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Evening star., 1917-12-26
KING WILL BE SELECTED
BEFORE POLES GET VOTE
Premier Kueharzcvslki Says There Is
Strong Leaning Toward Emperor
Charles Of Austria.

AMSTERDAM. December 2s.-In an
interview In the Yossische Zsitung of
Berlin. concerning the selection Of a
leader for the new kingdom of Poland.
frof. kueharzevski. the Polish premier,
There is strong leaning among
certain classes for what might be called
An Austro- Polish solution Of the cues
ton, especially as the Poles are almost
unanimous In the opinion that no mem
Der OF the Polish nobility should be
chosen a. king. Emperor Charles com
pands strong personal sympa,hies in
folend and there are many advocates
OF the plan of having the emperor
named king of the country. On the
other hand there are many thoaghtfui
poles who would prefer an independent
Polish Kingdom with an Austrian arch
duke on the throne.
I'VE cannot postpone the appoint
ment OF king until . suitable basis OF
suffrage has been adopted In the in
tefests Of the country. and particiarIy
with view to the establishment OF q
Polish army. we must undertake the
choice Of king before that time and
efterward submit II to the approval OF
the polish parliament to be created"
Evening star., 1917-12-26
VESSEL AND CREW OF 35
BELIEVED LOST At SEA
Tuscarora, in Atlantic Service, Miss
ing-Wreckage Washed Ashore
Thought to Be From Steamer.
By the Associatcd Press.

By the Associatcd Press.
NEW YORK, December 26.-The
American steamship Tuscarora, former
sly n lake vessel and requisitioned by
the United States Shipping Board for
Atlantic service, together with her en-
tire crew OF thirty-five men. Is be-
lieyed to have been lot at sea some
where north Of Cape Breton Island. ac-
cording to advioes received in shipping
circles today from Nova Scotia
Adviees were that parts Of a bridge.
pilot house and deck timbers from a
large steamer had washed ashore on
st. Paul Island, about thirty miles
northeast from Cape North on Cape
Breton Island.
While there is no positive identifica-
ton OF the wreckage. shipping men be-
lfeve it is from the missing lake steam
er. The vessel was registered at 2,Ss6
tons gross, and was built in 1890. In
September the vessel with others, was
cut in two on the lakes, towed through
the Welland canal, and put together at
Montreal. from where she sailed for New
York December 6. The last word of her
was received when she passed Father
point on the st. Lawrence the following
day.
Evening star., 1917-12-26
RUTLAND M, GARRETSON DIES.
Said to Have Been Oldest Beatty
Broker in New York.

NEW YORK, December 26.-RutIand
". Garretson, said to have been the old
est real estate broker in New York. has
died at his home here at the age of
eighty-five years. He had been i'll for
months.
Mr.. Garretson came from an old
American family. being a son Of the late
Freeborn Garretson of Rhinebeck-on-
the Hudson. who was one of the com
inittee that received Lafayette on his
last visit to America On his mother q
side he was direct descendant of Col.
Nathaniel Lyttieton, who came to
America in 1886
Evening star., 1917-12-26
King Emmanuel Spends
Christmas With Troops;
American FIiers Cheered

ROME, December 26.-Kins Einman-
uel spent Christmas with his troops,
and the Christmas spirit only served to
give strength 70 the Italian arms in
the tremendous struggle which they are
successfully maintaining against the
Austro-German forces.
The Pope celebrated three midnight
masses in Pauline Chapel
Thousands of messages from over all
the world. bearing words of good
cheer. were received by the court Many
Of them came from the United States.
American youths In smart aviation
uniforms were to be seen In Rome and
Naples. They are the first foreign sol
diers to wear the royal eagle of the
italian flying corps. Everywhere they
were erected with cheers.
Evening star., 1917-12-26
GIVEN WAR BOARD DUTY.
Grandson of Ex-President Grant Dc.
tailed as Recorder,

