The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 24, 1924, Page 1

f ¢ b / 6 vw \ ay A WEATHER FORECAST For Bismarck and vicinity: Part- ly overcast tonight.and Thursday. ESTABLISHED 1873 . ° THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE | ano . BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1924 PRICE FIVE CENTS EIGHT KILLED IN AIRPLANE CRASH CHRISTMAS IN CITY IS BEST IN MANY YEARS More Cheer Is_ Spread Throughout City and State Than Before MANY ACTIVITIES) Mostly Confined to Hones! and Churches—Prisoners To Get Cheer BIG “KIDDI he community Christmas ich was held at the city audi- toriuw this afternoon drew kid- dies from every cornet of Bis- marck packing the auditorium. Thirty men from the various clubs, Lions, Rotary, Kiwanis Association of Commerce, acted # ushers, The Bismarck Juvenile PARTY i Con- SoMt Band led by R. E. Wenzel, iia . followed by n &xeAmunity singing of “Silent rops «°"4" and “Hark the Herald ops goals Sing.” The ratsintg of \ apprunurtain disclosed a living se crop 4With a large fireplace and Aately gyChtistmas tree. The two + bodies of the cit Christmas of 1924 in Bismarck will dawn cold, in contrast to the Christ- mas of last year when a baseball game was played, but there will be more Christmas cheer throughout the city and North Dakota than for many years. Tired clerks today testified to the of Christmas buying in Bismarck, although the extreme cold weather acted ag’ a deterrent ‘and kept many farmers from making their way over bad roads to the city for the usual Christmas buying. Activities for Christmas Eve a Chri and in the churches of Many churches will have programs tonight and services tomorrow. The Community Christmas party for the Kiddies of the town was held at the Auditorium. this afternoon. Nowhere! will Christmas activities be more pronounced than at the state penitentiary, where 225 convicts will not only enjoy huge fecds but three Christmas programs. the Lutheran church was to be rendered, < y, at 3 p. m., there will special program at the prison, charge of the Salvation Army. \_Musie will form a large part of this Mprog There will be movies for the prisoners at 7 p.m. Christmas night. . ‘The big dinner at the penitentiary will be ut noon Christm when tur- will be served, along with all the rimmings. Another good meal is nned for Christmas evening. POSTOFFICE BUSY The postoffice was piled high with packages, but it was hoped that the congestion might be cleared by Christmas day. An attempt will be made for one Christmas delivery. The postoffice window will be open «4 for one hour, from 10 to 11 a. m, Christmas day, for the purpose of giving out mail and packages. Un- der a general order postoffice em- ployes may cease work at 11 a, m. Christmas day, Lateness of trains has somewhat handicapped the postal employes here, but all have gone to work with n hearty good will to get the pack- ages out of the office by Christmas and it is expected they will succeed. IN THE HOSPITALS The Christmas spirit will be evi- denced in local hospitals, where about 160 to 175 patients will spend Christmas day. One hospital report- ed 40 patients had been sent home this week, many being anxious to be released for Christmas. At the Bismarck Hospital, services will be held tonight for the patients. A large choir of nurses and others will sing the old Christmas hymns, while a lighted Christmas tree is wheeled past the door of every sick one, and at this time every patient: will receive a half-pound box of good candy, 2 Farge orange and a Hospital Christmas Souvenir, On the evening of Christmas day, the rest of the hos- pital family have their celebration, when a short program will be ren- dered. ‘At St. Alexius ‘hospital, there will be a program) and Christmas tree , for nurses, sisters and doctors to- night, and high mass will be celebrat- ed at midnight. This ° afternoon Christmas “for the patients will be observed, Two nurses will represent Santa Claus, and will pass out gifts \ which patients are permitted to re- ‘ceive, such as toys for children, oranges, candy and other good things to eat for older pati The mings of “the pétiguin” serve as efficient paddles in swimming, but