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Evening star., 1916-12-07
Kaiser Calls Capture
of Rumanian Capital
a Magnificent Success
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press,
AMSTERDAM, via London, December
:, a.m.-According to Berlin official
statement Emperor William has sent
the following telegram to Empress
Augusta Victoria:
Bucharest hats been taken. What a
magnificent success on the road to COM
plete victory has been gained with
Gods help. BY sudden strokes our in
comparable troops, side by side of our
brave allies. have beaten the enemy
wherever he offered resistance. Their
well tried commander has guided them.
May God further, Touchsafe His help.
(Signed) .- WILLIAM
Evening star., 1916-12-07
British Meet Repulse
at Hands of BuIgars;
Serbians Lose Position
nv tbe Assoc!ated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BERLIN. December 7, via Sayville--
The Bulgarians repulsed an attack by
the British yesterday in the Struna
sector of the Macedonian front it is
announced officially. Near the Cerna
river POSITIONS taken on the previous
day. by the Serbians. were recaptured.
The announcement follows:
Near Trnova, in the Cerna river re-
gion. the oftentested Mazurian Infan-
try Regiment, No. 146. and Bulgarian
companies elected the Serbians from
the position in which they had estab-
lished themselves the day before yes
terday- Six officers and fifty of the
rank and file were captured.
In the Struma iowiands British de-
tachments fell back before the Bull
garian defensive fire. The British had
attempted to approach the positions
southwest and southeast of Seres."
Evening star., 1916-12-07

Maj. Charles Gilbert Gould, who re-
tired as principal examiner In the
patent office early in the past spring
after a service there of thirtytwo years.
congressional medal of honor man and
former chief clerk in the office of the
water registrar of the District, died at
his home in Cavendish. VT. yesterday
morning at o'clock. according to ad-
vices received here this afternoon. He
was seventy-two years Of age. His
death was caused by arterial trouble.
Funeral services will be held at the
family residence tomorrow at 1O:45
o'clock. The interment will be in Wind
ham, VT, his birthplace
After attending the schools of Wind
ham until he was eighteen years of
age Maj. Gould came to this city and
studied under tutors and at Columbia
College, now George Washington Uni
versity. In 1852 he enlisted in the
Union army with the 11th Vermont
Volunteers and was made corporal In
1863 He was advanced through the
grades to that of a captain in 1864 and
April 2. 1855, the day he was severely
wounded al the battle of Petersburg,
Va, where he was brevetted a major
First to Enter Enemy's Works.
This recognition came as he was be-
ing officially reported as the first one
in the assaulting column to enter the
Confederate works. He received sa-
ber wound on the head in this engage
ment. was bayoneted In the face and
then received a second bayonet wound
in the back. He also was severely
beaten with dubbed muskets
Being disabled from p1IrsIippr mora
active vocations, Maj. Gould accepted a
clerkship in the pension Office In 1866,
resigning in 1871 to become chief clerk
in the District water registrars office.
The last-named position he relinauished
in 1874 on account of ill health.
In 1875 he was offered the appoint
ment as United States consul at Odessa.
Russia, but declined. In the following
office of the Secretary of the Navy, but
gave that up in short tinfe to accept
an appointment in the Office Of the
Secretary of War. He resigned there
IN 1877 to take clerkship In the pat
ent office, and after promotions through
the various intermediate grades was
made principal examiner in 1854. re-
firing from that position last spring on
account of his health.
He was a member of.Columbia Chan
ter, No. /, Royal Arch Masons. and
Washington Commandery. No. l,
knights Templar, of this city. also of
the Distrlct Commandery of the Mill
tary Order of the Loyal Legion He
also was affiliated with the G. A. r..
having at one time been assistant ad-
jutant general of the Department of
the Potomac. He was member of
West River Lodge. No. 81, F. A. A NJ,
of Londonderry, VT.
Maj. Gilbert was twice married His
first wife was Miss Ella Cobb of Wind
nam, VT. who died some years ago.
Two daughters of this marriage also
are deceased.
Miss Francis Lucy Davis, daughter
Il Gen. and Mrs. George F. Davis of
Cavendish, was Maj. Gilberts second
wife, and survives him
Evening star., 1916-12-07
Food Embargo Debate Theme.

