Evening Star Newspaper, January 1, 1911, Page 1

SEVEN PARTS Ioc‘uding Star’s Sunday Magazine COLORED COMIC SECTION he Sunday Star. — rain or snow at night and ; colder Monday night. WASH INGTON, D. C., SUNDAY MORNING, JA NUARY 1, 1911.° FIVE CENTS. AIR TUMBLES BRING DEATH TO HOXSEY AND MOISANT Holder of Altitude Record Crushed Under Engine at Los Angeles—Liberty Cup Winner Killed Near New Orleans. TREACHEROUS CURRENTS CAUSE BOTH AIRSHIPS TO THROW PILOTS Neither Lives More Tha n a Few Moments—Dar- ing Birdmen Take Risks Under Unsafe Con- ditions—35 Names Now on Death List. shn LB. Moisant and Arch were killed today Hoxsey, aviators extraordinary, Goth icll out of the treacherous air currents with their ma- chines—neither from a vast heigh were so few as to count as stantiy Moisant met his death at 9:55 a.m field the air carly in the afternoon at crushed, lifeless mass in view of t the aviation tournament. Thus-the last day of 1910, deaths of aviators to thirty-five, few miles from New Orleans, L: ht. Moisant’s remaining minutes naught.. Hoxsey was killed in- attempting to alight in a Hoxsey, who went into Los Angeles, lay, at 2:12 p.m., a he thousands who were watching in bringing the total number of capped the list with two of the most illustrious of those airmen who have been writing the history of aviation in the sky of two continents. Moisant Lives But Hoxsey’s ANGELES, Cal., December winds whose treacheries Arch Hox- so often defigl and conquered killed noted aviator today. As if jealous of his intrepidity, they seized him and his fragile flying machine, flung them down out of the sky and crushed out his life. He fell dead on the field from ‘which he had risen but a short time before with a laughing promise to thousands of cheering spectators to surpass his own phenomenal altitude records and soar higher than any other man has dared g0. ross currents, whirted off by a v: grant storm that floated in from the sea, caught his biplane and shot him down- ward > feet to earth. Catehing his {rajl_ machine in one of the spectacular spiral glides that are dangerous even the a Moment; Death Instantaneous NEW ORLEANS, La., December A sudden puff of wind caught Moisant within 300 feet of the earth, turned his machine over and a broken neck ter- minated his career. Hoxsey ran afoul of the same kind of boiling, treacherous wind when some 10 feet from earth. A minute later a hor- Tified crowd, aroused from its shock, was Tushing madly to where a broken mass of humanity lay, beneath a torn bit of canvas and some broken spars. Both met death in almost the same manner. Each machine w : headed” for| the earth and suddenly se.med to stop, hover in the air, then “turn over onto its nose” and dive headlong to the earth —and to destruction. | alinest weather. the warring winds yi sported with it @ moment, juggled tt. Sudden Puff of Wind. and then suddenly hurled it to. the) Moisant’s aeroplane was a Bleriot sod monoplane. In addition to the heavy en- Hoxsey Badly Mangled. When field attendants reached the spot where the wreckage lay Hoxsey was dead. One side of the face, whose en- gaging smile had won the regard of thousands of specators each day during the meet, hud been crushed into an un- recognizable mass. His body was broken and twisted out of all semblance of humanity. gine in front of the main planes he had fastened a tank holding thirty-five gal- lons of gasoline. Aviation experts believe a sudden puff, of wind stopped his machine dead in the air, and the heavy weight ahead drag- ged the light framework behind it, flip- ping the then useless rear elevator toward the zenith in derision. From his posi- tion, partly back of the .main planes, ‘All the spectztors in the grandstand! Moisant was flipped out, clear of the| witnessed the tragedy. as it occurred! machine, and struck the ground on his directly in font of them on the opposite | head, breaking his neck. He died on a side of the course. Hundreds sat in aw stricken silence until the announcer gave the news through the megaphone: Hoxsey has been killed.” en from every part of the great i came shrieks and sobbing of wom- who but a short time before had wped their gloved hands as the daring ator arose from the field for his fatal; flat car on which he was being rushed to New Orleans. Hoxsey likewise was returning from a Journey Into the clouds. He was within w0 feet of the earth and cheers were go- ing up to meet the conquerer of tl higher air, when his machine seemed to ight | stop, shudder and whirl over and over Promised to Break Record. jt the ground. As in the moi 8 : ‘ ,,. | tragedy, the rear elevator, rendered use- Moxsey had promived ax he left the jg." when the momentum