him through the mails.
The President is devoting much more
time than he had expected to correspond
ence. DR.. Cary Grayson, his physi an,
today said the President was slowly i'm
proving in health, but needed more rest
Accordingly, it was stated that hereafter
Mr.. Wilson will refrain from attempting
to answer communications except those
of unusual Importance. OF these there
have been very few
Many people desirous of reaching the
President through the mails have direct
ed their letters here, knowing there is no
large stan of secretaries here, such as is
maintained at the White House. However,
the process here is much the same as at
Washington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-29
LILLIAN DEvEREUX BLAKE ILL
Famous Woman Suffrage Advocate Of
Pioneer Time Reported Dying.

NEW YORK, December 29.-Mrs. Lii
liam Devereux Blake, pioneer in the
woman suffrage movement in this coun-
try, who is i'll in an Englewood, N. j.,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-29
CHINESE TROOPS REVOLT
Three Regiments Murder Officers and
Declare Allegiance to
DR.. Sun.

PEKING. December 29.-A revolt of
three regiments of the Chinese army
under the leadership of Gen. Yang Hu
Pin was reported today from Talifu, in
the far southwestern province of Yum
nan. about 100 miles from the frontier
of Burma.
The soldiers December S shot down
their officers, raided the armory, killed
a professor and several Students of the
Chinese college. as we'll a number
of citizens. and then proclaimed the in
dependence of the province in the name
of Dr.. Sun Vat Sen. former provisional
president of China
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-29
it Just as much, he told his friends after
ward.
King George Cables Congratulations.

Among the many messages of congratu-
lation received was the following from
King George of Great Britain:
Il want to offer you my sincere con-
gratulations on the anniversary of your
birth and trust that your health has
not suffered from your arduous duties of
the year.
1t was the only cablegram that was
made public.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-29
M 'AD00, STILL ILL,
At WORK 0NbANKS
Plans to Start Friday With
Secretary Houston on Tour
of the Country.
DRAFT TREASURY CLERKS
TO HELP HANDLE MAIL
Members of Committee Impressed
With Need of Early Organi-
zation of Force.

Secretary McAdoo of the Treasury De-
partment. still indisposed with a slight
attack of grip, will keep to his home to-
day and tomorrow, resting up for his
prospective trip to New York and other
cities in the matter of putting into effect
the new currency law. The present plan
is for him and Secretary Houston of the
Agricultural Department, comprising
quorum of the reserve bank organization
committee, to start on their travels Fri
day.
Secretary McAdoo was down to break
fast this morning. and this afternoon ex-
poets to receive Secretary Houston. The
two cabinet officers will confer further
regarding the organization of the federal
reserve system and their proposed trip
preliminary to designating the bOunda-
ries of federal reserve districts and the
locations of federal reserve banks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-29
Attends Gulfport Church.

President Wilson sat in a quaint little
Presbyterian Church at Gulfport yester-
day, an inconspicuous. humble worshiper
in congregation of less than hundred,
and heard remarkable sermon on the
personal accountability of the individual
to his Maker.
The President and Mrs. Wilson, accom-
panied by DIR. Cary L. Grayson. arrived
unexpectedly, avoiding a crowd that had
collected at the little church at Pass
Christian, and though the Rev. DR. Her
bert Albert Jones was surprised as any
of his congregation at the arrival of the
distinguished visitor, he varied his pre-
pared service only slightly. Yet by COIN
cidence he developed theme that has
long been one of the preachments of the
President himself
The Rev. DR.. Jones preached fervently
His trembling hands frequently were up
raised as he walked to and fro in the
pulpit.
L selected a text he said. mot know
ing that 1t would be my distinguished
honor to preach before the President OF
the United States but / wanted to give
all OF you something helpful that would
remain with you in the days to come"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-29
Directors May Act Alone.

In response to inquiries from several big
banks the organization committee pre-
pared to define what action is necessary
by bank in signifying intention to enter
the new system. Some bankers have ex-
pressed doubt whether action by boards
of directors is sufficient, but the commit
tee planned to issue a regulation an
nouncing that action BY directors would
be legal and that bank need not submit
the question to it's stockholders.
Representative Burke of Pennsylvania
asked the committee today to hear Pitts
burgh's claim for a regional reserve bank
at meeting in Washington rather than
at Cincinnati or Cleveland, as had been
planned. No decision was made, but Mr..
Burke said he gained the impression that
the request would be granted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-29
Foreigners Not Molested.

No foreigners were molested. and the
mutineers themselves protected the
chapel belonging to the China inland
mission, the school attached. which
was soon filled with wounded and dying.
Panic reigned for fortnight in the
city, but force of loyal troops ar
rived, stormed and recaptured the city
and routed the mutineers. Yang Hu
Pin was surprised and burned to death
in a house where be was hiding in a
neighboring village. The surrounding
country is said to be terroriZed by the
remaining mutineers, who have looted
many places. column of loyal troops
has been dispatched from Yunnanfu to
restore order.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-29
Federals to Move North.
Landing Of British Marines.

MEXICO CITY, December 29-The
Spanish papers published in the federal
capital comment today on the reported
landing of 500 British marines at Belize.
British Honduras. saying the object OF
the Decentralization of these troops is
known to be the preservation of neutral
ity and against any attempted importa-
ton of arms or ammunition through Brit
isb territory
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-29
Flowers From Little Girl.