are ui bes for Apacs larde “AIN'T IT A SHAME,” SAYS YOUTH WHO SEES CHRISTMAS TREE FALLEN which had beamed from the top of the tree last a Christmas greeting Aw, gee ain't it a shame!” | ten—-some were’ there for ejaculated a small boy, stand- minutes just grazing at ing dejectedly beside the ruins | wreck. The bright, red | | of the benignant Christmas tree which kind-hearted citi placed in Northern Pacific night, ¢ to The wind which ed about | or gladsome travelers on trains the downtown buildings had | or passers-by was broken in the reached out its icy grip and n hurled the 40-foot tree to the | As the wind gentinued, it tore ground. There it a tangled | here and there a piece of ever- mass of evergreen, vari-colored | een or tinsel from t®e mass electric lights and tinsel. | and sucked it away in a swirling A small boy saw the tree full | torrent of air currents. It had and rushed over to witnes i een a beautiful Community full effect of this tri | Christmas tree, but it was doubt- Christmas Tide. Other fulLif it should be saved from filtered over to the “the fury of the gale. ark. They braced themsqlves “Aw, gee, ain't it a shame,” inst the biting wind, pulled repeated the small boy. their coats about their necks “Yes, it is a shame,” solemnly and stood before the tree. A added ‘ed man, pass little group remained for five, | ing by. HONESTY, FAIR DEALING RULES IN NORTH DAKOTA, FARM STORIES SHOW Old Debts, Many of Them sm Outlawed by Time or Washed Out Bankruptcy Are Being Paid as a Result of the 1924 Crop Honesty nd fair dealing rules the North Dakota farmer's business relations. It heing proved every day to bankers and business men through- out the Stories have filtered in here from various parts of the state which eloquently proclaim that conscience lives on the North Da- ting abo']*8 danee “Spirit of Chri {kota prairies. Money wrought from the soil through hard work and } value tizby Betty Lofthouse amd | pature’s kindne: “oing to pay debts that don’t have to be paid, just The averybearance of Santa Claus se the farmer who owes them is honest and wants to “shoot yer acre igh! wrt of this scene. Preced- Aran aithetheEworlil! oar is g this part of the program Thousands of dollars have been turned over to meet outlawed amare we FL. Conklin gave a Christe | dents, to square qecounts which had been washed out in bankrupt fine ao ee capi cnenia One of the unusual comes Feat canny Tauch cathusieam [from west of the Missouri River. A and likewise the distribution of |farmer, who had moved from tre candy. 2 i bank’s territory, walked into a bank init Community Chetstman was and told the president he belioved AM ations ead “traternat [the bank gad a note agsinst him. Rk A lltes The farmer had heen gone from the | community for several years, and | banker, ‘The banker also dimly re- | membered the note, which was for| about $2,000. He told a clerk to find it—the clerk found it in a box | wy, oe . Taki a where it had been virtually diseard- | Women’s Clubs Taking Active ed. It had been charged off as a Part in Fight for the bad note five years before, for it} was five years or more overdue. Measure The farmer insisted he wanted to pay, ‘although the note $s outlaw- e 2 is 4 Pt tong azo, Thesbanker suggested | Women’s clubs af the state and that in view of “the situation it|some other agencies are making would be agreeable if the farmer] preparations to actively support the Dain gth ehsacenofaenenn ote: national child Inbor constitutional he replied, “I have made ones. this year, you were decent |#wendment, when it is considered to me, and I want to pay my honest |in the forthcoming session of the debts. I want to pay interest.” | legislature, according to Miss Hen- And it was agreed that he pay the |yjetta Lund, director of the chil- face of the note and one year's in- |)” Me terest—-whea legally he could, not |aten’s bureau, state board of ad- be compelled to pay a cent. mun tration. No organized lobby has been cre- Security Had Dwindled lated, to her knowledge, she added, Another’ stor: me from Eddy |hut said the clubs were disseminat- county. A banker had taken secur-)ing information concerning the ity for a loan valued at $1,700. The} amendment, which she said was value of the security had dwindled! ich misunderstood, to $700, The farmer's land had been! ‘The amendment, according to af foreclosed during his difficult time-| national women's committee pamph- He could not be forced to pay, and knew it. But he did pay $1,000. Another loan for $900 had been made by the same banker and the} let, will grant Congress the power to make laws against the exploita- tion of childhood ‘by premature or injurious labor. The amendment, value of security had dwindled tojyeing merely an enabling act, does $200, The farmer would gain by nL eet a eea aed ae Heonibie paying the note. But he did reduce] anything, nor affect the employment te $200 and said he would pay the} 4, jabor of children at all. It will , «acp | become effective only when Con- __Still another case. A Swedish} press, acting under the new author- farmer had gone through bankrupt-/ ity granted it, shall have passed a ey, but he rented land and made} federal Child labor law.” some money this year. He made nel vamentinentacdoell enpbiintl his own terms for settling the debt,|oribe the kind of law Congress shall even though it had heen “washed} He ia a pass, except to fix an upper age out” in bankruptey. He paid the |timit beyond which Congress may interest and said he would reduce} jo, Jegislate,” the pamphlet adds. the principal considerably by July 1. Old Debt Paid A store keeper told a story of a farmer coming in and informing him he owed w hill. It was several years | old, and it was found with difficul- t“It presupposes a future Federal \Child Labor Law with provisions determined by majority sentiment of the states, expressed through their representatives in Congress. The child labor law. provides that Congress“*shall have power to limit, ty, by examining the store's imper-j fect system of records—and it was!regulate, and prohibit the labor of paid. jpersons under eighteen years of suecess have age.” The text of the amendment filtered in, together with stories follows: showing honesty of North Dakota} “Section 1. The Congress shali farmers. One of the most striking|have power to limit, regulate and stories told by a banker visiting| prohibit the labor of persons under here foHows: eighteen years of age. A farmer lost his land through} “Section 2. The power of the sev- foreclosure. It went to sheriff’s|eral states is unimpaired by this deed. Tne holder of the mortgage | article except that the operation of obtained the land. The bank left|State laws shall be suspended to the the farmer on the farm and let himjextent necessary to give effect to use his horses and :machinery, al-|Tegislation by the Congress.” , though he owed the bank more than; The amendment has been attacked they were worth. in some quarters because sit carries He hall no feed. They advanced|the age limit at eighteen years, up- money for feed. He had’ no seed.|der which Congress may regulate The bank advanced money for this | employment land some expense money besides. ——— - Out of the 1924 crop the farmer Would Abandon Steam Heating paid everything he owed, including The Otter Tail Power Company, the full amount of the forectosed mortgages, delinquent taxes and seed | which purchased the electric utility at Enderlin and discontinued use and, feed loans to the bank. He came out of the crop year with a| three-quarter section farm clear.| of the plant to begin serving the town with electricity from a “hi- like,” has asked for permission to And he ig facing the future with discontinue steam heating service confidence there. Railroad Commissioners Me- Donnell and Harding have. returned from Enderlin, where they held a hearing on the subject. Stories of unusual . STUDENT DIES Birmingham, Mass., Dec. 24.—Miss Grace Williams of Worcester, one of the two Radcliffe college students who took poison tablets in a suicide pact two weeks ago, died at the home of her uncle, Dr. E. H, Bigelow here today. She ‘had been considered: on ‘ENLIST IN NAVY the road to recovery. Fargo, Dec, 24.