was gone, Peteidin’ Ganon aceite * | sipped around, helpless to aid the fated OF course, u upen ip contingent the kind of weather ss of this attempt j | machi Ho ey vainly endeavored to right his A Gnd up tt id. “Some of the |¢#ft by warping the main planes and aeaecazace ounters fn the higher | PS use of the rudder. Vain attempts ppienacie aepbins hevond human en, .these fer before sufficient momentum was decane [gained the frail structure crumpled upon Hut, if 1 ean stand it aud my metor| te earth, the heavy engine being torn works as well it hax be | tooxe ne It come down with a rec {only a few farmers’ aids saw Moisant fedtice aad : | hurled to his death. Hoxsey’s end came ren {before the horrified gaze of thousands aioe | who had come out in the pleasant after- tae axlaiaen aa te axonal watch the bird-men darting here ascended it rained ere through the air. it ted swiss cheese” atmos- cherous meteorolog- Moreover, most day's pleasure ended when an an- nouncer, sadly Hfting his megaphone, droned out the message: “Arch Hotsey has been killed. There cundition that alrmen have to cot i be no more fying today.” There ix nothing by whieh it may be arni: known why Hoxsey did not go" higher | Borni Defoe Warnings thay the 7.142 feet which his haregraph | Forecasts of the fatal accident were eee an aetna Ut elite ab, | made in both thatances. parently encountered at that altitude the ‘ame conpicting wit currents that finally | 4 Sfteen-mile wind, with gusty inter- overcam him. Death Stops Hoxsey’s Tricks. Netvithstanding this and with the sune daring he had displayed daily dui ing the last week, he descended by cries of spiral glides and was perform-| % one of bis thrilling rolling dips when is biplane suddenly capsized in midair nd shot to earth ‘ver and over the aeroplane turned as it fell. with a J so swift that, of all the thousands whe saw the tragedy, not could tell what effort the aviator made to save himself, When the wreck- age had been cleared sufficiently that his body could be reached he was found nted firmly in his seat, his arms the levers. The fall telescoped ne. The steel sprocket which drove the pro- pellers lay across Hoxsey’s face, the motor resting upon the right side of his body. Every one of the ribs on that side was shattered. An iron upright, broken by the force of the crash, held the aviator’s body impaled upon its jagged point The step watches in the stand register- ed the exact second of o'clock when Hoxsey’s mach’ turned over and plunged in its fatal fall. The news of the tragedy was on the telegraph wires leading out of the press stand before the machine struck the ground. ne The aviator had been in the air an hour | Statistics gathered by the state railroad. and a half when the accident occurred. and had satled again over the sloped summit of Mount Wilson, whose height he had conquered twice since the meet began. Collapse of Brookins. Walter Brookins, who originated the spiral glide and the dip, which brought | cluded two employes and two pasyengers | It Hoxsey to his death, was standing in (Continued on Second Page.) vals, caused hangar attendants to shake their heads at Moisant. He laughed at them and xailed up for a try at the long- distance sustained-flight record and the Michelin cup, with its attendant $4,000 prize. Death’ was the victor in the long contest it has fought with the daring Chicagoan. When Walter R. Brookins and Hox- sey, who, with Parmelee, alone were left fot the Wright exhibiting teams, wheeled their machines out warnings ‘were of- fered by half a score of the flyers, each of whom bore a record for daring in the ir. t's too full of holes up there today they all agreed; “it's just like a Swiss cheese; better stay on the ground. Hoxsey, smiling as he had on the day when, in a similar wind, he had gone far up into the biue to a new world’s record for height, again took the air. His baroxgraph, siui running when the crowds reached the heap of humanity: and canvas and broken sticks, showed the fatal drop started when the aviator had come down to within U3 feet of the ground. DEATH ON THE RAIL. Over One Hundred Persons Killed in Pennsylvania in November. HARRISBURG, Pa., December 31.