Lieut.. Col. L. S. Grant, Sd, United
States Corps of Engineers. grandson
OF ex-President Grant. has been de-
tailed to duty as recorder OF the war
council BOARD or the War Department
OF Whien Gen. T. Fl. Bliss chief-of-
staT, Is chairman The board has been
assigned oiaces IN the War Department
heretofore occupied by tho adminis-
tratlon department OF the ordnance
bureau. transferred to group A of the
new buildings in Henry Park, in the
Mall. between 9Th and 7th streets. Col.
Grant is attached to the general stafr
of the Army and is stationed at the
Army War College. Washington Bar
racks.
Evening star., 1917-12-26
CHILD BURNS TO DEATH.
Unable to Escape From Fire Which
DESTROYED GRANDMOTHER Home.

Irene Upton. colored. fourteen years
old. was burned to death in the home Of
Lavinia Moultry, her grandmother.
Queen City. Alexandria county, Va.
shortly before noon today. 1t IL laid
the child started the fire and was I'M
able to get out of the burning structure
in time to save her life.
The flames spread to the houses of
Fannie Upton and George Siivers and
destroyed them. No. 1G engine company
RESPONDED to call from Alexandria
county residents. but all they were able
10 do was save one structure from
being destroyed
Fully 500 nearby residents gathered.
when the fire was discovered, formed a
bucket brigade and assisted several vol
unteer fire companies from nearby set
Elements. Water was obtained from
wells. springs and small stream near
the village
Evening star., 1917-12-26
IN BEHALF OF coLoRED RACE
Conference to Discuss Means Of
Aiding Negro Soldiers and Sailors.

NEW YORK, December 2e,-The sev-
enth annual conference of the National
Association for the Advancement Of Col
ored People will begin a three-day session
here tomorrow. The chief topic for dis
cussion is to be What Aid Can Members
Of the Negro Race Render to Their Coun-
try in War Tine?"
Other subjects to be discussed include
the welfare and promotion of negro men,
bers of the Army and Navy. the extension
of colored Y. NJ c. A. branches in the war
zone and in training camps and the en-
istment of negroes in the Red Cross
Evening star., 1917-12-26
REIMBURSEMENT OF WAGES
HELPS NAVY YARD FORCE

A readjustment of the pay and a re-
classification of the grades of the force Of
clerks, craftsmen. messengers and police
men at the Washington navy yard goes
into effect January l next. in accordance
with orders just issued by the Navy De-
partment
AS . result 162 clerks will get an in
crease oi pay averaging l6 per cent,
q year; i4s drattsmen will set an ia.
GREASE Of about 10 par cent, amounting 10
t13l day. or f41.0o3 . year. and 81 mes.
senEers ana policeman VIII get .n Increase
$S,764 q year. The total Increase amounts
to 1857 day. or ss0.441 q year.
Evening star., 1917-12-26
Lieut.. Cobb Gets staff DUTY.

First Lieut.. Murray A. Cobb, cavalry,
National Guard of the United States
formerly of the National Guard of the
District of Columbia, has been relieved
from duty with the 10th Field ArtIl-
iery and ordered to report to Mai. Gen
Charles G. Morton, commanding the
30th Division at Camp Sewer, Green
Vile. S. c., for duty as aid -de-camp on
his stan.
Evening star., 1917-12-26
VISIT THE BRITISH FRONT.
Eight American Generals to Get
First Hand Information.
Cablegrnm to The Evening Star and
Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1917.

CabIeEFhm 10 The EVcnlnE Stnr nnd
Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1917.
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE, December e4.-Eight Ameri-
can generals left day or two ago to
visit sections of the British front One
party was conducted by an American
liaison officer with the allied forces
The object of this visit. like that of
many other trips made by officers of
Lesser rank. is twofold: One Is to OBJ
tain definite first-hand information of
the British operation system and the
other is to afford the American and
British officers an opportunity to UNDER
stand and appreciate one another. This
presents no difficulty when the men are
given a chance of meeting one another
personally.
Evening star., 1917-12-26
ADDED CONGESTION
!: IN RAILROAD YARDS
Hundreds Of Freight Cars
Held on Tracks, Lacking
& Chance to Unload.