—Benjamin King, jee Jamestown, Joseph P. Schwab, James- A building 6000 years old has been town, and Robert E. Edberg, Bis- discovered stil! standing near Ur, of | marck, left today for Minneapolis to Biblical fame,. by the joint expedi- tion of the British Museum and Ce wed through the U.S, Navy University Museum of Philadelphia, | recruiting’ station of Fargo, take a final examination follow|ne. night. ~~ TWO HELD T0 BE GUILTY IN POISON CASE awrence M. Hight, Former Ina, Illinois, Preacher, Mrs. Sweetin, Convicted HIGHT IS GIVEN LIFE rs. Sweetin Is Sentenced to Years in Prison for Her Crime «Vernon, Il, Dee. 24.—The jury ying Lawrence M. Hight and M Fisie Sweetin for the poison murder ment while Mrs, Sweetin was given 35 years in the penitentia After deliberating all night jury reported ut 8 o'clock this morn- ing that it had reached an ment. The judge und attorneys were immediately sent for. Reports said that the jury had been in disagree- ment over the degree of guilt. The jury had deliberated about 11 hours, retiring at 11 o'clock last night. It lered the case almost continu- during the night morning except for a short period Jurors said that the jury was unanimous for finding both defendants guilty from the first ballot but there had been wide difference as to punishment to be inflicted on Mrs, Sweetin. The pun- ishment inflicted on her was a com- promise. Only two jurors had fa ored infliction of the d on Hight. ing of Mrs. Sweetin. The two fendants received the verdict in lence and with no outward display of emotion. Attorneys ith penalty None voted for the hang- de both for defendants gave formal notice that they would usk for a new trial. SEEK AID FOR SCHOOLS Van Hook, N. D., De Peti- tions will be circulated asking the United States government to make an appropriation to aid school and school districts included in the Berthold Indinn —reesrvation, — in! which conditions have become criti- cal, aceording to the Van Hook Re- 0 weekly newspaper here, ‘Two i {petitions will be prepared, one to ybe sent to the state superintendent fof public instruction of North Da- jkota to obtain her offici report on the situation and one to the president of the United States. WOMAN HELD FOR MURDER Poisoned Candy Sent Through Mail, Is Charge ’ Olean, N. P.)—A war Ensminge ond wife of —(By the A. int charging Mrs, Hilma of Columbia, Mi sec- George E. Ensminger, professional golfer, with attempted murder by sending poison candy through the mails is on its way to the sheriff of Marion county, Miss. Miss Harriet Mosier of this place is in a critical condition from eating the candy. Wrapped in package containing Christmas greetings, the candy wis sent a RF. Ensminger Jr old son of Ensminger and his divore: wife. The boy lives here with Mosier, his grand aunt, Denials that the candy contained poison has been made at Columbia, by Mrs. Ensminger who said the candy had been prepared by herself and a cook, and that although there was some rat poison in the kitchen she is posi- tive none of it had been mixed with the candy. Besides the candy was a police uniform for the boy, some paint and a fig. City bacteriologist Garren said that an examination of the candy and the fig revealed they contained small flakes of © poison, probably shaved from a poison tab- let. who is the 6-year- LUZON GATHERS MUCH TOBACCO Manila, Dec, 24.—The greatest to- bacco crop produced in the last 20 years in the Philippines will be har- vested in the Cagayan and Pam- panga valleys of northern Luzon this year, according to advices to the bureau of agriculture. Most of the tobacco which reaches the Unit- ed States as Manila cigars is grown in the Cagayan valley. —__-—_____- | Weather Report | eee aS For 24 hours ending: at noon, Temperature at 7 a. m. Highest yesterday Lowest yesterday Lowest last night Precipitation Highest wind velocity . WEATHER FORECAST For Bismarck and vicinity: Partly overcast. tonight and Thursday. Colder Thursday. For North Dakota: Partly overcast tonight and@ Thursday. Colder Thursday and northwest portion to; ORRIB W. ROBERTS, Meteorologist of her husband, Wilferd Sweetin | today returned a verdict of Hight was given life imprison- eastern 2 FRENCH WON'T QUIT COLOGNE ON JANUARY 10 Deemed Impossible Under Present Conditions, Cab- inet Decides STATEME FRAMED Premier Herriot Submits Document to the French