Evening Star Newspaper, December 25, 1921, Page 2

ASHNGTON HALS S1A9RINCE OF PEACE 24 Py New Assistants to the Church Services Reflect Spir- %t of Christmas in Song and Prayer. FHUARTETS BY WIRELESS I Wrinity Singers Heard as Auto “With Radio Telephone Travels About City. Tn church and home today Wash- fngton gives itself over to the ob- servance of the birthday of the Bavior, happy in the thought that “peace on earth, goog will to men” Wilt be brought about as the result of'the deliberations of the conference on the limitation of armament. Pausing on this sacred day, men and women of the National Capital, with men from the great nations of the earth here in connection with the conference which seeks to carry out one of the great ideals of the Christian_ religion. today in hymn and devoticnal exercizes = revere their Savior. pecial prog: en in &l t i FRANK J. KELLY., ms of music will be churches today, at ! morning and evening services, s from the great oratorios and standard Christmas songs upon which time has placed approval, form- ing the major portion of the pro- grams. N e Quartets by Wireless. Tast night the Washington Radio Club furnished an open-air _concert to a large part of the downtown business section, the music being given by a quartet from the Trinity Zpiscopal Church, which sang at 812 13th street. the music being trans- mitted by radio telephone to an au- tomobile bearing a “loud speaker.” The automobile started on its trip At 7:30 pm., and visited the White House, the Eritish, French and Italian embassies, and then returned to the downtown. where it gave more con- certs _until 10 o'clock. . At Mount Alto Hospital last night soldier patients were the guests of Santa Claus through the Women's Overseas Service League, who pre- sented a plaver-piano and rolls of music to the hospital hut. A special serie: of tableaux was presented. There was music by members of the arine Band. Will Distribute Cont Tomorrow morning Saks & Co. will make its annual distribution of 100 overcoats 1o needy children, each one of whom has been passed upon as worthy by the Associated Charities. Isaac Gans will preside at the presen- tation. Central Union Mission will hold a service at noon tomorrow. dinner to Le served at 1 o'clock. At 7:30 pm. there is to be a Christmas party for the children of the neighborhood, each child to receive a_bag bearing his inlame, filled with gifts. At the Gospel ~Mission there will be a dinner and Christmas party at 2 o'clock. The Parent-Teacher Association of the Weightman, Toner and Grant schools will give a Christmas party «t 10 o'clock this morning at the Naval Hospital, 23d and E streets, to disabled soldiers and marines. Pres- ents will be distributed. The Salvation Army distributed 500 . Christmas baskets vesterday morning, and in the afternoon made 800 chil- dren happy with toys and clothing. Pupils in the United States Veter- “ans Bureau training center at St. lizabeth's Hospital gave a musical Christmas program Friday afternoon at the hospital, vocal and instru- mental numbers being given by the pupils. Pupils of the Congress Heights School gave special numbers through- out the program. Hershal Kaplan gave specimens of esthetic dancing and Richard T. Wyche told stories. Thousand Pounds of Turkey. llons of oyster soup, over a thou- sand pounds of turkey, mashed po- tatoes, gravy, rolls, celery, coffee, mince pies. nuts. fruit, candy and smokes in proportion were in order in each ward at Walter Reed Friday afternoon. The Red Cross “gray ladies"—the volunteer corps—enter- tained the patients in this way as a Christmas treat. . Each ward has its own sun parlor, and the tables were set in these, each table decorated with a small trimmed Christmas tree. The wards had been previously decorated with wreaths, bells, festoons and evergreens, so that the scene in each ward was a very xay one. This supper took the place of the regular evening mess. This supper was the first of the Christm: fest ies to be given at Walter Reed. Yesterday a group of carol singers from the Church of the Covenant visited the wards and last night there were carols in the conva- lescent house under the direction of anklin Ellis and Myron Whit- Following the carols there were a moving picture and, to close Christ- mas eve, a treat of ice cream, cake BERNARD D. HEFFERNAN. TWO NAMED TO AID U. S. ATTORNEY HERE (Continued from First Page.) longs to several clubs and is a thirty- second degree Mason. Frank J. Kelly, who is to be one of the new assistant United States at- torneys, is a native of Milwaukee, Wis.. and was educated at the state He was graduated in He normal school. law at Georgetown University. has been with the Shipping Board. Bernard D. Heffernan will be spe- cial assistant in charge of liquor law violation: succeeding Charles Baker, who is promoted to be a regu- lar assistant. Mr. Heffernan was born in Montgomery, Ind. Mr. Heffernan was graduated from Notre Dame Uni- versity, Indlann, and studied law at Georgetown University. He has been engaged in active practice for three years with Attorney David L. Rior- dan. QUIET CHRISTMAS OR-WHITE HOUSE President