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Evening star., 1916-12-23
LES DARCY ARRIVES.
Australian Boxer Reaches U. S. After
Two Months Voyage.

NEW YORK. December 23.-Les
Darcy, the Australian middleweight'
arrived here today after an adventurous
two-month voyage from the antipodes.
and will be signed to meet Georges
Carpenter. the French heavyweight;
Jack Dillon or Billy Miske within the
next twenty -four hours for his Ameri-
can ring debut.
Darcy, who is accompanied by G. j.
OSullivan as manager and trainer. re-
ported that he was ready to box any
opponent selected to meet him after a
period of training. He stated that he
had kept in moderately good condition
by working aboard ship.
The Australian middleweight left
Newcastle, Australia, as a stowaway
late in October. without saying any
farewells. and his disappearance caused
much wonder In Australian sporting
circles. He travelled under the name of
Uawson.
Evening star., 1916-12-23
Skilled Workmen Taken.

From the G. Boel works at La Lou
Were 259 men regularly employed were
taken. including the Office manager.
ten Office employees twenty-one fore
men and 2i7 workmen. The glass works
at Jemappes, the only establishment of
its kind in the district. resumed work
December 4, 1915, and worked without
interruption. increasing its output until
November !. 1916. when 1t was shut
down for repairs until November TO-
with the intention of increa sing the
production More than half of the skilled
workmen at these works were arrested
and deported, including 40 per cent of
the blowers, 90 per cent of the first
class apprentices. go per cent of the
second class apprentices, 35 per cent of
the eXtenders and all the electricians
and adjusters.
Germany released a few hundred out
Of the 10000 taken to make a show of
magnanimtty. The releases were not
spontaneous, but were the result of the
pressing representations made by the
American and Spanish ministers at
Brussels
Evening star., 1916-12-23
President Indorses Church "Ads."

MASSILLON. Ohio. December 23.-
President Wilson, in an autographed
letter, has indorsed newspaper
church advertising campaign conducted
by the Massillon Chamber of Commerce.
The Presidents letter follows
81 need not tell you that your effort
to quicken the churchgoing habit among
sympathy 1t has always seemed to
me that the habit of churchgoing
somehow lay at the foundation of
steadfast character and maintenance OF
the standards of life"
Evening star., 1916-12-23
MARK P. BACON WINS OUT,
Court Declares Republican Elected
Representative in Michigan.

JACKSON, Mich, December 23.-Mark
r. Bacon of Wyandotte. a republican.
has been declared elected representative
from the second district. The state
supreme court declined to grant a writ
of mandamus to compel the jackson
county board Of canvassers to recount
the vote cast in the first precinct of
the second ward of this city. Repre-
sentative Samuel w. Beakes of Ann
Arbor a democrat, who opposed Bacon
for the office, charged that the election
officials in the Jackson precinct credited
Bacon with more than rs votes which
had been cast for Beakes. The county
ruled the tabulation was
official and that they had no authority
to change it.
Evening star., 1916-12-23
PENN TO MEET STRONG ELEVEN
WHEN IT GOES AGAINST OREGON
Pacific Coast University Scored 230 Points
Against II for Its Opponents During Reg
ular Schedule-C. u. Quint Defeated.