That Congress Place an Embargo
on the Expectation of Foodstuffs" is to
be the subject of the first preliminary
TO the prize debate of the Senior Debat-
ing Society, composed of senior and
post graduates of the Georgetown Uni
versity Law School this evening at
the school. Two debaters are to be
selected from those debating tomorrow
alght to compete with the Junior De-
batting Society for a cash prize of S25
early in January A large number of
students have signifled their intention
of participating in the try-out. The
judges are to be Rudolph H. Yeatman-
F. Springg Perry and William Henry
White
Evening star., 1916-12-07
Proposes Bread Law for District.

4 bill was introduced in the House
today by Representative William Ben
nett of New York to regulate the
weight of loaves of bread sold in the
District of Columbia. The bill pro-
vides that all loaves manufactured
from wheat flour shall weigh at least
one pound. 1t is stipulated that half
loaves. weighing eight ounces. may be
sold. The law will not apply to rolls
or fancy bread
A fine of 81 loaf sold in violation
of the proposed law and all costs of
prosecution is provided penalty
for violation. The bill was referred to
the District committee.
Evening star., 1916-12-07
Redouble Efforts to Cut Recess.

Not all of the administration leaders
have agreed thus far to the amendment
plan. but it was said today on reliable
authority that the strongest pressure
will be brought to bear to have 1t
followed.
Advocates of limited Christmas holi-
day heard the news with pleasure and
became more vigorous in their efforts
to hold the recess down to the least
possible number of days. With a week
or less recess, coupled with the amend
ment plan, it was argued, there can be
no doubt, unless unexpected develop
ments arise. that Congress will have
cleared it's slate by March 4
Evening star., 1916-12-07
George T. Tyser Cuts His Throat.

George T. Tyser. thirty years
old. 1919 Georgia avenue. a plate
cleaner at the bareau of engraving and
printing. this morning about 1880
o'clock was found In the bathroom at
his home in an apparently dying con-
dition. He had cut his throat with a
razor and severed the windpipe. The
wound was inflicted while his wife
and chfldWere temporarily absent from
the house. Tyser was taken 10 George
town University Hospital, where ply
sicians say he probably will recover.
Evening star., 1916-12-07
CONDEMNS F[AUNT|NG
Of SUFFRAGE BANNER

Comment upon the recent Interruption
Of the Presidents address to the Joint
session of the House and the Senate by
four militant" suffra gettes. who. in
violation of the law. Haunted banner
from the balcony of the House of Rep
resentatives, was voiced, this morning
by Representative Raker of California.
Representative Raker has been one of
The most ardent champions of the women
of the country in their efforts to secure
the ballot. and has at the present time
bill before the House proposing
con stitutional amendment toward this
end.
Il try to be charitable" he said. in
contemplating the course adopted by
these women. and those who take de-
light in similar methods. But it is only
fair to say that they are in no wise
representative of the great mass OF
sober minded. earnest v omen OF the
country whose efforts are united to. Sc
cure that which is their obvious right
by dignified persistence. A fair-mind-
ed public will not confuse this spec
tacular sensationalism with the move
ment which is going to result in ma
tier idr oman sUTrage.
Representative Raker spoke most OPP
timlsl-C4IIy of his hopes for MS JOINT
resolution fer a constitutional amend
rlent in favor of woman suHrage,
which is at the present time in the
hands of the judiciary commifte*s.
Expects Substantial Majority. =
Il confidently expect" he said, that
the biz will be reported out during the
course of the present session Once re-
ported out, l expect not only agood
majority in both houses. but a sur
prisingly large vote in its favor in the
House. and in all probabilities the
necessary two-thirds in the Senate
the large vote polled by women Tor
the democratic candidate IN the recent
national election for President was at
tributsd by Mr.. Raker to the TACT that
the women of the country feel that
President Wilson is honestly with
them in their efforts toward obtaining
the ballot. Mr.. Raker said that. con-
trary to the general impression Of the
public, the democratic platform clearly
puts the question of ballots for women
up to Congress, as well as to the states.
THE claim that this is proposition
for 80 states to decide alone" he said,
"would seem to be untenable today,
re,.... ed 81 by the fact that the prob
lem Of woman suffrage is mace 1ea-
ture In each of the national platforms
of the various political parties II that
does not make the question one OF ma
tional issue 1 cannot understand what
would And to those who claim that
it is a question to be acted upon by
the several states ! can only say that
subsequent to favorable action by Con-
gress the whole proposition must go
back to the states ANYWAY"
Evening star., 1916-12-07
Petrograd Announces
the Fail of Bucharest;
Admits AlIy's Retreat