and Mrs. Harding to Attend Church and Will Drive in Country. President and Mrs. Harding have planned to spend a quiet Christmas today. They will attend serv- jces in the morning in Calvary Bap- tist Church, and, following an informal Christmas dinner at the White House, they probably will motor in the country for several hours. The mansion has been attractively decorated with holly and mistletoe and various other forms of Yuletide reens. It is not considered likely, Fowever, that there will be & Christ mas tree in evidence. During the morning period. before departing for church, the President and Mrs. Harding will inspect the many presents which have been sent to them and probably will receive a few intimate friends and near rela- tives. . The Christmas feast will be fea- tured by the serving of “Gobby.” the proud, giant gobbler turkey came to the White House by air- F Will Entertain Children. ~ This afternoon thirty little children between the ages of three and fifteen will be the guests of a group of pa- tients in the Red Cross House. There will be a huge Christmas tree and sents for each child. These chil-|plane for Thanksgiving. but which dren were visited by the patients|was given a short respite because 'ot _shrcugh tne Visiting Nurses’ Associa- |the presence of several other turkeys. In the meantime Gobby, who had the run of a large portion of the rear grounds of the White House. had grown many pounds heavier and has become one of the real pets of the White House collection. A communication was received at the White House yesterday urging the President to call a conference of representatives of organized lator and organized farmers of all the principal nations of the world to meet here next spring to discuss ways of achieving lasting peace. This communication was sent by the Farmers’ National Council with headquarters in this city. It is pointed out that the calling of such a conference would be one of the most beneficial acts the Presi- dent could gerform in the interests of mankikd: — TWO HELD ON CHARGE OF PASSING BAD CHECKS Arrested While Driving Auto—Po- lice Say They Admitted Opera- tions in New York. Two well dressed white men, giving their names as Willlam Nathanlel Mc- Grath and Herbert C. Washburn, and saying they are residents of New York city, were held on bonds of $5,000 each for action of the grand jury, in Police Court yesterday, charged with false pretenses. They were arrested while driving a roadster on F street Fri- day afternoon. - it is alleged that they passed worth- Jess checks at the Willard Hotel and ‘Willard Shop, Detectives Kelly and Scrivener learned of the alleged fraud- ulent operations of the men, obtained the license jumber of their machine and asked that other members of the force ba on the slert for them. Detectives Alligood - and Messer sighted the car on F' street and ar- rested the two men. Among the ef- fects of the prisoners the police found an engraving plate .for printing checks gimilar to those passed in this city, and the men are sald to have admitted having passed checks in other cities, ° Before leaving New York city, ac- cording to the police, the men admitted passing checks at Cartidr's and other stores of prominence in the metropolis.. Hleven silk shirts purchased at the ‘Willard Shiop and numerous other sim- ity ef Chile at special exercl in | {lar garménts were found in their au- t‘m- honor this afterneon, tomobile, P — - ~ ¢ tion and but for the thoughtfulness of < these wounded soldiers would prob- ably not have had a very happy Christmas. An exceilent concert tonight will be the last event cf Christmas day and a dance tomorrow night for the mem- bers of the medical detachment and one Tuesday night for the patients will complete the holiday festivities. CRIME RUNS WILD ON CHRISTMAS EVE (Continued from First Page.) were stolen from two delivery trucks " at tha erd <f {he loop last night by sarse nTmed men, while another truck - contalning $5,000 worth of men's ap- al‘twll taken by four automobile an Two safes were blown during the night at_the general office of the Rudolph Wurtlitzer Company, musical instrument manufacturers, ‘by four cracksmen, who escaped after bind- ing and gagging the watchman. —_—— . CHILDREN ARE GUESTS. tertalnment and Gifts Provided at X-Y Building on Plaza. Little children residing {n the --melghborhood of the X-Y buflding of 1+ the Government Hotel group on the ii Union station plaza, were the guests jast night of the young women res it denta of that bullding at a Christm: ‘i enterainment, ‘’ne Jitile ones assembled at 7:30 o'clock and were greeted with a real live Santa Claus, Following the entertainment each little gueat was presented with & stocking filled with fruits, nuts and candies, and in addition each received some article of wearing apparel, About eighty-five children were present, The entertainment was held under i the auspices of the Girls' Club of the } X-Y building, of which Miss Helen Flske is president, DR. COLLIER HONORED. BANTIAGO, Chile, December 24— ‘Wiillam Miller Collier, American am- bassador to Chile, received honorary membership of the faculty of