stunned hard struggles. no matter
where or when they might be listed.
Back in the days when Michigan was
seeking a rivalry with some big east
ern university, and needed the contest.
Penn was the one to accept the chal-
lenge. 1t plays through hard sched-
ule every year. giving and taking what
comes without murmur. No matter
when and how Penn is licked, it never
offers an abili. Last fall in the game
with Swarthmore it was defeated--a de-
feat that must have been particularly
bitter-yet not single excuse was Of
fered. And the same thing VIII be true
with the oregon game. If Penn wins
it will accept the honor without par
ticular comment, and there will be no
difference if it loses Penn is Penn,
and it deserves a whole lot of credit
for it's accomplishments and the spirit
1T always shows.
The post-season game with oregon
should be brilliantly contested. Oregon
has one player in it's backfield of much
the same caliber as Berry of Penn. Hunt
ington, the quarterback. is said to be a
splendid broken field runner and able to
do about everything there Is to be done on
the foot ball field by versatile athlete.
The two teams played much the same
kind of a game straight through their
regular schedules, varying the open with
the close style of play. Oregon is gener-
ally credited with having the most pow
erful eleven on the western coast and the
I.
best of the extreme sections of the coun-
try meeting.
Catholic University basket ball qunt
lost to the St. Johns team of Brook
lyn last night in Brooklyn by 81 to 43.
The Brooklynites proved too fast and
versatile for the Washington team.
their teamwork being much superior.
according to reports of the contest.
O'Brien again featured in the throw
ing of goals from the floor for C. L.,
caging the ball six times.
Gallaudet and George Washington
meet tonight in the Y. NJ. c. A. in the
last basket ball game until after the
holidays. Both teams are in good
shape and capable of playing their best.
Each is schooled in fast style of
floor work particularly interesting to
the spectator. and the game should be
the best played here so far this sea-
son.
Evening star., 1916-12-23
Saved by Friendly Indians.

He ran from these. but they overlook
him and proved to be friendly Caribs
They took him to the American consul
at Tela, j. Rivers, who reported the
story. Nelson has been sent back to New
Orleans, and expected to join his family
in Boston.
Another sailor. Frederick Troutman,
who was with Nelson on the wreckage,
drank salt water. became crazed, and
when they sighted land he jumped into
the water to swim. but was too weak
and drowned. Two other members of
the crew. a Norwegian and a Spaniard,
were af1oat at sea on hatch cover for
thirteen days with rainwater to drink
and two gulls, caught with their bare
hands, to eat raw. They landed on
Utilla Island. and were reported by F. j.
Dyer. American consul at Ceiba
The Edward l.. Hines sailed from New
Orleans for Colon and foundered in the
storm when seven days out.
Evening star., 1916-12-23
I. G. c. Serves Notice on Railroads.

The railroads of the country have
been directed by the interstate COM
merce commission to show cause at a
hearing here Thursday why they should
not return at once to their owners,
without diversion or misuse, all foreign
coal and refrigerator cars Immediately
after unloading at their destination.
Evening star., 1916-12-23
SAILOR FLOATS NINE DAYS
ON A PIECE OF WRECKAGE
One of Three Survivors of Foundered
Steamer Passes Through Perils
Following Storm.

Like the tale of Robinson Crusoe is the
report reaching Acting Secretary of
Commerce Sweet today on the shipwreck
and rescue of Gustave Nelson an Ameri
can sailor one of three survivors of the
steamer Edward L. Hines, which went
down in storm in the Caribbean sea
Friday. October 13. After floating for
nine days on a piece of wreckage. aided
by an improvised sail, with nothing to
eat and only a little water collected
during showers to drink, Nelson reached
Honduras. There he lived in the wilds
for eight days. eating berries and small
Evening star., 1916-12-23
Sees Great Possibilities.

Admiral Peary said he considered the
expeditions were under the command of
two of the most famous and experienced
of living polar navigators and presented
possibilities of great scientific importance.
If the work of the aeroplanes is salts
factory it would make possible the cir
cumnavigation of the globe via the two
poles bv ship and aeroplane. as was pre-
dicted by Admiral Peary a few years ago.
Admiral Peary hopes that after Capt.
Bartlett returns successful from this eX-
petition conditions may be favorable for
sending out an American national ant
arctic expedition under his command to
explore the American half of the antarctic
regions and secure for American scien-
lists the valuable material existing there.
Evening star., 1916-12-23
BULG|NG TRUCKS CARRY
GIFTS TO FIGHTING MEN
Many of Those Presents Never Will
Be Received as Soldiers
Are Dead.