— commission from reports made by rail- roads and street railways operating in Pennsylvania show that during Novem- ber 8} persons were killed on steam railroads and 18 on street railway cars. In the number killed on the steam roads three were passengers and 32 employes. The fatalities on the street railways in- In the same month 745 persons were hurt on the steam roads and 280 on the street railways. MAY OUST LORIMER |Resolution Will Challenge His Right to Senate Seat. CALLS ELECTION ILLEGAL To Be Presented Few Days After Congress Reconvenes. MR. BORAH REACHES DECISION Report of Committee Will Be at- tacked Vigorously — Fight Will Be Bitter. “Resolved, That William Lorimer was not duly and legally elected as a senator of the United States from the state of Mlinois.” presented to the Senate within a few days after Congress reconvenes next week, If a report accompanied by a resolution as stated is not submitted by Senator Beveridge, who has the nat- wral right to take the initiative ‘by reason of his place on the committee on privileges and elections, the duty of formally challenging the title of Mr. Lorimer to his seat will be assumed by Senator William E. Borah of Idaho. ‘enator Borah, it was learned yester- day, has reached a conclusion in the Lorimer case and has determined upon his course of action. This development of the day formed the first actual news of the situation involving Senator Lori mer's seat since the elections commit- tee submitted its report the day before adjournment for the holidays, and cer- tain senators announced the purpose of studying the testimony taken by the subcommittee in the investigation held at Chicago. The position of Senator Boral was {| made known after conferences held he- | twen several senators, who, like him- {self had been studying the nearly 800 | printed pages of testimony. The align- iment that is being developed for the fight on the floor of the ‘Senate oblit- erates the old stand-pat and insurgent mark of cleavage. It is understood that. along with Senators Borah, Cum- mins, La Follette and Beveridge—as- jority report, although he has not yet taken any one into his confidence and has not so far as is known participated in the recent conferences—are likely to be found Burton of Ohio and War- ner of Missouri. Await Word From Root. Word is now awaited with interest from Senator Root, who had been expected to to a perusal of the evidence on which the majority of the elections committee gave Mr. Lorimer a vindication. It is not known whether he has completed the study as contemplated. Senators who have gone through the whole mass de- clare It to be a task calculated to stagger any one after getting started. ‘he testi- mony hes not been indexed—a matter which of itself has aroused criticism— and to get an adequate understanding of the case it is declared to be necessary to start with the first word and read to the last. It is thought to be scarcely possi- ble that all the members of the elections committee who signed the majority report did this, and it is believed that most of them merely took the brief report of the investigators, aside from Senator Frazier, for their authority. As matters have turned out it now seems probable that the Lorimer case will be the most important feature of the present session of Congress. It is planned to call it up Monday or Tuesday ‘follow- ing the reassembling of the Senate, and long and carefully prepared speeches wiil be made following the presentation of the resolution already tentatively drawn. The anti-Lorimer speeches, it is ex- pected, will force members of the investi- gating committee to defend their posi- tion, as the report will be assailed on grounds of incompleteness and of wrong; deduction with respect to the evidence produced. It is probable that old prec- edents, which the committee used to clear the title of Mr. Lorimer to his seat, irrespective of corruption that might pos: sibly have prevailed at Springfield, will be attacked, and that a demand will be made for new ones. Effort to Be Determined. At the outset some of those who were inclined to oppose the report of the com- mittee had little id & vote would accomplish mere than the moral protest of a minority of the Sen- ate. Today the feeling in some circles jis different. it is proclaimed that the effort 10 unseat Senuter Lorimer ix to be a determined one. The belief is asserted that when a full exposition of the testi- mony ix made, as is proposed, members of the elections committee are likely to regret they did not read the evidence be fore signing the report. It is declare by those 9 intend to attack the that the sameg-xposition of the cas arouse such a° public sentiment through- out the whole country that it is doubtful whether a majority of the Senate can op- poxe the iesolution on a record vote. Before the case reaches its tinal stage the old question as to whether @ maj ity or two-thirds vote is necessary to va- cate the Lorimer seat probably will be raised. It requires a two-thirds vote to expel a member, but only a majority to prevent a member from taking hix seat on the ground of illegality of election. this case the anti-Lorimer side will contend