laws and political sclence in the Univer- i i U. S. District Attorney» THE - SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, DECEMBER 25, 1921—PART 1 JOY REIGNS SUPREME SANTA T BRING JOY 70 WEE FOLK Scores of Toys and Other; Gifts Await Distribution at Children’s Hospital. Santa must have made several trips with his pack to the Children's Hos- | pital last night, judging from the scores of toys, candles and fllled stockings which await distribution to the little inmates at the annual cele- bration this afternoon, 3:30 o'clock, at the hospital, 13th and W streets northwest. According to Miss Gibson, superin- tendent of the institution, the south- east ward, where the Christmas cele- bration wlill take place, presents a scene that should thrill every kiddie as only & visit from Santa can. In a corner near the entrance to the ward is a massive tree, heavily laden with glittering tinsel, colored ornaments and lights. Piled beneath it are gifts of every deacription—from stuffed animals to mechanical toys, talking dolls and clothing. At the opposite end of the room, over an improvised open fireplace, hang stockings bulging with similar presents and candy. Program for Today. The entertalnment this afternoon will begin with the entrance of the children to the scene of festivity. The Youngsters, many of them so crippled, ill and helpless that they must be carried from the various wards in the arms of kind nurses or wheeled in chairs to the room, wiil be grouped about the tree, while_the vested choir from St. Stephen's Episcopal Church .:‘i;gs carols appropriate to the Yule- No fixed program has been contem- plated for the occasion, as the hos- pital authorities wish to cause as lit- tle delay as possible in the distribu- tion of gifts. These gifts will be given out by the nurses without formality and the rest of the after- noon left to the reciplents for enjoy- ing their prized possessions. Presents will be given to each of the approximately fifty small inmates of the hospital, designated as the house eases.” The gifts were made available for Santa’s pack by a num- ber of clubs. organizations, firms and interested citizens to whom, it is stated, Christmas means something more than the 25th of December. Be- cause of the fact that a tabulation of all the donations has not been com- pleted, the full list of donors was not obtainable, but it was noted that among these contributors were the Kiwanis and Rotary clubs, St. Mary's Guild. numerous local business houses, Masonic orders, etc. Cards from the packages sent to the hospital have been removed and will be listed later, Miss Gibson announced. Christmas Morn Ushered In. B the Associated Press. PARIS, December 24.— Premier Briand today issued the following Christmas greeting to the Ameri- can people: “It is a pleasure for me to send at Christmas my best wishes to the great American nation. In partic- ular 1 express, through the As- sociated Press, my most ardent hopes for the realization of the American ideals for peace. France, who has suffered so much from the war, will always work to main- Christmas was officially ushered in| t&in peace in the world. She at the hospital this morning at 6| thinks. as the American people clock, when the staff of nurses and | well understand, that her own other attendants marched through the | security is an essential condition various wards, singing Yuletide carols | for that peace. and wishing their young patients a “ARISTIDE BRIAND." merry Christmas and a ha) y New Year. The children joined ?Kpl)lh the nurses in the singing. The celebration today is only the first of a series to be continued throughout the week in the dispen- ary. Another decorated tree has been provided there for the children who visit the dally clinics at the dis- pensary, and, beginning tomorrow, the daily groups, both morning and afternoon, will be afforded a celebra- tion equai to that today. More than ;100 presents in all will be given out in these dispensary entertainments this week, Supt. Gibson reports. Officials in Charge. All the phases of the Chri feativitios at the hospital fhin: poos have been under the supervision of 3 Harry Moses, chairman of the Christmas committee. The office and executive committee of the in- stitution are: Admiral W. H. Brown. son, president of the board; Cuno H. Rudolph, vice president; 0. H. P n, vice pres| J R P! iden! l?xu Samuel U. S. SOIL SANCTIFIED. Sir James Craig Sends Greeting From People of Ulster. BELFAST, December 24—With particular reference to the Wash- ington _conference, Sir James Craig, the Klster premier, gave to the Associated Press correspondent today the following Christmas message to the American people “On behalf of Great Britain's youngest offspring. I gladly ex- press Ulster's complete confidence in _Mr. Balfour (head of the Rritish delegation at the Washing- ton conference) and his colleagues in their endeavors to secure per- manent good will amongst the nations. This effort in the United States to provide universal trust and freedom from war sanctifies the American soil and emphasizes the greatnegs of her people. secretar, . Landon s o o Burchell, Ulster. Will_ rejoice iwith the Brown, chairmasurers , George W.