From q STAFF Correspondent of the Associated
Press.
WITH THE ARMIES IN FRANCE.
December % via London.-In these last
days before Christmas it is strange
procession. indeed. that winds its way
on the travel-scarred roads of north
ern France to where the greatest
armies the world has ever known are
locked in a life and death struggle.
Vieing with the seemingly endless
train of motor trucks groaning under
capacity weights of powder, shells and
all the varied and sinister material of
war. are numberless other trucks fair
ly bulging with presents and greetings
of the Yuletide. Oddly enough both
types of trucks are decorated gaily
with holly and mistletoe. 1t appears
now that no soldier. regardless of how
humble his station, will be forgotten.
Fraught With Difficulties.
The handling of the vast amount of
mail for the English. Canadian and
Australasian troops is fraught with
great difficulties for powder and shell
assert their prerogative of preference.
and the holiday season will bring no
Iessening of the gun pressure on any
part of the front. Despite the complex
problems connected with the task. the
organization behind the British front
makes il possible for letters and par
cells to reach the men in the front line
trenches forty-eight hours after their
posting in London. One reason for this
is that the mail is being handled and
distributed by 'Tommies" who former
~ were postal employees.
The Canadians received the bulk OF
their mail last week. most of the SOL
diers obeying with childish impatience
until Christmas. The mail for the
Australasian troops, necessarily, was
posted six or seven weeks ago, and nat
urally there were many casualties in
that period. SO that the authorities are
confronted with number of parcels
which never will reach their intended
owners.
Outgoing Mail Heavy.
A feature of the Christmas army
mails is that the outgoing post is al
most as heavy as the incoming. with
strange cross current of money orders
going home and coming out. Some
idea of the army postal problems may
be gained from the fact that normally
the British army sends 100000 letters
and post cards and 1900 parcels daily.
This number is being doubled and
t-ebled during the Christmas rush. An
other interesting fact is that soldier
receives average of four letters a
week and writes one.
The packages being sent from the
front contain all manner of souvenirs
from the battleflelds and trenches.
Letters and parcels for the men on the
very front line are sent to them with
their rations. The favorite Christmas
rd that the "Tonmies' are sending
home is one on which loving notices
are woven with vari-colored silk
threads
Evening star., 1916-12-23
ARMY-NAV.
Army Orders.

First Sergt. Charles Patten, Troop B.
I'd Cavalry. is placed upon the retired
list at Fort Myer, Va. and will repair
to his home.
dered:
Col. Lucius L. Durfee. to the s2d In
fantry.
MAI Hunter B. Nelson, Sd Infantry.
Evening star., 1916-12-23
Mrs. Barnes Acquitted of Murder.

CHICAGO, December 23.-Mrs. Iva M.
Barnes. charged with the murder of
her husband. James R. Barnes, a travel
ing salesman. has been found not guilty
by jury In the criminal court. Mrs.
Barnes is the nineteenth woman ac-
quilted of murder in Chicago since 1907.
Barnes was shot and killed during q
quarrel with his wife in Washington
Park September Is, 1915.
Evening star., 1916-12-23
RANBOW[S362
FOR ROSEDALE FIVE
Scores of 121, 115 and 126
Greatest Factors in Defeat
of Trainmen.
LABOR TEAM is LOSER

Mike Moran last night rolled set of
362 for the Rosedales in the Columbia
League. being the biggest factor in the
defeat of the Trainmen. Moran got a
count of 121 in his opening game, and
then toppled 115 and 1876 pins. The
Rosedales captured the first and last
contests easily, but lost the second. The
two winning scores Of that team were
511 and SIS. the aforementioned count
being the highest got by any club in
the several circuits.
Two teams missed clean sweeps in
the Masonic League by small margins.
Harmony won from Hiram and Dawson
from Potomac in two games, but in
their third contests each OF the victors
was defeated by one pin The Potomacs
beat Dawson by 447 to 446. and Hiram
took the measure of Harmony by 4Sl to
$50 The King Solomon quint won two
from the 3. B. French team in the other
match in the Masonic circuit.
Evening star., 1916-12-23
Theodore Marburg's Comment.