that it is not sought to expel Mr. Lorimer, but merely to declare he Was not legally elected, so that a major- ity vote only would be necessary to va- cate his seat. On the other hand, Lorimer, particularly if the issue is close- ly drawn, are likely to contend that his credentials have been accepted, that he ig a member of the Senate in full stand- ing and can be removed only through ex- pulsion. in this event the Senate must } determine, before voting on the direct {s- sue, which method of procedure it wil! take. Arguments Against Report. There are two primary arguments which will be presented in opposition to the committee report and in support of thé resolution to unseat Senator Lorimer. according to the information lately ob- tained. One will involve the question of credibility of the evidence presented at the investigation, and the committee's re- port will be attacked most vigorously in this particular. the testimony of Daniel W. Holtsiaw can- not be read in its entirety by any impar- tial person without bringing conviction that he spoke the truth. The report is to be attacked for dwelling with the brief- ness it did on this witness and his testi- mony. It will be argued as conclusive of the evidence of other legislators were bribed and that others paid money for votes. i More tmportant, perbaps, will be the argument that with corruption existing Mr. Lorimer could not have been in ignorance of it, no matter whether he was a party to it in any degree whatever. is straining credulity beyond the Mmit, it 1s declared—an insult to the intelligence of Mr. Lorimer—to assume (Continued on Third Page.) the supporters of A resolution phrased as above will. be} suming the latter will oppose the ma- | devote considerable time during the recess | that the taking of | It will be contendetl that | i | | NEW YEAR HOPES. ASK FOR ABROGATION. German Machine Makers Petition Against Patent Treaty. BERLIN, December 31.—A petition for the abrogation of the German-American patent agreement of February 23, 1909, was presented today to the imperial gov- ernment by the German Machine Manu- facturers’ Association. It points out that American patentees | are not compelled to manufacture in Gel many, whereas Getman holders of pat- ents are required to make their articles here. Thus the Americans, particularly in the matter of typewriters, are able to compete with the German products with the greatest’ advantage. CLEMENCY FOR DURAND. Labor Leader Sentenced to Die— Given Term in Prison. PARIS, December 41.—President Fal lieres has commuted the sentence of Du- | rand, the secretary of the Coal Handlers’ Vnion? to seven years’ imprisonment. Durand at the conclusion of his trial on the arge of instigating the murder of Foreman Donge, during the strike on! jthe docks in Havre, last December, was sentenced to death, but a few days b fore 150 members of the chamber of ! deputies signed a petition to give him a new trial. FIVE HURT, ONE FATALLY. — |Heavily Laden Bobsled Breaks Down, Ditching the Coasters. LEWISTOWN, Pa., December 31. bobsied on which six boys and three women were coasting down Walnut sureet hill this afternoon broke down and threw the coasters agaist the concrete steps of a house c Lytter, fifteen years old, sus- tained a crushed skull and will die. Harry and James Finn of Harrisburg and Joe Brown and Joe Wian of Lewistown were painfully injured. The women escaped. OLIVER OPENS HEADQUARTERS. Pennsylvania Senator Is a Candidate for Re-Election HARRISBURG, Pa. December 3: United States Senator George Oiiver, who is a candidate for re-election, came here from Pittsburg tonight and opened headquarters at the Commonwealth Ho- tel. ‘The Pennsylvania legislature will begin its biennial session Tursday, and the senator will remain here untii after the organization of the two houses. The senatorial caucus will be held Monday night and the election will take place January 17. Candidates for legislative offices also opened their headquarters today. It Is expected that John F. Cox of Pittsburg | 1 i i 1 will be re-clected speaker of the house and William FE. Crow of Faycite county will again be chosen as- president pro tem. of the senate. TROOPS NOT NEEDED. Fear of Trouble Over Oklahoma Cap- ital Causes Governor to Act. OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., Decembe —Two companies of state militia almost got into action in thé state capitol re- moval fight today. Hearing that Guthrie citizens had interfered with the removal of three wagon loads of state records which were being taken ,to a railroad station for shipment here, Gov. Haskell ordered military companies A and B of Tulsa and Chandler, respectively. to stand in