Freight congestion in the railroad
yards in this city today showed no im-
provement over conditions last week.
Rather, the day following a holiday.
brought conditions considerably worse.
At 8 o'clock this morning In the two
yards Of the Pennsyiyania railroad a
total of 723 loaded freight cars stood
ON the tracks awaiting unloading,
While 3eS loaded cars were outside
aNstting . chance to come In. These
Agurss are based On actual count.
In the freight yards Of the Baltimore
and ohio In Georgetown and At New
York avenue approximately $50 loaded
freight carr occupied practically every
foot Of track. with about 175 additional
ears on outside tracks unable TO get
Platform Freight Light.
I Platform freight at all yards was
conditions were observed there Freight
hauling also was light today. and little
progress apparently, was being made
In getting cars unloaded and cars and
freight out Of the way. Workmen and
otherS connected with the several yards
expressed ths belief that transfer and
draying concerns and general freight
haulers were SO busy hauling materials
IN and around the city and transferring
furniture, supplies, etc, from one
building to another, in the course OF
war work. that few trucks teams or
men were left to handle freight
Nobody, however, would venture an
1ieved.
Evening star., 1917-12-26
j. S. TROOPS GUARD
MEXICAN BORDER
Watching Canyon Outlets,
Where 100 Bandits Crossed
in Christmas Raid.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
MARIA, Tex, December 2s.-Ameri-
can troops today were guarding all out
lets to Van Horne canyon. where 100
Mexican bandits yesterday morning
crossed the American border. raided the
post Office and general store on the
Brite ranch, twenty-seven miles south
east of here, killed Michael WEIGH. a
veteran stage driver. and his two Mexi-
can passengers. wounded Sam Neill,
foreman of the Brite ranch. and carried
away booty estimated to be worth
$1,000.
After the bandits had passed over the
rim rock which rises abruptly more
than 1000 feet above the Rio Grande
the soldiers, who were in close pursuit.
fired many rounds at them and are re-
ported to have killed and wounded
many of the Mexicans. The shooting
compelled the bandits to abandon the
horses on which they carried away the
loot. Col. George T. Langhorne, in COM
mand of the American forces in the Big
Bend, expected the pursuit to be re-
sumed at daybreak.
Cavalry Hurry to the Rescue.
When the bandits attacked the ranch
Neill, with his wife and a number OF
ranch hands, barricaded themselves in
a house until United States soldiers had
been sent to their assistance.
Cavalrymen, under command of Capt.
Leslie A. Sprinkle. were sent to the
Brite ranch in automobiles, the soldiers
leaving camp just few minutes before
mess call for their annual Christmas
dinner was to have been sounded
When the raiders sighted the ap-
preaching cavalry they abandoned the
work of pillage and rode over the rim
rock toward the southwest.
At the point where the bandits drop
ped from sight of the pursuing troops
there is an abrupt descent of more than
| 1000 feet. When the soldiers had gone
as far as possible in automobiles they
continued the pursuit on foot to the
, edge of the rim rock. where they did
some expert shooting at the fleeing
bandits at distance of more than 1000
yards
Murder Of Welch.
The raiders, believed to be a part of
Chico Cano's band of cattle thieves,
crossed the Rio Grande at sunrise near
Candelaria. eighteen miles southeast of
Valentine, Tex. They raided the store
of L. c. Brite, a wealthy merchant and
rancher in the Big Bend district, taking
supplies and driving off valuable saddle
/ stock.
! The raiders, all mounted, then swept
| in a semi-cirele northwest from Can
| delaria. overtaking the automobile
mail stage. which was leaving Candle
! laria for Valentine to bring back the
/ Christmas mail.
| Mickey Welch. an American. driver of
/ the mail stage. tried to escape. but was
! overtaken and ordered from the stage.
/ Bandits then hanged him and cur his
! throat
! After killing Welch the raiders looted
| the mail sacks. The body of Wclch was
! taken to Valentine, Tex, according to a
! telegram received here. Two Mexican
/ passengers in the mail stage were re-
| ported to have been shot.
Evening star., 1917-12-26
Sponsor for Reclamation Act.