Theodore Marburg, former minister
to Belgium, in the course of his re-
marks made this declaration;
"Germany's usual reply to our pro-
test is a reference to our historic
friendship and a misrepresentation of
the facts, after which she goes right
ahead as if the protest had not been
made. She has not varied this method
in any important particular in response
to our deportation protest. President
Wilson has invited an expression from
the American public before taking the
next step. A protest rejecting on the
morality of a nations acts is Itself
most unwelcome, and, therefore. dan
gerous. OF course. no fear of conse-
quences short of an extinction Of their
national existence will prevent proud
people from doing what they think Is
right.
But a next step. after a protest has
met with a rebuff, could mean only
some overt act. such as handing the
ambassador his passport We must,
therefore. squarely face the possibility
of war with Germany when we encour-
age the administration to this further
step"
Evening star., 1916-12-23
BRAID IS NOT DEAD.
Golfers Reported Demise Case
of Mistaken Identity.
EXPECTS TO RETURN HERE

A short time ago a dispatch from
England was published to the effect
that James Braid. the famous Scotch
golfer. had been killed. Golfers all over
the country mourned the loss of one of
the greatest players in the world and
the leading Scotch wielder of the bras
sic. Today a dispatch from the Asso-
ciated Press states that the Braid. who
lost his life as the result of an injury
received in boarding a moving train
although a golf professional attached
to a London club and resembling the
more famous golfer. was not the man
who won the British open title five
times.
The latest dispatch follows:
NEW YORK, December 23.-Follow-
ers of golf throughout the United States
and Canada. will be glad to learn that
the reported death of James Braid, the
famous Scotch professional. was based
upon a case of mistaken identity, and
that Braid is very much alive and look
ing forward to the time when condi-
tions abroad will permit him to visit
this country and play in series OF ex-
hibition matches.
Early in the month a short dispatch
from London announced that James
Braid. the famous golfer, had been
killed while boarding moving train
in the Waterloo station. 1t further
stated that Braid had been thrown
backwa from the. train and had died
on the way to the hospital. apparently
from a fractured skull The report was
given wide publicity and it was not un-
til recently that it was learned that
the man killed was not the open cham
pion of 1901-5-6-S-10.
The James Braid who was killed in
the manner described was a profess
c.t< e1 al f@,r t,~
Club and so far as known no relative
to the James Braid. who with Ray.
Vardon. J. II. Taylor and one or two
other players. stand out as the most
famous exponents of the ancient and
honorable game.
British Triumvirate Intact.
So it seems the British triumvirate.
the greatest trio in the history of the
game. is intact and the famous Scot
may get another chance to tie the rec
ord of six open championships won, es-
tablished by Harry Vardon, who cap
! tured the last event played just before
the outbreak of war
Braid himself probably was very much
surprised at the announcement of his
death. He is too old for active military
service although he presented himself
early in the war. One of his brother
pros, Ted Ray. the mighty wielder of
the steel-faced driver and the man who
first brought the mashie niblick into
prominence as an approaching club.
has been refused admission into the
army. not on account of age but be-
cause he was SO weakened by his
arduous work at lathe making war
materials that he was unable to pass
the required test. Those who saw Ray
on his last trip to this country in 1913.
when he played over many courses here
in company with Nardon, will very
likely be surprised to learn this, but it
has been known for some time that
something was wrong with Ray.
Evening star., 1916-12-23
BELGIAN DEPORTATION
IS STRONGLY DECR|ED
President Hibben of Princeton Calls
It a Crime-Ex- Minister Mar
burg 0utspoken.