readiness to move to Guthrie. A short time later the governor learned over a telephone that Guthrie citizens would’ make no ey to the re- moval of the recor no further trouble is“expected, ‘ ‘ | i ‘STABBED 10 DEATH! Murder Third Tragedy: of the Holiday Season. QUARREL ENDS FATALLY Italian Slays Man During Row Over | Colored Woman. ARRESTED AT UNION STATION Caught as He Starts to Leave City. Victim Dies on Way to Hospital. Tony Sacrinithe police had to guess at the speliing of the name—is blamed for a New Year eve murder, the third tragedy to be enacted during the holiday season. Tony fatally stabbed Charles J. Chipman last night about 7:80 o'clock while in the house of Mattie Coleman, colored, 711 Delaware The stabbing, it s alleged, . "| quarrel. avenue southwest. } s due to! ing to get a drink. He added that he would return soon for his laundry. ‘When they came back,” Mattie said. “both of them were drunk. ‘They seemed. o be sociable when they came. Mi- nerva tried to hand the package of laundry through the door to Chipman, but he pushed the door open and en- tered.’ The men then engaged in what the colored woman described as a jealous She said the following con- versation took plac | “Is that your wife? Chipman asked Tony. “Yes.” replied the Italian, “but you may have her.” “If she’s your wife,” Chipman added, ‘she’s my sweatheart.” Mattie Coleman said she scented trouvie and tried to get the men separated. Tony | went to the kitchen, the rear of the tw> reoms on the first floor of tte house, but |Chipman followed. The latter renewed ithe argument about the Polliena woman. Tony. Mattie Coleman stated, had been standing near the back wall, lookins at his watch “I asked him the time,’ said Mattie, “and he told me it was haif-pasi seven.” Quarrel Is Resumed. said Chipman, avcording to the woman's account, “what do you mean to do? Do you mean to you are going to take hei “You can have her if you | . Tony say want her,” | Tony answered. Chipman then told the Italian, Mattie Coleman said, that he would ‘cut his throat if he (Tony) fooled with him, a!- though he exhibited no weapon, it is stated: “You say you will cut my throat,” Tony is said to have replied*to Chipman am a good friend of yours. 1 Give me your hand.” jealousy over a colored woman named| “Chipman extended his hand and the Minerva: Poiicna, wife of Tony. Polliena.| men apparently shook, but an instant crini, who had run away after tue bbing,” appeared at Waion statin | Shortly after 11 o clock and was about to board an outgoing train when Detective Sears arrested him on description. When ‘the’detective placed his hand on the shoulder of Sacrini the latter did not show any signs of excitement. He sub- mitted quietly to arrest and accompanied the officer to the police room in the big depot. Sacrini had a ‘loaded revelver in his overcoat pocket. He had $128.88 in cash. He was arrested as he stood at a ticket window waiting to be given a ticket. ‘You -—— fool,”’ he is alleged to have said when the detective placed him under arrest. “You don’t want me. Identified as Slayer. At the police station witnesses. identi- fied himt as the slayer of Chipman and he was transferred to the station in South Washington. 4 Chipman was stabbed several times, the fatal wound being in the side. He bled to death, dying in the ambuiance while on the way to Casualty Hospital. Tony Polliena, the police were told, se} arated from his wife shortly after their marriage in the office of L. I. O'Neal, a justice of the. peace, about five years ago. He then went to Pittsburg, it is stated. Since a short while after their_separa- tion, Minerva Polliena told a Star re- porter last night, she has been known as Mrs. Tony Polliena, and her name so appears on the police record. the woman ‘ing been detained at the fourth pre- cinet police station August 1. for . leged drunkenness. Chipman, who. was erly employed as a laborer in the was released from jail December 9 serving sixty di for shooting at m Jackson, following an alleged ssault on the Pollena woman. Jac! son Went to the woman's assistunce, and Chipman, it was said, resented what he termed outside interfere: He was knocked down by Jackson*and lat the latter and shot at him, according to |the evidence. After he was released from jail Chipman found employment at thp juil as an ironworker. Yesterday after- noon he received his pay before he left his place of employment for the day. Said He Came for Laundry. It was after 7 o'clock when he ap- peared at the Delaware avenue house, where the Polliena woman had a room, and said he had come for his: laundry, the Woman having done such work for him. Tony Sacrini was with him. Mat- tle Coleman, occupant