Cabinet at Meeting he evacuation of the ris, Dee. the Cologne un of occupied ment expressed this conclusion. Premier Herriot in submitting the document to the eabinet read a note [from the British government regard- maintenance of the occupation. French memorandum ased ox the control mament conditions he rie with ove THIRD OF POLIGE FORGE 1S ARRESTED Federal Dry Agents Swoop Down on_ Bootlegging | Ring in That City PARTED HELD JUST Other Raids Will Follow, De- clares Federal Prohi Officer i; New Almost Jersey one-third of the personnel of the Weehawken police force was un- der indictment today in connection with operations of the alleged boot- {legging ring in that city, as a result of the indictment of Capt, John Dil- 1 John Kirk on charges Jon and Edwa of malfeasance. Of the 14 persons thus far indict- members of the Weehaw- ed, 11 are ken police department. Capt. Dillon and Lieut. Kirk were charged with responsibility for the alleged disap- pearance of a truck load of liquor from in front of the Weehawken po- lice station No, 20, The truck was cap- tured by Albert Ransom, a federal prohibition agent, who is to have testified that the liquor thereon was removed while he was telephon- ing in the police station. Forty-seven raids were made in New Jersey and Newark , yesterday under the direction of Acting Divi sional Agt. Walker of New York. I agents invaded New Jersey without the knowledge lain, Adrian Chamber- ew Jersey prohibition’ direc- it was said. Walker said that apparently did not know uch a law as the Vol- stead nd that yesterday's: raids were but the beginning of a se: which will take place in this section of the state. POLICEMAN I$ KILLED Chicago, Dee. 24.-Two negro po- licemen were shot, one fatally, as an alleged negro purse snatcher was killed in « fight late last night be- tween the officer and two negroes they had stopped to question. The negroes barricaded themselves in a basement in the south side negro district and exchanged more than 50 shots. of $100,000 BILL IS SIGNED Washington, | Dec. 24.—President Coolidge today signed the bill ap- propriating $100,000 to enable the Department of Agriculture to com- bat the European fowl plague and other diseases which have led to an embargo by New York and other states from the midwest. Two ‘ROBBERS. GET $100,000 Chicago, Dec, 24.—Two youthful robbers tes up employes and guests at the Parkway hotel early today and rifled the safety boxes in the safe of more than $100,000, it was disclosed after the guests made hurried ‘checkup of their valuable! The robbers escaped. region on January 10 condition tly set by the Versailles peace y is deemed impossible by the! {French cabinet in view of report {for the inter-allied control mission. this morning's cabinet meet- the mi r approved a- memo- iduth in which the French govern- PH Fe EE AE _ The Tribune through it in daily contact with to extend a hearty Chri: perity generally kind hearts of to embrace scores of ganizations and cit Christmas Day. publishers and employ: of its readers mz mar i BANK, STORES ARE LOOTED; une 24. The b ry store in Py Ft. Werth, and pract. Tex nk ly determined, POSTAL RATES BILL WILL BE PUSHED HARD Joint Committee to Try and Have Bill Ready Early ext Month IS HOLDING HEARI Washington, Dee. 24.—Determined , to have a postal, rate incre: bill out before the Senate gets to a vote y next month on the postal sal increase bill, the joint congres committee drove forward today ngs on the measure. ditional officials of the postoffice de- partment and others were called to further explain rate increases. nesses listed for the Christmas Eve sessions of the committee included a representative of the accounting firm which Postmaster-General New hi examine in detail the cost ascertain ment report of the various branches of the postal service hefore he would , give his approval. The PgatereGen eri iy dealt ured. in defense of this report agi tacks made on it by publishers’ asso ons it is faulty and that it too much on the general the postal service to that to the movement of the news Nocated efforts to obtain more time in whieh to analyze the cost ascertainment re port, the publishers will _ presen’ their arguments to the committee ginning Inte today or Fri committee plans to wind the hi up this week und get down to a study of the bill so as to be able to sal to the Senate committee immediately after the Christmas recess. Released and Is Rearrested Ossining, N. ¥.. Dec, 24. (By the A. P.)