| world it tners radiates from mitteo: Mra Fredor g "HANSe com- | Washington in _this Christmas season the tidings of international peace, which will, in the hearts of all of us add yet another star to the folds of ‘Old Glory.’ " “(Signed) JAMES CRAIG, Prime Minister of Northern Ire- land.” BRYCE SENDS GREETING. president of the ladies’ board; Horace H. Westcott, correxpx;nz‘l;: secretary. ladies’ board; Dr. Frank Leech, chairman medical staff, and Thomas Bell Sweeney, chairman of the ways and means committee. ._The board and executive committee is jarranging for the annual charity all. to be given January 9, at the Willard Hotel, for the benefit of the Children's Hospital. Funds raised from the ball will be devotéd to carrying on . tution. 13 the work of the insti- “Y” MEN TO CELEBRATE. Xmas Packages to Be Distributed at Festivities Tomorrow. One hundred and fifty “dormitory men” will be guests of the Y. M. C. A. tomorrow morning at a Christmas ::reakfun and later at a Christmas ree celebration, at which ti y will be given the Several packages of £00d cheer which have come to them in the past few days in care of the lnl ‘t{)ecnéce’u:)df V‘Vkilllc )}FV‘Q been held et e “Y" for the tree e Christmas breakfast Christmas tree celebration hond tong been a feature of the Y. M. C. A. and is planned for the men “away from home"” at the Yuletide season. W. O Hiltabidle, business manager of the Y,” is in’ charge of the event HOME CLUB GIVES SHOW. Interior Department Organization Opens Season of Entertainments. The opening entertainment of th e Home Club of the Interior Depart. ment for the current season was held | in the auditorium of the Interior De- partment Wednesday evening. Danc- ing followed the program. Included in the program were N. Connor Porter of the Washington Opera Company. accompanied by Miss Evelyn ‘Anderson: the Home Club Players, in a playlet entitled “A Trick | again struck his stride of the Trade"; vaudeville acts, &|making Such Scores that he was group of old songa by A. W. #nd ‘motion pletures, > " ' LOMIEE | seeking second place on the club The Home Club Players' Dramatic | 1*™ Club has In_rehearsal the comedy Young Mrs. Winthrop,” which 1t ex. pects to produce shortly, after the Christmas _season, under “the direc tion of J. C. McMechan. ROADS EMPLOY 1,634,872, Railway Wages in July Amount to $214,339,385. Rallroads of the United States had 1,634,872 employes in July, 1921, to whom they paid $214,339,385 in wages, according to statistics issued yester- day by the Interstate Commerce Com mission, based on reports from the carriers, The compensation was 59.1 per cent of the operating expenses of the railroads-for that month, During the first seven months of the year the raflroads paid their em- ployes $1,671,348,536 In wages, which was 61.3 per cent of the total operat- ing expenses for that period. During July the carriers pald out $12,039,154. in overtime compensation, of which :l ,871.610 was paid as “punitive” over- me. WILL LECTURE BEFORE “Y.” Dr. Ales Hrdlicka of' the United States National Museum will give a course of ten lectures in applied an- thropology during the winter under the auspices of the ' Young Men's Christian Association and the Instituts) of Vooational Research of Washing- | every Sunday for a year. ton, D. C, - The game continued with the yeoter - b e - * Former Ambassador Rejoices at Progress of Parley. LONDON, December 24. — Vis- count James Bryce, former am- bassador to the United States, to- day gave the Associated Press the following Christmas greeting to the people of the United States: *“I rejoice in the progress made by the Washington conrerence and in the concurrence of the Ameri- NewD. C.Rector, Local devotees of the old Scotch game—golf—who spend the Sabbath days on the links had better look to their laurels, and not become victims of a joke which Rev. Dr. Robert Johnston, the new rector of St. John's Episcopal Church, 16th and H streets northwest, has played on several Philadelphia golfers. Dr. Johnston is fond of the game of golf, and when he first came to Philadelphia he soon was seen driv- ing the white ball over the Merion course, just outside of the city. He | however, had not displaved hi { golfing ability to the club members, the team of which was made up of some of the best amateur players of the vicinity. The joke played by the rector on the unsuspecting golfers is a byword in Philadelphia. An old member, who had fallen off in his game and in his religion as the result of imbibing too freely, had Make Wager on Result. One afternoon the new rector made the acquaintance of the old club member, and they arranged a match. “Is it customary here to make any—er—small wager on the result of a match?” the rector queried. His opponent, a confirmed golf gambler, answered that the bet gen- erally was a ball a hole, or sometimes 2 box of balls on the match. This suited the rector. The game was started, with the rec- tor driving oft first, with a 6 for the hole. His opponent, however, made & 4. 