Perhaps in no other legislation for
which he stood sponsor has Senator
Newlands more endeared himself to the
west than the reclamation act which
has aided the settlers of the great west
to make gardens out Of the arid desert
lands. Senator Newlands was a mem
ber of the House at the time this i'm
portant legislation was inaugurated
He was a member of the democratic
party, and although the administration
was republican, he succeeded, by dint
of hard work and keeping constantly
at it, in having a reclamation bill re-
ported to the House and acted upon
He also aided in having the matter
taken up and pressed in the Senate.
This was in 1901 and 1902
Evening star., 1917-12-26
SUFFERING WITH PNEUMONIA.
Senator Hughes Reported Today to
Be Somewhat improved.

Senator Hughes of New Jersey is suf-
fering from an attack of pneumonia, it
was learned today. at Mercer Hospital
in Trenton, It was said at his Office that
he was reported to be In q somewhat
improved condition.
Senator Hughes has been In Ill health
for many months. He was recently re-.
ported to be gaining strength. and IL
was then expected he would return to
Washington and to the Senate soon
after the drst OF the year.
Evening star., 1917-12-26
ASKED TO Join US. ARMY
Substance Of Message Addressed to
Greek Subjects by the Home
Government.

Greece wants her citizens In the United
States to enlist in the American Army.
Not only will she suspend punishments
which ordinarily would follow enlist
ments of Greeks with a foreign power.
but she will reward them for supporting
the American arms.
This Is the substance of apote from
the Greek government delivered here to-
day to the State Department.
Evening star., 1917-12-26
WANTS TO AVOID NECESSITY
OF DOTTING AN ~ IN HIS NAME

John James Auringer, thirty-one years
old. clerk in the War Department, de-
sires permission OF the court to avoid
dotting the 81" in his name. He ap-
piled today to the District Supreme
Court for authority to change his name
SO that hereafter he may spell 1t Au-
rynger."
He says his father, a native Ameri-
Evening star., 1917-12-26
Funeral Services for
Senator NeWandS to
Be Held Tomorrow

Funeral services for Senator New
lands. who died Monday night, will be
held at ST. Alban's at o'clock tomor.
row afternoon. Interment will be made
In Oak Hill cemetery.
Rev. C. T. Warner. rector Of st. AL
bans, will conduct the services.
The committee to represent the Sen
ate at the funeral Of Senator Newlands
was appointed by the Vice President to-
day. 1t is composed of Senators Sauls-
bury, Gaiiinger, Lodge. Martin, Cum
minis, Chamberlain, Hitchcock and
Phelan. A committee to represent the
House at the funeral also will be Sc
lected today.
Evening star., 1917-12-26

can. spelled the name with an 'f' and
that he used the same method until
four months ago when he decided to
use the ~" instead. Under this spelling
Of his name he is enrolled at the War
Department and also at George Wash
ington University Law School, which
he attends. the petitioner says.
toruey
Evening star., 1917-12-26
Driver Of Trash Team Is injured.

Charles Bumbrey, colored, Oliver of a
team for the trash collector. last night
about s:15 o'clock was injured about his
legs in collision between his wsgon and
street car at New Jersey avenue and a
street Bumhrey. whose home is at 7ak
lth street, was taken to Casualty Hos
pitai. where physioians said hs vas not
seriously hurt.
Evening star., 1917-12-26
Fire Causes 500 Damage.

s-nfeiock responded TO an alarm of are
On the prsmises Of warfasld q Sanford,
80 p street. The nFs occurred In Q rear
ePeaway and did about 800 damage. Its
origin WAS not determined.
Evening star., 1917-12-26
WOMAN AND NEGRO
FOUNDDEAD| |NROOM
Believed to Be Accidental VIC
Tins of Decentralization
Under Way.