BALTIMORE. Md. December 23.-The
deportation of Belgians by Germany
was strongly decried at mass meet
ing here last night, called to protest
against the action. DR.. John Grier
Hibben, president of Princeton Univer-
sity. declaring it to be crime
against the progressive civilization of
the world insisted that there should
not even be a discussion of the pos
sibility of peace until Germany has
given to Belgium and the world some
definite assurance that the undeserved
wrongs of that stricken country are to
be righted."
DR.. Hibben said that it was the duty
of neutral nation to promote peace.
But while recognizing this Obligation
he continued, II would point out
higher and more imperative duty of
neutrality. 1t is to insist with all the
spirit of an aroused national con-
science that there must be a vindica-
ton of certain rights and reparation
Of certain wrongs that have been done
with a high hand upon stupendous
scale. and upon a world stage
Evening star., 1916-12-23

An artificial horn, having elasticity,
strength and Insulating qualities. is
being made in Germany from hides,
chemically treated
Evening star., 1916-12-23
Labor Drops Special Match.

A special match was rolled between
Naturalization and Labor, the former
winning the first two games. This gave
that club the winning end. and the
third contest was not played. The
counts were 1872 to 4S4 and AGA to 457.
Homer and Wood were the best bowlers
for the victorS.
The scores:
Evening star., 1916-12-23
SHOWS GERMANS SEIZED
EMPLOYED BELG|ANS
But Few Hundred of 100, 900 Deport-
ed Workers Freed, Official
Declares.
By the Associa ted Press.

BY the Associa ted Press.
HAvRE. December 23-Specif1c de-
tails of the deportations of Belgians re-
futing the reports from Berlin that
only those without work were de-
ported. and. if others were taken. it
was the fault of the Belgian municipal
authorities, were communicated to the
Associated Press today by Fernand
Passelecq. director of the documentary
bureau of the. Belgian war ministry.
THE German pretension that errors
in judging the social condition of those
deported were involuntary and imput-
ing them to the bad faith of the Bel
gian authorities is entirely contrary to
the facts" said NJ Passelecq. 1T is
to be noted in Governor General Won
Bissing's reply to the protest of the
senator's and deputies, recently made
public, that he did not dare to contest
the facts concerning the arbitrary
seizure of employed persons.
Cites Specific Instances.
"At Quaregnon. in the coal region
south of Mons. 5000 workmen were
summoned, and 3O4 deported, of which
221 never had been out of work. At
Dour 137 were taken. of whom III
were working. At Washes 1856 were
deported. of whom 130 were working
at Frameries 200 were deported Of
whom 1877 were working; at Hornu
l4O were aeported. of whom 81
were. working; at Chin 1856 We're
taken, of whom 46 were working
AT Havre. Belgium. the mayor of the
town offered to give proofs concerning
whether the men were employed or not
The proofs We're refused
"Forty-siX men. all regularly employ
ed at the Baume- Marpent rolling mills
at Haine st. Pierre. were taken. From
the ellison works at La Croyere fifty
employees were taken out of a total
of 225 summoned. From the works at
de Louve fifty workmen were taken
F'ifty-one iron workers were arrested
IN the rolling mills at La Croyere and
twenty-five were taken from the 100
employed at the Bolt works at La
Louviere: from the Compagnie Centrale
de Construction, at Haine St Pierre
twenty-five workmen weretaken. From
the blast furnaces and foundries at La
Louviere 20 per cent of the total mum
Der employed We're seized, making it
impossible for the works to continue
operations.
Evening star., 1916-12-23
WASHINGTON DUCKPIN LEAGUE.
HYATTsvILLE DUCKPIN LEAGUE.

An American automatic telephone
system has been established in Simla,
the summer capital Of IHdia.
Evening star., 1916-12-23
SAYS BOTH MAY START
FOR POLE NEXT SUMMER
Admiral Peary Brings News From
New York About American and
Norwegian Expeditions.