'The second hole was a 7 for the rector and a 6 for his opponent. As they approached the third tee, the rector suggested to the other player that, should he be winner of the match, he would prefer, instead of the box of balls, the atterdance of the other at divine service every other Sunday during the rest of the year. This was acceptable to the opponent. Rector Carries Off Honors, The story tells how the old club member got into much difficulty on the third hole, during which he used language with which all good golfers are familiar, But at the end of the first nine holes the old club member had the rector 5 down. It was at this point the rector suggested he would like to change the wager, and the old golfer informed him that, while he did not want to take advantage of his score, he would consent to accept a ager of two boxes of balls against h‘- promise to attend church services SANTA'S VISIT TO CHILDREN'S HOSBITAL and was FOLLOWING : WORLD'S GREAT LEADERS HAIL U. S. AT YULETIDE can and British delegates in this momentous step forward along the path to peace and good will among the nations.” AIDS CAUSE OF PEACE. President of Italian Senate Sees Success in Far Eastern Questions. ROME, December 24— Tomasso Tittoni, president of the Italian senate, gave the following message to the American people through the Associated Press and said he hoped it would be regarded as an informal utterance: “The conference at Wa has regulated in a very satisfac tory way one great international problem, that of the Pacific and the far cast. Assuring good relations among America, England and Ja- pan, it has made a precious contri- bution to the cause of peace. On ashington this President Harding can truly felicitate himself for his noble initiative. There remains intact all the difficult international prob- lems of Europe, especially those of economic reconstruction. They are too obscure now to give prognosti- cations or to manifest hope. A lit- tle more light will come when we know the results of the conference at Cannes.” GERMANY GREETS U. S. Ehert Praises Noble Endeavor of United States. er Ebert's « greeting American people is as follows: “Yuletide and New Year through- out history have been for man and nations alike the occasion for self- communion and spiritual retro- spection, a period when each is wont to make pause and strike a balance between the measure of human aspirations and the volume of their achievements. The lasi vear has witnessed the noble en- deavors, especially on the part of the people of the United States and their President, once again to bring a world which is out of joint into harmony with the spirjt of Christmas. J “In_the present hour struggle for national existence, the German people warmly wel- come every gain recorded in the progress toward world betterment, and on this Christmas morning they permit themselves to express to the American people and their distinguished executive their heart- felt wishes for a successful con- summation of their noble endea- vors in behalf of peace on earth and reconcilation among nations.” ThroughWagers, 24, —President to the their Gets Sunday Golfers to Church| improving his game. and having great luck, while his opponent fell off con- siderably and got into about every bad place on the course. The old-timer took the seventh hole at one under bogie, tieing the score. On the home-hole the old-timer drove off. his ball struck a tree, bounced back of the tee, and rolled into a brook and the rector won. Says Prayer Hurt Chances. Following the game the old-timer declared that the rector had not only prayed when he himself was playing, but that he also prayed against him. Every other man on the golf team was caught by the rector in a similar man- ner, with the result that for one year there was a full attendance of the golf team members at the Sunday morning church service. Dr. Johnston, who is expected come to t. John's Church about March 1, had the degree of D. C. D. con- ferred on him by the University of Pennsylvania in 1920 at the time the university conferred the degree of L.L. D. on Admiral Sims. The - versity of Kings College, Nova Scotia, the oldest colonial university in the British empire, conferred on Dr. Johnston the degree of D. C. L. THEFT SQUAD RELIEVED. Detectives Who Guarded Stores Made Thirty Arrests. Detective Henry Pratt, who had charge of the squad on the alert for shoplifters and other crooks in the stores during the holiday shopping season, has been relieved of the detail and his squad returned to their respective commands. Thirty arrests were made during the season, and forty-eight charges preferred against the persons ar- rested. There was less stealing in the stores this season than hereto- fore, it is stated, and Inspector Grant has extended the thanks of the department to Detective Pratt and his co-workers. g ALL-ARMY FRUIT CAKE. to An all-army fruit cake, propared by the bakers’' and cooks’ school at Fort Riley, Kansas, will form part of the Christmas dinner of Secretary. ‘Weeks. ‘The cake was made from the recipe in the Army cook book and is similar in every way to those baked for the soldiers’ Christmas @inner. It was recelved yesterday as a