"A young woman, known as Miss
Marie Beaumont Of New York city. and
Ernest Patten, colored porter in q
downtown drug store, were found dead
from inhaling Illuminating gas on a
couch in the woman's room, 615 9Th
street. shortly before noon today, Gas
was flowing full from a small heater
and police who investigated said they
were convinced the deaths were acci-
dental. Deputy Coroner Carr Is inyes-
tigating.
When Mrs. r. Z. Henault. sr, occupant
OF the house. detected the odor of gas
shortly after II o'clock, she traced it to
Miss Beaumonts room, but found the
door securely fastened. Mrs. Henault got
out on the fire escape from her window
ana walked over to the young woman 8
window. As she lifted it she was startled
10 see the two lifeless forms, fully dressed
on the sofa
Came Here Month Ago.
Mrs. HenauIt summoned Traffic Pe-
iiceman w. l. Davis from 9th and q
streets and he forced the door open.
MT. Henault. her husband, said the
young woman rented the room about a
month ago and said she had just come
here from New York city. Her address
was not known, but on her trunk was
tag marked, New York, West Side
Terminal" The police hope to find her
relatives by tracing the numbers ON
the express tag.
A post card from New York CITY was
found on the bureau addressed to her.
wishing her merry Christmas and tell
ing her to expect a package 1t was
signed Roberta"
Worked at Drug Store.
For three weeks the woman, who was
apparently between thirty and thirty-fiye
years old, had been working at a 7th
street drug store, where the colored man
also was employed She was last seen
late yesterday by Mr. Henault, who said
she told him she had to go back to work
at o'clock. She did not report for
work, 1t was learned The police saw no
one in the house saw Patten enter.
At the drug store It was said he. too.
had not been there since yesterday
afternoon. The police say Patten was
thirty-fve and lived at 1913 Sherman
avenue.
Mr.: Henauit said he could not renem.
ber having heard any sounds in the
room during the night or early this
morning. 1t is the belief of the police
the two were dead several hours before
discovered.
Evening star., 1917-12-26
To cure . Cold ,n On. p.x

Take LAXATIVE BRQsfo QUISIsE Tablets.
Druggists refGnd money II 1t fails to curo. Y. W,
GROVES sispature is eaen box. 30c.-Ade
Evening star., 1917-12-26
Red Hair Fairly Swapping.

He hurled himself at the rings, his
teeth set. his red hair fairly swapping
sparks. He got a. ring or two by acc!-
dent. but it was plain to he seen that no
bayonet guard would turn aside his point.
He thrust high as he leaped. As he
struck he snaried through his clenched
teeth.
"Arrh! You swine"'
That's the way to do It," said the
officer in command. Never mind the
rings. Get the boche."
That is the way the Americans arc
combining theory and practice during
their schooling on the British front. They
nave an advantage in the fact that their
school fellows have really '.got the
boche." They work hard all day, but at
night, in the talks in quarters that persist
until lights out is sounded. they learn al
most as much as during the working
hours. Instead Of being messed tosether
nesses and having nothing else to taik
about they talk shop all the time;
How do sS you ,,s get to,ansg along with your
''Top hole" said he. ''very chummy.H
Evening star., 1917-12-26
About Bayonet Practice.

That same emphasis on 'tunch" was
noted in the school for bayonet practice.
Precisely the same exercises were gone
through with that the Chasseurs Aipin
have been instructing our men in at the
American camp. There were rings upon
each man charged down the line of poles
trying to pick off the rings on his bayo-
net. One young Scotehman ran down the
line at high speed, his bayonet hold at
the ring level. He picked Oft nearly every
one.
II would not give you a single point
for that" shouted the officer in command.
You haven't got the idea at all. Who
cares about the rings? Get the boche .''
Another youngster charged the line.
Like all the others. he wore a tin hat.
which settled jauntiiy over one ear as
he ran. and a tunic and a pair of short
running trunks. His thick, muscular legs
were bare to the boots.
Evening star., 1917-12-26
Germans Transfer Troops.
Heavy Fighting In Siberia.