of the house, told the police ‘what happened after the two men came there. Very few word: had been spoken, she sald, when Chi ‘man announced he and Tony were esd A r met | later Chipman showed a desire to renew the argument. He was standing with his hands uplifted. declared Mat'ie Coleman, when Tony, who had shown signs of im- patience, dealt him a blow with his fist and knocked him down. Mattie Coleman begged To! hitting Chipman, and she said he then cut at her with a knife. She stepped back to go to the door to call a policeman, but before she left the room the Italian pounced on the man on the floor and started using his knife. ‘He kept working on him with it,” said Mattie, “and the blood got all over every- thing. While they were struggling they knocked over a bucket of water.” to stop the trouble became serious, she states, going away alone. She admitted she had been the common-law wife of Tony t | i she had also knowh Charlie Chipman, as she called the victim of last night's en- icounter. Neighbors Rush In. Mattie Coleman's effort to get a police- man attracted a number of neighbors to her house. Chipman was lying in a- pool of blood on the kitchen’ floor. sent oat a message stating that Tony Polliena had done the cutting. Shortly afierward the mistake was discovered and the name was changed. Chipman had been placed in the ambulance und started for the hospital, in the care of Dr. ixil- gore, but he died before the hospital was Yeuched. His “body “later was taken to the morgue. Inspector Boardman detailed Detectives Pratt, Howlett, O'Dea and Cornwell to work with Precinct Detective Grant and other members of tl squad of the fourth precinct in a reh for Socrini. ‘The detectives learned that Tony was in the employ of the Penusvivania Railroad in Southeast Washington and that he had a pass entitling him to transportation to Philadelphia. Detectives visited the railroad works and jother places where they thought the man {might be found, but no trace of him was discovered until he appeared at (Union Pstation. He will be detained at the fourth precinct station until Coroner Nevitt holds an inquest over the body of Chip- man. Alfaro Candidate for President. GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador, December 31. —The candidacy for the presidency of Gen. Flavié Alfaro, military commander of Guayaquil and former minister of war and marine, is proclaimed. It a; pears that he has the support of the army. Encounters between the mem- bers of paral opelen batted occurred today. such a row last hi I~ coal persons ‘were injured, SBE sev Minerva. Polliena left the house before | Sacrini after her husband left her, and} The police, after a quick investigation, | BOTH DEAD ON SOFA Yourg Woman and Intended Husband Found Lifeless. | THEY HAD TAKEN POISON Wedding Had Been Arranged for Today. TRAGEDY IS INEXPLICABLE Startling End of the Courtship of Miss Elosser of Cumberland and Chales E. Twigg. {Special Dispatch to The Star. | CUMBERLAND, Md. December | Seated together on a sofa in the parlor jot her home in this city, the dead bodies jof Miss Grace Elosser and Charles E. Twigg of Keyser, W. Va., were found this | afternoon by the mother of the girl. Both | had apparently died from cyanide poison- ing, though in what form the authorities have been unable to determine. ‘The pair were to have been married to- morrow Grace Methodist Episcopal Chureh in this city. Mr, Twigg tele- phoned his fiancee from Keyser that he would be down on the noon train. He went to the Elosser home with the wed- ding ring. It did not fit and the couple had arranged to go to a jeweler tonight to have it fitted. Cheerful Telephone Message. The two were in the parlor alone from j1 until about 2:45 o'clock this afternoon. | Members of the family heard them chat- ting merrily. At about 2 o'clock Miss Elosser telephoned a girl friend about the coming wedding. Soon after this all was still. Mrs. Elosser, the mother of te dead girl, says about half an hour later she went into the room and observed her daughter and Mr. Twigg seated on the gofa together. Neither one spoke to her, and she did not speak. She then went out, but having become concerned because pt the prolonged quict following the cheery conversation that had come from the room, she returned to the room and spoke to her daughter. Receiving no re- sponse, she placed her hand on the girl's head. She was horrified to see her daughter fall over and she then perceived that both were death. Death by Poisoning. The bodies were removed to au under- taker’s, where a post-mortem revealed death by cyanidic poisoning. The poison was in liquid form, but the bottle has not heen found. The