BY tie Associated Press.
= PETROGRAD. December Z. via Lon
don. 3:O7 p.m-Bucharest. the Ruman-
ian CAPITAL has been evacuated by the
Rumanian troens;, says the Russian Of
fcial statement issapd today. and the
Rumanian forces to the south of the
capital also have retired. In Wallachia
the EuE1anians are retreating tow ard
the east under hostile pressure and
holding the Teuton force by rear-guaEd
actions.
Evening star., 1916-12-07
$15O,O 900 Fire at Brunswick. Md,
,cIaI Dispatch to The Sta

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
FREDERICK, Md. December Fire
of unknown origin this morning de-
'stroyed the Baltimore and Ohio ware
house at Brunswick, a portion of the
transfer sheds. fourteen box cars and
all records kept by the company. The
loss Is estimated at S150,000.
Evening star., 1916-12-07
Files on Latin America,

The special feature Of the years ac-
tivities in the document division was
an effort to complete the files of off,
cial publications of the Latin American
countries, made exceptionally fruitful
hy the efforts of DIR. f. NJ. Borchard. the
law librarian. who visited those coun-
tries. This collection of Latin Amerf-
can documents, the report states NAV
be considered one of the important fea :
lures of the library. incidentally at
tention is directed to the lack of ade
quate shelf room in the law library,
the need of steel shelving becoming
more evident from year to year
the most important of the 6,647 ac-
cessions to the collection in the divi-
son OF maps 1t is stated, is a set of
the larger atlas of Reinero Ottens. in
seven volumes. published probab bly, be-
tween 1923 and 1910, the last of which
contains the American material and the
highly priced Otteps views of New
York. A notable addition to the coIlac-
tion OF American eighteenth century
newspapers was made through the pur-
chase Of $50 items from among the
duplicates of the Massachusetts His
torical Society.
The European war. it is declared, has
interfered more with accessions of i'm
portance to the various collections of
The division of prints than with those
N other divisions. but some noteworthy
additions to books on the fine arts are
reported.
The work of forming a collection of
illustrated books has been carried for
ward IT is intended to show the
progress of Illustration by represcnt-
ative examples Of the foremost mas
ters from the Middle Ages to the pres
ent time, either by originals or repro
dUctions
a considerable number of Yiddish books
came to the library in the two Deinard
collections
Evening star., 1916-12-07
WOULD MAKE ALL
CARRY INSURANCE
Illinois Official Urges Law Re-
quiring Health Policies
for Every Man.
PROPOSES Definite PLAN

Laws requiring every man. to carry
Rufus NJ. Potts, insurance superinten-
dent of Illinois, before the conference
on social insurance at the Raleigh
Hotel this morning.
Health insurance will not become
general until some form of compulsion
is applied" said Mr.. Potts. But with a
compulsory law requiring every man to
carry a certain minimum amount OF
health insurance its benefits could be
made universal at much less than one
half OF its present cost. thus bringing
more than double return in benefits"
Mr. Potts declared that the extortion
practiced by reason of the monopo-
listic cumbersome and excessively ex
pcnsive systems of insurance is one of
the greatest economic wrongs of ou
day, and that if there are degrees in
such wrongs, health insurance Is the
worst Of all.
Group insurance. q new development
in American life insurance. was de-
clared by William A. Day. president OF
the Equitable Life Assurance Society.
to be no longer an experiment, but an
accomplished fact. He went on to state
that it enables the institution of life
insurance greatly to extend its service
to the public, and that 1t is carrying
to the employer n sound principle. the
conviction that he can, with advantage
to himself, to the employe and to hu-
manity. cooperate better to protect
the worker in ways which bring re-
turns commensurate to both and to
society at large.
Evening star., 1916-12-07
Million and Half Classified.

Under the new classification I.54S,5Oo
volumes i'll the library are now classified,
including practically all of the old chap
ters. except such as contain works on re-
iigion. law and few groups of litera-
tose The most pressing need is the clas-
sitication OF religion.
Depository libraries containing complete
sets Of the library catalogue cards now
number As. while 40 libraries OF the
United states have partial depository
sets Eleven government libraries now
cooperate in the printing of the cata-
logue cards, the latest being the liz
brary of the surgeon generals office.
The adoption OF a uniform type for
the use of the blind, the report states.
seems imminent, and IT is anticipat ed
that an agreement may be reached by
the British and American workers
which VIII result in the solution of
this big problem.
In the forty-five years during which
copyright work has been a part of the
business of the library the number of
ea;2ies to:aiecs 2.932,397. The net re-
ceipts. above expenses, for the past
nineteen years have been s240, ,sss. 40.
During the past year 1851 volumes
were transferred to the library from
the dEsos..S IN the copyright Office and
5,452 volumes deposited in govern
mental libraries in the District Of Co.
lumbia.
Evening star., 1916-12-07

Switzerland. in proportion to it's popu-
lation, spends more on poor relief than
does any other country.
Evening star., 1916-12-07
Other Speakers at Session.