. PEKING. December 26.-The trans
aibsrian railway has been severed near
Irkutsk. in eastern Siberia, where the
bolsheviid have destroyed the locomo-
tive sheds and workshops. Heavy
Aehting between helshevtk forces and
supporters Of the original revolutionary
party IL occurring in many places in
Siberia-
Evening star., 1917-12-26

ria and adding ~ there now are three
s.independent republics In Russia II ~
.<liff1cult to avoid the appearance oi
Shaving relations with more than one
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-01-07
TOTAL ECLIPSE TONIGHT
Luna Will Be Entirely With
in Earth's Shadow, Start
ing at 1880 Here.

Washington, Jan. Ga total eclipse
of the moon. visible throughout the
United States and the first of seven
eclipses to occur during 1917. will be-
gin Sunday night at 1850, east
ern time. according to officials of the
naval observatory. At that hour the
moon will first come in contact with
the earth's shadow and at 2 a, m. II
VIII be entirely within the shadow,
For I hour and 20 minutes the
total eclipse will continue and then
the moon will begin to leave the
shadow, finally, coming into full light
at 4:39 a. NJ.
This will be the first total eclipse
OF the moon since 1913 and the first
that has been completely visible here
since 1910. This years eclipses of the
sun and moon will be the greatest
number possible in any one year,
There will be four eclipses Of the sun
and three of the moon. Not since 1887
nave so many occurred and like oc-
currence will not again be seen until
1882.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-01-07
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Letter From q N llsssdH May
: sg1ear{ jp Re- MI Killing
al Nllal<c City. = 4

Hsiepa, tAu, ss.--kocal authorities
toAaS 1eelss telegram from Move
inscis., MO, ,gfr6nicling sie arrest there
Of ,J&tk .LSpkh. 10. on the charges Of
mpsdsring Paul Schultz, Miles City.
None. AlHydtan. on the night ssf Mo-
.yembersgss last. The arrest was made
rossibls hs I'M anonymous ietter4wrbt-
er twhbs 4srote Sheriff a. B. Middleton
~ Custer county and asked If q snur-
der had been committed in Miles City
andsssidtl,at II It had. Loeany .then.in
Nortnger was the man. Logan was a
farm hand on the schultz place near
Miles CITY. The murdered man was
bcatenf -; death and although Logan
and Mrs. Schultz were held at the time
nothing could be proven and soon, after
they. left for Novinger. their old home.
Today advices from Novinger say Mrs.
SchHltx Says Logan slew her husband
bccause$0f his infatuation for her
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-01-07
HOUSE WILL ACCEPT
IMMIGRATION, BILL

Washington, Jan. 6.-Scnate and
house. conferees on the immigration
bill virtually, agreed after a confer
cnce with Secretary Lansing today to
accept the measure in the form that
it PASSED the senate without mention
OF Japanese among persons to be OK
cluded. That would leave the present
gentlemen's agreement" regarding the
entrance of Japanese iaborers into the
United States unchanged.
The bin will probably be reported
early next week and prompt action is
expected in both houses. Confident
that President Wilson will veto it on
account of the sliteracs. test provision,
sponsors of,.that section are making
every effort to pledge enough votes
to the final draft to pass 1t over a
veto.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-01-07
! Mrs. Schulz Arrested,


kirksvilIe. Mo-, Jan. CAS- she left
the marriage license clerks office late
today. on her way to be married. Mrs
Paul Schulz "A years old, was arrested
ON request of Montana authorities. in
congection with the. death last Sep
.tember.of her husband. Paul Schulz. al
Miles Citv. Mont. Earlier In the day,
George .Nanlaningham, u years old,
formerly. an eu,pioye Of Schulz at
Miles City. was arrested on infor1na-
ton Given the local police by Mrs.
Schulz, who, the police say, swore that
yan}anfnghan killed Schulz with a
drax stake. Vanlaningham recently
was married here.
Mrs. Schulz and Vanlaningham are
being held for the Montana author
tiles.