After a conference in New York with
pole, and Capt. Robert A. Bartlett, who
was Peary's navigator on his dash to
the north pole, Admiral Peary has re-
turned to his home in Washington with
the news that the coming American
polar expedition led by Bartlett. and the
coming Norwegian polar expedition, led
by Amundsen, may both get away next
summer.
Admiral Peary said he understands
that enough money has been privately
subscribed to carry through the Anleri-
can expedition, which will cost about
100000 Amundsen's Norwegian expe-
dition which is being financed in Nor
way is expected to cost about as much.
The expeditions may meet or pass each
other, after drifting across the North
Polar sea, and both expeditions will be
prepared to remain in the Arctic from
three to five years.
Explorers to Have New Ships.
Both explorers will have new ships
built expressly for their work. Amund-
sens in Norway, Bartletts on the Paci-
sc coast Both will use aeroplanes and
have the active cooperation of the Aero
Club of America in forming their equip
ment of aeroplaneS and aviators.
Bartletts American expedition will en-
ter the polar ocean by way or Berlns
straits Amundsen will enter by the
route north of Norway and the Kara sea.
Arrangements will be made for CO.
ordination of the scientific observations
of the two expeditions. With the aid OF
their aviation equipment they may be
able to complete the geographical recon-
naissance of the entire north polar ocean
and it is possible that in the event Of the
crushing of either one of the ships by ice
the aeroplanes may be instrumental IN
enabling one crew to reach the other snip
by establishing direct communication and
carrying supplies.
Evening star., 1916-12-23
Assigned to Regiments.

The following named second lieu
tenants. recently appointed. have been
assigned to regiments as follows:
Howard Charles Tobin. sth Cavalry;
John Andrew Weeks. 1st Cavalry: John
Jay McCollister. I'd Field Artillery
Frank Allen Roberts, eth Field Artil-
lery; Robert Lincoln Christian, sth In
fantry; William Hampton Crom, 18th
Infantry; Leo Edwin johnson. 31st In
fantry; George Rainsford Fairbanks
Cornish. 34th Infantry; Dolphin
Etienne Thebaud. 36th Infantry; George
Sheppard Clarke. a7th Infantry: Adolph
Charles Weidenbach. 35th Infantry
Walter Eyster Buchly. 1st Cavalry
Harold Chittenden Mandell. I'd Cavalry
Lester Atchley Sprinkle. sth Cavalry:
Robert Walker Grow. llth Cavalry
TerriIl Eyre Price. 18th Cavalry; VIII
liam Henry Hasten and Edwin Roll
mann. l4th Cavalry; Leon Edward ny
der, 10th Cavalry; Richard Lawrence
Creed and William Moragne Husson.
ander, Sd Field Artillery; Herbert
Leonidas Lee. 7th Field Artillery
Richard Jaquelin Marshall and Ralph
Townsend Heard. Sth Field Artillery;
James Donald MacMullen. Charles
Donald Malpas Cole. Coast Artillery;
Fred McIvor Logan, Sd Infantry; Tru-
man Smith. 4th Infantry; Joseph w. G.
Stephens. 18th Infantry; Adolph Unger,
9Th Infantry: Richard Kerens Suther-
land. 11th Infantry; Shelby Mason Tut
tie. 18th Infantry; Robert Graham
Moss. 30th Infantry; Emil Watson
Adams. 18th Infantry: Joseph Ma
thaniel Greene. 7th Infantry: Serene
Elmer Brett and Harry Langdon Rec
der. ED Infantry; Jay Edward Gillnl-
Ian, 23d Infantry; Lester Templeton
Gayle. jr.. 2eth Infantry: Turner Mason
Chambliss, 30th Infantry, and James
Neville c. Richards, 34th Infantry
Evening star., 1916-12-23
PHI MI SIGMA DuCkPIN LEAGUE.

Totals. .'478 473 4s1 Totals. .'476 5O4 4sO
'Harmony won roll-Of.