authorities are completely nonplussed by the tragedy. veing unable to determine whether it was a case of double suicide’or murder and suicide. ‘ Mise Elosser was twenty-eight_years of age, and was the divorced wife of Mau- ice C, Willison, son of John B. Wil- ison of Flintstone, this county. Her married life had not been happy, and Llnree years axo she obtained a divorce, resuming her matgen name. Idea of Suicide Rejected by Friends. Miss Elosser was noted for her viva- cious, piquant spirit and was a social favorite. She was known all over the city for the white and sorrel spotted pony which she drove. She was a born horsewoman and treated her pony in such a way that the animal seemed to re- spond to her attention almost like a human being. Her friends scout the idea of suicide. Her conversation ov the telephone less than an hour before she was found dead told of her happi- jess over the near approach of her wed- ding. She had arranged for a final visit to her dressmaker this afternoon ror some unfinished tinery Twigg a Widower. Twigg was about thirty-three years of age. His wife died about a year after their marriage, which occurred four years ago. He fs said to have been worth about ¥50,00. He owned a large general store at Keyser, a fine dwelling at the same place, to which he intended to take his bride after a southern tour. and a large peach orchard, which yielded a handsome sum the season just closed. His ‘ather, Samuel L. Twigg, a_former business man of Keyser, lives in Cumber- jand, out his mother lives on a farm four miles from Keyser. It is stated that at one time Mr.. ‘Twigg paid atten- tion to Miss May Elosser, a sister of the dead woman, who is a teacher in the Chapel Hilt School, South Cumberland. It is also asserted that while Mr. Twigg was calling on his intended here he was also paying attention to a young woman lin Parkersburg, W. Va. or ALL HAVE SORE ARMS. Insane Patients and Hospital Physi- cians Vaccinated. Special Dispatch to The Star. WILMINGTON, Del., December 31.— Five hundred insane inmates and the physicians and attaches a: the Delaware State Hospital, Farnhurst, are immune from smallpox if effective vaccinations can make them so. It was announced tonight by Dr. Hancker. the superintend- ent, that he and his assistant, Dr. Davies, have comple*ed the inoculation of every Jone about the place, the physicians in- cluded. Over 9 per cent of the vaccina- tions “took.” with the result that there are sore arms galore among the unfortu- nates. When smallpox recently developed in Wilmington a number of cases were removed to the Emergency Hospital, near the Insane Hospital. Along with the wholexale vaccinations, a ban was piaced on all visitors. ‘This will be liftea tomorrow, Similar precautions were taken at the County Hospital (almshouse). also at Farnhurst, the ban there still being in force. ‘there were many vaccina- tions at that place also. “DRYS” CARRY ELECTION. Fervent Rejoicing in Three Vir- ginia Towns Special Dispatch to The Star. RICHMOND, Va., December 31.—Locai option elections were held today at South Boston, Houston and Clifton Forge. The places named have been “dry” for years, and after vigorous campaigns the voters refused to allow the sale of Nquor in any of them. The conditions have been such under the “dry” regime that the disor- derly element has abandoned the places. ‘set out with ten places, NOISE, NOISE, NOISE. ‘USHERS IN A. D. 1911 Washington Has Time of Its Life on Streets*and in, Restaurants. WHISTLES, HORNS, BELLS MAKE NIGHT HIDEOUS ! jTables, Long Reserved, Scene of Gay New Year Eve Revelry. MERRY DOINGS ON AVENUE Watch Night Services—Police Able to Quell Funmakers—Few Pistols Shot Off in Defiance of Law. Tf you did not have a reserved set last night you weren't in it. The man who pushes the revolving doors around and around and around had a froze face for any one who asked if the tg bles were all fil “Reserve tables only, | said the re jYolving door man. The poor untortn nate wight who was lish enough t wait until 11 o'clock of a New Yea eve had to ring in the new rin jout the old in a chop suey jeint or # five-cent lunch counter | But those who had a tablet in the {hall of fame celebrated right merrily The hall of fame in this instance wa the list of folks who had tables re served in the hotels and cafes, tha mply had outdone themselves in menu ards, flowers. do-fumnie: sic and all sorts of New Year surprises leetric N Fun and Noise in Plenty. This baby year bounced in a per. ambulator of fun that costs blurred vi- sions, aching heads, indigestion and po sible regrets this morning. The christen- ing was a wonder and no mistake about it, either. From the time the theaters