pres- ent to the Secretary from the students at the scheol, ~ s CONTEST ESSAYS' - SIZE CONSIDERED High Sc_hool Students May Be Required to Submit Longer Articles. High school students entering the Star's prize essay vontest on the sub- Ject, “The Armm Conference and Its Significance,” probably will be required to write & lengthier composition than contestants in the elementary schools. Although definite rules for the con- test have not been announced, school authorities have suggested that the essays of the high school students be limited to 1,000 words in length, and those of: the puplls in the elementary hools be Ilimited to six hundred words. It is likely that the suggestion of the school officlals will be included in the set of rules to be announced later. In recommendi thewe limits the officials had in mind the wider field of information open to the high school student: Contestants Should Watt. No essays should be written by the contestants until after the close of the Christmas holidays. By that time the specific rules for the contest, to- gether with the names of persons constituting the board of judges, will have been gnnounced. Meantime school children are urged to read the conference proccedings as chronicled In the daily press in order | to gather all information which will aid them in preparing their essay. The attention of the children already has been directed by school officials to the brief summary of the confer- ence developments as printed daily in The Star as valuable in studying the historical event. As previously announced, elghty- elght cash prizes aggregating $1,000, will be awarded winners of the con- test. The prizes will be distributed widely over the two separate classes, in which the contest probably will be divided, in order that virtually all contestants submitting meritorious essays will receive one of the awards. There will be forty-four prizes, amounting to $500, for each of the two probable classes. wo Classes Probable. v will be grouped —Students in the senior schools and the ninth grade of junior high school; students in the private and parochial schools be- Veteran Bootblack at 70 . Still Making 'Em Shine AL SHARTIE, Although past seventy, still continues to shine shoes in Dayton, as he has for the past fifty-six years. He has biackened the boots of three Pres dents, a number of military digni- taries and plain folk and has amassed a fortune estimated at $50,000. Some hed were Prexidents Hays, y and Garfield, Senators A. G man, Galvin Brice and Gen. Robert P. Schenck. TRAIN ROBBER MAY FACE FIRING SQUAD IN UTAH State Law Provides Death Penalty for Conviction on This Charge. Captured at Chicago. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, December 24.—Clyde Timmons, who, according to the po- lice, has confessed holding up a train on the Oregon Short Line railroad near Salt Lake City last August, ma: be sent back to Utah for trial and face a possible firing squad. United States Commissioner Mason announ that Utah statutes provide the death penalty for train robbers Timmons, with his cousin, Earl Tim- mons, kidnaped Mrs. James J. Calla- Lan, wife of the former manager of U MAY HELP END PERU-CHILE DISPUTE Peru Suggests Meeting of Delegates Here to Decide Bases of Arbitration. By the Associated Press, LIMA, Peru, December 24,.—A meect- ing of delegates of Chile and Peru in Washington to decide on buses for arbi- | tration of the Tacna-Arica dispute, un- lder the auspices of the United Btates government, was suggested in a reply sent by Peru today to the Chilean gov- ernment’s note asking for a definition of the polnts upon which Peru desired arbitration. The Peruvian note amplifies Peru's recent refusal to accept the invitation of the Chilean government to hold a plebiscite in the disputed provinces in accordance with provisions in the treat of Ancon, which closed the war be- tween the two countries toward the close of the last century, In the note refusing Chile’'s invita- tion the Peruvian government BUR- gested arbltration of the south Pa- cific question. Chile's rejoinder aske for a more specic definition of this suggestion and the note dispatched today was in compliance with this r. quest. The note invites Chile to nam. a representative to meet In Wasl - ington with u Peruvian delegate 1o resolve upon the bases and the ob- Ject of arbitartion BOLIVIA WOULD TAKE PART. Nation Desires to Enter Negotia- tions Between Peru and Chile. By the Associated Press. BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, Decen:- ber 24—The Bolivian reply to Chile's note of December 21 has been for warded to Santiago, says a dispatci: to La Nacion from La Paz today. It is understood, adde the dispatch, thut the note reiterates Bolivia's desire t enter the negotiations now in prog ress between Peru and Chile. Chile’s note of December 21 was « answer to Bolivia's expressed desir. for a conference of representatives Peru, Chile and Bolivia, as well the fricndly states of the continen with the object of considering t! whole Pacific problem, including B livia aspirations for an outlet to th. tween the ages of fifteen and