—Released from Sing Sing pri- son on parole this morning after serving nine months for third degree forgery, William H. Anderson, form- er state superintendent of the Anti- Saloon League, was immediately ar- rested on grand jury indictments zing extortion and grand larceny Washington, Dae. 24. Memories of Christmases in other fore the family circle was broken, crowded in upon President and Mrs. Coolidge today as they prepared for years be- their second Christmas in the White | House. With the approach of the holiday bringing fresh reminders of the loss of Calvin, the younger son, who in years past contributed much to the season’s merriment, the prep- arations were nade with a view to the!‘simplest observance. There will ‘be no Christmas tree and no guests Merry Christmas friends throughout western North Dakota desires many courtesies extended by has succeeded adversit Good Fellows’ needy, to give them their activities is evidence of the great heart smarck, a splendid testimonial to the men and women who make the city. There will be no editions of The Tribune printed The T as one of their most enjoy dise, Wise county, were looted som time last night. according to word received here this morning. The robbers are believed to be the same ones who sacked and looted Valiey, View last week, The amount of loot obtained at Paradise has not been Ad-} wit-| DEATH OF SON SHADOWS CHRISTMAS OBSERVANCE OF MR. BEE BH PASSENGERS ON WAY HOME FOR XMAS VICTIMS Giant Commercial Air Line the columns which place thousands of readers and stmas greeting. For the readers and friends during the past year. The Tribune extends its Bursts Into Flames at thanks, and tru it, may merit their confidence Grov 4 in the future. roydon, England 4 nee The Christmas of 1924 should be the most 3) joyous in many years in North Dakota, Pros- &! AIR TRAGEDY IN U. §. and the ched out Three Naval Men and Ong have re portion of the abundant Christmas cheer in the ivili re] | land. The future offers much and may be faced all ste Uae with confidence, if courage and honesty are the folk. Virginia qi impelling forces in building greater a pioneer — \: eties dou, England, Dec. 24.—8) { he splendid cooperation shown by civic stmus tide tragedy occurred thist vens in the Community Christ- [morning at the airdrome here when jseven passengers ‘and the pilot off jthe big Imperial Airways Express | DH-34 were killed when the airplane ked und crashed to the ground n after it had taken off. The passengers who were on their ribune as an institution, se! s join in the hope that all a Bab fo faa mare USER REE CaP iy uware they were well in the the Christmas of 1 when the machine suddenly able. ked over Turley Down ‘in a gust went into a nose dive and flames through the explo- a gasoline tank. eight in the to death und destroyed machine were burned the machine PROBEORDERED INTO DEATH OF: Norfolk, ined Damage e-off in | i | | in a prey h seas believed to have | swamping of a naval amba- | MIL seaplave, at the Hampton | ; {Roads naval uiy station yesterday |which veculted in the death: of three \ and a civilian. An offi- ; Youth Who Was Waiting to ce tec daeeeiee ate \uthorities to determine the | Marry Girl at Bedside — {cause of the accident, which befell \ 3 jthe plane on descending to the wa- | May Have Been Killed ter after returning with a hospitad Hl patient from the North olina EARCH FOR. “POISON [tt THe patient Landrew Willis of Buxton, North Carolina, fering from pneumeni. of th who met death. COLD WAVE TO CONTINUE was suf- He was one | Relatives With, ~ Whom He Lived Assert Death Was Natural Chicago, Dec. 24.