F. Other speakers this morning were Ed
gar Sydenssricker of the public health
service. George w. Perkins, president
of the Cigar Makers International
Union; E. B. Hunt of the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company, and Charles F. Nes-
bit, superintendent of insurance for
the District. who led the discussion 1oi-
lowing the presentation of the various
papers. The topic this morning was
existing agencies for sickness or health
benefits and insurance. DR.. William j.
Kerby, professor of sociology at the
Catholic University, presided.
Royal Meeker, chief of the bureau OF
labor statistics of the Department OF
Labor who is in general charge OF the
arrangements for the conference, an.
nounced this morning that any one IN
terested in insurance ls cordially IN
vited to attend the sessions Printed
PAPERS on the subjects presented are
issued free of charge.
Reserved seats are being held for
the meeting tomorrow evening in Me-
mortal Continental Hall, where Presi-
dent Wilson is to be the prlnclpa!
speaker. These seats will be free OF
charge, and are being held for those
who may apply early. Applicants foi
these seats should send their requests
to the conference headquarters.
Many Have occupational Diseases.
Ten times as many persons are suf
fering from occupational diseases as
ordinary medical examination would
disclose, DR.. David l.. EdsaH of the
Massachusetts, General Hospital. Bos-
ton, declared in his address before the
conference last night.
Thousands of men and women are
i'll and think the cause Is constitutional,
while they actually have a disease
caused by their work." he said Change
of employment or of the conditions sur
rounding their labor would remedy the
Illness For this reason states SHOULD
encourage closer study of occupational
diseases than is afforded by general
medical practice"
Compensation should be paid to suf-
ferers from occupational diseases just
as fully as to industrial accident VIC
tins, Dr. Edsall declared.
Compulsory physical examination for
wage earners was opposed yesterday
afternoon by President John P. White
zof the United Mine Workers of Ameri-
ca in an address before the confer
ence on social insurance. He said 1t
meant only that those who passed the
test would be subjected to greater
strain than previously.
Evening star., 1916-12-07
Original of Lincoln's Address.

The Lincoln documents presented to
and now deposited in the Library in
clude the original draft of Lincoln's s
second inaugural address and his two
drafts of the Gettysburg address. pre-
sented by Clarence l.. Hay, who had
them from his father, the late John
probability of his reelection, presented
by Miss Helen Nicolay.
On internal administration subjects
DR.: Putnam in his report, says, in part:
The call upon the National Guard
for active service at the border drew
from our staff at the outset no less
than seventeen employees Twelve were
retained in active service and their
places in The Library are being held
for them. OF the twelve, seven were
from the copyright office.
In my estimates submitted last Oc-
tober ! again recommended attention
to the Injustice of the salaries paid in
our lower grades. particularly from
5000 down TO $500. over half Of our
stan were still receiving under $500
per annum. and of these practically all
from $500 upH ard are adults. In the
ensuing appropriation bill for the
was recognized by the increase of $50
tper annum) each in the salaries from
Sl20 to $780, inclusive. Small as it is,
this nerease-afecting no less than
10 positions-is decided encourage
ment. AS shown, there remain still
recommendation for further-or diff
ferent-advances. to which I shall ask
the. attention of Congress at the next
opportunity"
AS a rule, the report observes the
American composer and American rnu-
SIC publisher are beginning to prefer
the national to a local library as the
permanent custodian of manuscript
scores Not only have. gifts of auto
graph scores of American composers
been made. but promises as well of
gifts to come.
Evening star., 1916-12-07
WATERWAYS BILL
CONSIDERED LIKELY
Representative Henry Predicts
Enactment of Rivers and
Harbors Measure.
SPEAKS TO ADVOCATES