At the cottage the President found
many kilograms congratulating him on
his fifty-seventh birthday. He took
short nap after luncheon and started
for a walk late in the afternoon. He
had not gone far when a little girl
waylaid him with a bouquet Of flowers
Many happy returns of the day." she
said.
The President thanked her warmly. II
was a simple tribute, the single visible
evidence ii seemed that the outside world
recalled the birthday of the nations chief
executive. 1t was a striking contrast to
the celebration of a year ago, when Mr.
Wilson stood at his birthplace at Staun-
ton. Va. amid the brilliant glamour of
celebrating crowds; but he appreciated
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-29
MEN Of SCIENCE
MEET IN ATLANTA
Sixty-Fifth Annual Session of
American Association to
Open Tonight.
DR.. PICKERING TO TALK
ON STUDY OF THE STARS
Other Persons of Prominence Listed
to Deliver Addresses
Countries Represented.

ATLANTA. Ga, December 29-Sci-
entists of national and international
reputation today arrived here for the
sixty-fifth annual meeting of the Amer
lean Association for the Advancement
of Science, which begins tonight
The first meeting will be called to
order by the retiring president Dr.
Charles Edward Pickering, director of
the astronomical observatory at Har-
ward University who will introduce the
new president, DIR. Edmund Beecher
Wilson, professor of zoology. Columbia
University. Probably the most inter-
esting feature of the initial meeting
will be the address of Dr. Pickering
on 1.-The Study of the Stars
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-29
Huerta Must Be BaniShed.
Declares Rebel Gen. Villa,
Before There Can Be Peace

CH1HI AHGA, Mexico. December "a
Nothing less than the fall of Huerta
and his banishment from the country
will ever be considered as a preliminary
toward peace in Mexico" said Gen.
Francisco Villa yesterday. ANY over
lures for a compromise would be treated
with contempt by the revoutionists.
Gen. Villa was prompted TO discuss the
subject because of the repetition of q re-
port from Mexico City that Gen. Huerta
might resign in favor of a member OF
his cabinet. As the report also stated
that Gen. Huerta was talking of taking
the field against the rebels, il was not
considered in any way as possible
peace move.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-29
Clerical Force Needed.

With the Treasury Department deluged
with letters and kilograms from banks
all over the country. the necessity for a
clerical force to deal with the correspond
ence and other work of the organiza
ton committee has already been recog-
nized- Treasury clerks have been de-
tailed to the work. and a dozen or SO are
already we'll occupied. These details are
merely temporary.
The organization of a permonent force
is matter for future consideration. The
organization committee. or the federal
reserve board which will succeed it, will
take up the task at the first possible mo-
ment. Only the vaguest idea of what will
be necessary is now in the mind of Sec
retary McAdoo or his collaboration Sec
retary Houston.
Formal notification to national banks
that the reserve bank organization COM
mittee Is ready to receive legal applica-
tions for membership in the new federal
reserve system was sent today from the
Treasury Department.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-29
Did Not Know It Was Birthday.

1t was the twelfth verse in the four
teenth chapter of Pauls letter to the
Romans:
So then every one of us shall give
account of himself to God This principle
of accountability affects all of us, for
God cares for the humblest man as he
does for the President of the greatest
nation on earth.
This is the last Sunday of the year.
What has the year done for us? To some
who are In this presence ii has been the
most glorious year in American history
A new era has dawned in the world $
diplomacy, that will sec emblaZoned
around the coronets of princes and the
crowns of emperors the teaching of a
new Interpretation of mans duty to
man"
The Rev. DIR. Jones did not know il
was the Presidents birthday, though his
sermon was devoted to reflections OH the
passing twelve months
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-29
Confers With Gov. Ferris.

BIG RAPIDS, Mich. December %
John B. Densmore, solicitor of the gov
e~nment's department of labor. conferred
with Gov. Ferris at his home here this
morning concerning thestrike situation
I'm still OF the opinion that there is no
necessity for the federal authorities to
take action In this affair" said the gov
erTlor this morning. There is a grand
Jury now in session at Houghton- Meyer
or anybody else can go before that body
and get Justice 1t is strictly a state mat
Ter and Michigan can handle it.
After the conference Gov. Ferris SAID
that Solicitor Densmore had explained
that he did not come TO Michigan TO De-
gin a federal investigation into the strike
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-29
FederaIs Opposite Preside,
Tex. Prepared to Meet
Early Attack.
REBEL ARMY EXHAUSTED
BY ITS 150-MILE MARCH
Forces Are About Equal in Strength,
Each Having approximately
1000 Men.

PRESlDlO. Tex. December aa.-The
Mexican federal army at ojinaga. opposite
mere. after being free of attack for three
weeks. today made ready to engage the
hrst rebel force that appeared With
4.ooo soldiers. commanded by nine gen
erals, supplied with stores and provisions
taken over from the American side, the
federals had provided every precaution To
resist the 400 rebels advancing from
Chihuahua under Gen. Ortega-
The rebels. fatigued and short of ra-
tions after their seven-day overland jour-
ney of more than 100 miles, were resting
at a ranch at the south end of a canyon
known as La Mula pass. The advance
guard was still more than eighteen miles
from Oiinaga.
The prospects We're the whole rebel
army would not get through the pass
within several days. The federais have
not left Olinaga. The officers Of the
Castro, are confident that long as
they remain in the fortifications OF
Ojinaga they will be safe.
Federals to Move North.
TAMPICO, Mex. December 29-Gen.
Joaquin Mas jr., with 1000 federal
troops. leaves this city tonight or to-
morrow for San Luis Potosi. from which
place communication with the north is
still interrupted
Reports Of heavy fighting between the
federalS and rebels at various points
far as SalttlIo have been received
here.
The railroad between Tampico and San
Luis Potosi. upon the operation of whicn
depends the oil supply of the railroads
and factories of the country. was clear
this morning. one train arriving here di-
rect from San Luis Potosi. 4 military
construction train also left that city for