cigh- teen, inclusive. Second class—Pupils of the seventh and eighth grades of the junior high schools and similar grades of the ele- mentary schools: pupils in the private the White Sox club, and other mem- bers of an automobile party Wedne: day night Clyde Tim- mons wa aptured mons was shot and k man. The former the The Chilean government in eply d it considered Bolivii had neither a direct nor an indire:: part in the present exchange betwee the Chilean and Peruvian gover: - ments and_ that any action on th part of Bolivia tending to interve and parochial schools between the ages of twelve and fourteen, inclusive. The first prize in each of the two classes will be $100, making a total of $200 in first prizes. The second prize in each class will be $50. making a total of $100 in second awards. There will be two prizes of $25 each in each class for essayists whose work is adjudged third best. Ther fore, a total of $100 will be awarded as_third prizes. The fourth group will consist of five prizes of $15 each for each class, m There will be twenty prizes of $10 each awarded as fifth prizes, or ten prizes in each class, making a total of $200. Fifty prizes of $5 each will be awarded as sixth prizes, twenty-five prizes in each cl of $250. 2 a total of ten prizes, or $150. | blings Sons Compan ss, making a total | income cording to_the poli participated in the ber Timmans w the bandit who boarded as it was leaving the city and robbed several passengers. ESTATE GAINS MILLIONS. TRENTON, N. J., December 24— Value of the estate of Charles G Roebling of the firm of John A. Roe- hle and wire a Utah train rob- partly identified last Tuesday night manufacturers, cording to the executors’ account filed today. When he died October 5. 1918, the estate was worth $11.184,140.4 the executors declared, and to this amount was added more than $4,000,000 from investments, sale of property and other sources. Sigh as Weary from several weeks of un- usual toil. Helen, the bundle wrapper in one of Washington's leading de- partment stores, carefully placed the cover over her conspicuous little semi- gallery promptly at 6 o'clock last { evening, peered through a window at the rain-soaked but jovial crowd {hurryirg homeward and heaved a “I'm glad it's over,” she mumbled to herself, in tones hardly audible. “If Christmas came more than once a vear, I'd tell the kids the truth about Santa Claus. Helen, voiced the senti- ment of a jority of Washing- tonians. pocketbook and mother's weary worn expression both signified the elation which brought to & close the greatest Yule- tide shopping season in Washington from the merchants’ point of view. Business Breaks Record. I If the business the merchants did { this season can be taken as a eri- tericn, the thermometer of prosperity in the nation’s capital is higher than during the war when the city was abnormally populated. According to records of some of the leading mer- chants, their business surpasses every previous vear. Tntil the gongs in the stores last evening announced the close of the shopping season, belated purchaser were found making plaintive but vain appeals to the clerks to sell them certain articles. In fact, all the large department stores were crowded when closing time came, while many of the smaller establishments on 7th. F and G streets were doing a “land office” business. Of the last minute buyers, those I MR. AND MRS. J. C. BURGER MARRIED FIFTY YEARS Washington Couple to Celebrate Golden Wedding ‘With Re- ception Tomorrow. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph C. Burger of 658 G street northeast tomorrow will celebrate "their goldén wedding an- niversary, having been married in ity fifty years ago. A reception t'nl!l.l.(;n"held at the home from 4 to 7 p.m, ¥ &n Burger, before her marriage, CELEBRATE GOLDEN WEDDING ANNIVERSARY NARR/S-EWING MR. AND MRS. JOSEPH C. BURGER. Bundle Wrapper Heaves Rush Is Ended “Pm Glad I’s Over,” Says Weary Girl as Last Purchaser Leaves in Record Sale of Christmas Articles. ith their Saturday pay_envelope: were much in evidence. There were. however, certain individuals. who as a Baltimore and Ohio flver ‘was contrary to diplomatic usage : the good relations between the 1 nations. 36 KILLED IN STORM; TOWN IS WIPED OUT: BIG PROPERTY LOSZ were reported this neighborhood. Three negroes were killed and mor- than a score injured when the sior struck two plantations near Greenwocx! M early today. William Turner, a well known planter and four negroes were killed on a pla tation near Marks, Miss. Storm Starts in Arkansas. The storm appears from reports ‘o bave had its inception in_Crittenden county, Ark., late yesterday, whers about a dozen farming settlements wer+ visited. Pavne Harricon and eig negroes were reported killed in tiis county. when a store, in which abo fifty negro farm hands had taken refuge from the storm, collapsed. A special relief train was made up at Monroe today and sent to Spence A number of doctors and nurses u ccmpanied the train, taking with them a large quantity of hospital injured . had prematurely received a Christmas gift from some forgotten {friend searching madly for