The fact that there will be rivers and
harbors bill. and. in all likelihood, an
enactment of such a bill by Congress at
this session, was brought out at todays
sessions of the National Rivers and Har-
bors Congress at the New Willard Hotel.
After senator's and others had spoken
in favor of river and harbor Improvement
legislation Representative Robert l..
Henry of Texas. who was significantly
introduced as the chairman of the rules
committee of the House and his power
over legislation by reason of his position
pointed out. made this statement:
I'VE will make the fight for you in
the House of Representatives, and we
Will defeat men like Frear of Wiscon-
sin and other opponents of rivers and
harbors improvement legislation, who
would tear down instead of building
up. We will go into the Treasury of
the United States, and we will do 1t If
it takes 500, 900. 900 annually. BY such
legislation we will bring down freight
rates. and thereby contribute toward
solution of the high living
Droblem' "
Evening star., 1916-12-07
88,101 NEW BOOKS
ADDED DURING YEAR
Library of Congress Now Has
Collection of Two Million
and Half Volumes.
REPORT OF DR.. PUTNAM

Nearly two and one half million books
to be exact. 2.451.s74--a gain of ss.lO1
over the previous year. are comprised in
the collection of the Library of Congress,
according to the report of DR.. Herbert
Putnam, librarian, in his annual report
for the fiscal year ended June 80. 1915.
In addition, there are 154,200 maps and
charts. 77O.24S volumes and pieces of
music and 392. .9O5 prints
While no considerable collection of
books was received by gift during the
way of gifts from thousands of sources,
private, corporate and official
Large additions to the Chinese Japa-
nese and Korean collections are credited
to the interest and enterprise of Dr.
Walter 7. Swingle of the bureau of plant
industry, who visited the far east in
1915 and purchased for the library 5,S92
volumes, in the endeavor to supplement
existing resources of the library along
lines likely to prove important in the
near future. These additions comprise
early Chinese books printed from blocks
Chinese historical and descriptive works
published during the fourteenth, fif-
teenth and sixteenth centuries, covering
the periods of the first contacts with
Europeans; early Chinese dictiona ries
and encyclopedias. works on natural his
tory and pharmacopoeias. geographical
work, the writings of Confucius and OF
famous scholars: examples of ancient
Japanese printing and old Japanese
works serving to elucidate Chinese
works, or written in the same general
style; few very valuable early Japa-
nese imprints. including a good copy
of the Oldest Japanese printed work ex-
tant. probably dating from the begin
ming of the thirteenth century: large
collection of the writings of kaibara,
the BENJAMIN Franklin of Japan, and
several sets of modern scientific and
philosophical japanese journals.
Evening star., 1916-12-07
Gives Freight Rate Example.

Mr.. Henry had ascended the speaking
platform to explain the particular need
of Texas for waterways improvements
He said it cost SO in freight to
get bale of cotton from the interior
of Texas to the Mexican gulf, whereas
on the Mississippi river. where there
is abundant water transportation, and
where the railroads must compete with
this water transportation, which they
do not have to do in the interior of
Texas. cotton can be transported twice
the distance to the Mexican gulf for
10 cents babe.
There is no room for argument on
this he said.
In the continued absence of the p-esi-
dent Of the congress. Senator Ransdell
of Louisiana. who is ill., today's ses-
sions were presided over by T. Edward
Wilder of Chicago. Among other
speakers on todays program We're JOY
Morton of Chicago. Brig. Gen. William
NJ. Black. chief of engineers, L. S. A:
Senators Lewis of Illinois. Chamber
lain of Oregon and Watson of Indiana.
and John n. Cole of Boston. chairman
of the Massachusetts state commission
on waterways and public lands.
Evening star., 1916-12-07

bim fell to eighty francs-the lowest
ptfce since the war--on the zurich
bourse.
Evening star., 1916-12-07
Speculate on Legislation.

Speculation as to the possibility of
such legislation had been rife among
members of Congress and the dele
gates to the waterways convention, es-
pecially in view of Secretary McAdoo's
annual report, which shows that there
will be a deficit in the Treasury of
s1S5.o00.0 900 June 30, 1918.
But, Notwithstanding this gloomy
outlook as to the condition of public
finances, delegates to the convention
were greatly cheered by Mr.. Henry's
address. and he also made an oppor-
tunity to say, on what grounds he did
not specify, that he believes President
Wilson will give his support to the ad-
vocates of river and harbor improve
ment legislation. On this point he said:
"You will find that great. progressive
statesman in the White House will
move forward with you in sympathy"