diszorged their merry mobs, long about HM p.m., until the time when the obliging waite came round and whispered that the cafe would close in just five minutes and would the gentlemen care for another order things just swam. The police saw to it that the law was not Violated—in spots. But up to the time that the lights went out and the crowds sang “Auld Lang Syne" there wasn’t a dull moment anywhere down- town, except at the soda fountains. Peacock Alley” was decked with gor- geous beauty all-the evening. The gowns began fi in as early ax 9 o'clock, and with them came the rubber necks that walked in one end and out the other, working their eyes in two direc- tions ‘at once. There were more freshly pressed “dress sults” on view last night than ever be- fore. As for “creations” of wonderful tones and tints and hues, hobbled, necked, blased. fur-trimmed. hand ed, rivaling the colors of ‘the dimming the glories of Aurora fingered goddess of the morn, making the very stars of blazing wonder comets of awe-inspiring brillian like the weather signs on a fifth-ra cireus—why, there were so many that the eyes of’a poor, mere man grew sic: and faint, as if they had looked for days and days into a kaleidoscope of burninz j suns. All other nights were like the sixth carbon copy of last night, when it can to imitations. Peacock alley “was there. Throng on Avenue. Up and down Pennsylvania avenue, for an hour and a half before 110 ren out and 1911 stepped in, there was a parade of youngsters of all ages that made enough noise to deafen the poor litte infant year. Z A cigar store man who laid in a suppiy of paper horns that made noises like Ue last trumpet was besieged rohours. tHe must have sold thousands. Girls, boys, men, women and children g« hold of those horns and biew their strongest im them. Rattles and cowbelis made the night « frightful affair. It was hard to hear t jhonk-honk chorus of the automobiles that sped along the middie of the street. And the der the noise qe more satisfied ere the noisemakers. | Those on the Avenue contented [selves with an egg sandwich or bread and ja cup of black coffee when it came time jto eat. while those in the reserved table district were stuffing away on camembert ‘and duck. It was one of those on the Avenue who escorted two girls in ding-a-ling toques and pillow-slip skirts to the window of @ cafe where about a thousand dollare a minute was being consumed. “Madge.” he asked one of the ding-se Ings, “did you ever have any tutt soup? “No,” she replied, as she lurruped her chewing gum to the 15th street side of her face, “but I ben where it was, al- i them- ready.” ‘And they thereupon went «cross the street and ordered three loads of chop suey in a place run by an ex-Chines@ jaundryman. Every now and youths in ready-made would pile riotously up to the aforesaid revolving doors, beyond which the wise ones ate and drank and grew merrier and merrier, and would be turned down flat. Hat Boy from New York. Inside the revolving doors a hat boy, in one of these happy Places, would peer out with his face flattened against the then some callow sporting clothes door. He was a little king and had once worked in New York. The as: sistant hat boy, the cane boy and the glove boy and the boy looked up to him. When a party of callow youths would be refused admittance, the little king would say “Aw, gee, look at the bunch that tries to get in hy Why. say, when I work- ed in Noo York, y‘ought to see the swells that ate there. “Aw, zee.” But the little king zot the surpiise of his life when a tramp-looking man wob- bled up to the revolving door and de- manded admittance. The king, the cane boy, the bat boy. the glove boy and the voy’ all primed themselves for scathing remarks among theinselves. But, wonder of wonders! The bearded tramp-looking man ha«! reserved a table’ It was the biggest table there, too, all about eighty wine glasses, and was standing ready with grape fruit in those tall tumblers, decorated with ved ribbons and cherries, at $1 the portion, and no half portions served. When the magic moment of midnight arrived the noise broke loose. Pennsyl- vania avenue was one howling lane of excited human beings. As the first five minutes of the year passed by the yell- When the fesult was announced there was great rejoicing in the towns, bells ringing, whistles blowing and meetings of the people in the churches, where hymns were sung and fervent prayers offered. ing grew louder. Every now and then a gun was shot off. despite the police. Whistles blew, church bells rang, car bells jungled and auto horns tooted. It was terrible. Red lights flared up. Three clowns, wha were bearing the advertisement of @& ?