some appropr: ate present for the neglected party. Although the crowds in the stores were large shortly before closing time, the merchants said that former vears had seen greater congestion at the eleventh hour. It was pointed out by the manager of an F street de- partment store that the people heeded advice and started their Christmas shopping earlier than usual. “Bu: ness this year,” he said, “has been better distributed than ever before. Near-Jam at Tth and E. The greatest congestion on the dewalks before the stores closed_in the shopping district was on 7th street between E and Pennsylvania avenue. In certain sections on this thoroughfare it was virtually im- passable, and policemen stationed there found it no easy task to keep the bundle-burdened pedestrians from creating a jam. The usual crowd on F street slowly dissipated before 6 o'clock. On G street between 10th and 13th about this time, however, there were small motley crowds, either running for a street car or attempting to surge through jams in stores in that vi- cinity. Depleted stocks of produce and poultry told of the activity at the Center market, where eleventh-hour purchasers got the benefit of picked- over turkeys and chickens at reduced prices. Several venders of Christmas trees and other evergreens looked de- spondently at their large piles of un- sold goods. In the vernacular of they were apparently was Miss Kate Walter, member of an old_Washington family, and a cousin of Dr. John Walter. Mr. Burger was born in Hanover, Germany, in 1847, and came to the United States nearly sixty years ago. While a young man he served an enlistment in the United States Navy. Mr. Burger is a member of the Assoctation of Oldest Inhabitants, and alse. of Lebanon Lodge, No. and A. M. * During the past forty years he has been employed by Daniel Loughran (incorporated) as a sales- man. Mr. and Mrs. Burger have two chil- dren living, Miss Josephine T. and Clarence W. Burger, and two grand- children, Clarence W., § employed in the engineer's office of the District of Columbla water department, and Joseph C., jr., xnlveully of Maryland. £ v suppli No reports have been re- ceived from Spencer since this tra was dispatched. The Missouri Pacific depot, a stors and five homes are reported demol- ished at Spencer. W. L. Wall. agent for ‘the Missouri Pacific at Spencer. and his wife, are reported dying injuries received in the storm. Woman Blown 100 Feet In addition to the seven killed Moorehouse parish at leas: 1t others are believed near deatl The Spain dwelling was torn apart and furniture and other contents scattered for miles on both sides of Bayou Bartholomew, huge fragments of wreckage being carried across the bayou. Miss Nellie Spain, fifteen, w- critically injured and is not expected to live. Mrs. Spain was blown for a hundred: feet against a tree, meeting instant death, her body being crushed. In the absence of definite details, there are many unconfirmed stories of cliiealh and destruction from other sec- ons. RELIEF TRAIN ARRIVES. Injured and Homeless of Spencer Are Provided For. MONROE, La., December 24.—On« life lost and a score or more persons injured. some of them probably fa- 2 result of a tornado destroyed the little town . La., twenty-five miles northwest of here on the Mon- roe and Little Rock railroad short line, before daybreak today. Jack Eckoff, employe of the Federal Petroleum Company, was the only person killed there. A special train, which was made up here and rushed to Spencer, return- ed tonight bearing the seriously hurt and many of those whose homes had been wrecked. Physicians and nurses met the train and accompanied the injuried to a local hospital. Homes were provided for those whose®res dences had been destroved by t storm. The body of Mrs. F. L. Spain, the only reported white victim in_ Moore House parish, was taken to Bastroy this afternoon. She was killed when the Spain home at Bayou Bartholo- mew, four miles northwest of Ba. trop, was blown awa! Reports received here tonight in- dicate that the death list in north- west Louisiana may not exceed seven or eight. These are not complet however, owing to the cripled con- dition of telegraph and telephon. wires, and later reports may increasc the death toll. OHIO RIVER RISING. Weather Bureau Officials Do Not Expect Serious Flood. By the Associated Press. COLUMBUS, Ohio, December 24— TUnusually heavy rains the, last two days caused the Ohio river and some of its tributaries in ORio and West Virginia to go on a rampage today. but government weather bureau offi- cials said that the rain was about over and that much colder weather predicted for tonight would prevent serious flood conditions. : An average of from one to {wo inches of rain has fallen in southern Ohio and West Virginia in the last two days, accordi to the weather burcau and some places reported us much as four and one-half inches. The Ohio river was reported: high- est at C,:nclngll.fl. where the flovd stage of fifty feet was expegted to be r..ziea late today. The forecaster there predioted the river I)romly would reach a crest of fifty-four feet tomorrow and then recedsy 5