--Chief Justice i Hopkins of the criminal court today lissued an order for the exhumation Hod the body of Will mM. McClin- | tock, the “million. orphan” who raat “ % : er eae apy \ Forecast Is for Continued Cold | Authorities announced early today | Christmas Day that the body weuld be exhumed to | . Lueternine whether he died of typhoid i =e. [fever 3 weks ago while Miss Isabelie |, Ves it will be a White Christmas. Pope, his fiancee, waited futilely at | ONY St aii his bed side with a marriage license. | weathes yburedul today aenma | Robert E. Crowe, state t & pronouncement. With 14 below 7 a.m. in Bismarck, the forecast nd Coroner Oscar Wolff, h by r partly ove st tonight and ed an exhaustive inquiry into the! T ‘9 Z jcolder Thursday. A 14-mile a death ot the inetance of Masry. on. |°Oe" Thuraney: A i4-oule oraee t ¢ s wind whipped snow about the praise son, chief justice of the mun 4 into drifts. court, who said . pathologists waathoreblinkenereniiin jmake a special search for poison in | gq id tod Willistons the vital organs. 1 reported 8 below and The death occurred in a few Temperatures of @ months after McClintock had be- |, were reporteditronmiGas come of age und tuken possession of { Minnesota, it being | $1,000,000 fortune left him by his | 1 . Paul; Southi Data ;mother when he was four years old.’ Montana, Idaho and other nor NEES, In his will, signed u few days after |ern sta cia Tis Ba CATAL oy SEE, ans attorney, whose wife was the youth's | also | jan attorney. Provision was made for an $8,000 life annuity for Miss Pope. McClintock had lived with the he died there. According to Dr. R.| tp. who signed the death ce severe case of hemorrha- use. i \ | Shepherds since his mother died and | | i If the Sun Shines, Eastern Watchers to See Eclipse ‘pie typhoid was the H Albu- | \" Mr. Shepherd, visiting in querque, New Mexico, with his wife, | on Jan. 24 ; declared over long distance tele- e phone that the boy “died a natural ington, Dec, 24.—The of the sun on Saturday, Jane y 24, 1925, will be visible in thé tern section of the United States, nd there ix no reason for an total ives last night searched the | hepherd home for bottles which had contained medicine given to, MeClin-} 14 the weather is favorable, in & aes eecine hie itinece sad ques, {hadow patch stretching from Min« tioned servants who had witnessed eset Just east of Red Lake, exe the sighing. of the wills, Drdygits [tending over Nichigan, part of Cate | ho filled prescriptions were order- |82%, New York, Pennsylvania, ta PuCnasiie warts New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachu- | Miss Pope and McClintock had {*@\iS and Rhode tstand. jbeen high school sweethearts and] it Vill be the first tir ee eee ba4 cach went to eollege, planning to pip Signer neitt been able to witness a total solar marry after graduation, eclipse for many years. The cen« 5 . ftval path of the eclipse will run ve; | There are elevators for fish in] carly through such centers of pore the state of Washington to help the | ulation as Buffalo, N.Y. and Reg Jmature salmon over the high dams ; i ri ature, san 4 M§/ Haven, Conn. The eclipse will ter- whieb bar their way to the spuwn-lninate in the Atlantic Ocean, north ing grounds, of the British Isies. Communities lees = outside tne shadow path will ees the eclipse as partial. in the Hullech Riven: ascnethe shadow path will be about 110 miles broad. The Naval observatory bee AND Hieves, while jn Minnesota it will bq s about 85 miles. jother than Mr. and Mrs, Frank W. |] MODESTY WALKS ABROAD Stearns of Boston, who arrived to- WITH PRESIDENT EBERT, aoe Berlin, Dec. 24.-The most unpre- } a ; tentious calling card of all the Ger= Although Mr. Coolidge by ‘execu- of all tive order released all government | man ,fovernment officials is that of lemployes from work at noon and | Friederich Ebert, president. of the government’ business virtually ceas-| revs It is of medium, aise em the simple emeray ing “Ebert, Reichs- prasident.” It is bel eyed | in some circles tha ed at that time until Friday, he him- self, had arranged to spend the greater part of the afternoon at his | the modes desk. Mra, Coolitige had acctpted [tive es designed itt ho ae ene an invitation to assist officers of [the president himself devired to set one of the city’s charitable organi-|the pace in a. movement started jzations in the distribution of Christ- | some time ago to rid the country of mas baskets to the poor. superfluous titles. > EAA SIO eA