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"~ ATTENPTS TOSLAY PAR PROSEEUTO Rabid Autonomist Shoots Attorney, Due to Alsace- Lorraine Controversy. By the Assoclated Press. PARIS, December 22.—Shot down because of his success as public prose- cutor last May against Alsatian autono- mists, Charles Henri Fachot today lay gravely wounded and his assailant was in the hands of police. The act brought to the rest of France a sudden realiza- tion of the persistence of unrest in Alsace. The assailant gave his name as Georges Benoist, 28, a Strasbourg butcher. Police said that he told the examining magistrate when interrogated after midnight that he was a fervent autonomist, although hne belonged to no political organization. He first con- eelved the idea of killing M. Fachot after reading autonomist newspapers at the time of the Colmar trial, at which four men were convicted as leaders of the movement which seeks to separate Alsace and Lorraine from France. Result of Constant Brooding. Benoist told the magistrate that he struggled against the idea of killing Fachot and even planned to emigrate to Madagascar to escape from it. From constant brooding on the idea it be- came an obsession. Finally he decided “to come to Paris and put his plan into execution. The assailant acted with the greatest coolness. He rang the door bell of the Fachot apartment. As the attorney an- swered the ring he shot him down and then walked leisurely down three flights of stairs. To other tenants of the build- ing who hurried into the hallway the assailant said: “There probably has been an acci- dent up there, but I am too busy to investigate it." :Ten hours after the crime Benoist walked into a police station and said: “I killed Fachot. Lock me up. I have nothing else to say.” Fachot May Recover. M. Fachot was rushed to a hospital &nd before lapsing into unconsciousness on the operating table said: “I am lost. ¥ was a man from Colmar who fired the shots.” « Two bullets traversed Fachot's ab- domen. Today he was. doing as well as could be expected and physicians held out hope for his recovery. Fachot bore his sufferings with forti- tude. . “What does it matter if I suc- cumb,” he said to his wife. “If my death helps to remove Alsatian unrest, I will take with me a feeling of having been useful to my country g :’l;-e very end and even after my ath.” _The keenest sympathy was felt in ‘all sections today for Fachot. He was re- garded as an able and upright magis- trate. It was generally considered that be conducted the prosecution in the Oolmar case with great moderation. .+ Four Autonomists Convicted. - Fifteen alleged leaders of the au- tonomist movement were placed on trial Boy Asks President ToMake SantaMind And Find His Daddy Letter to White House Says St. Nick Fell Down On Ausignmens Last Year A boy's faith in the power of the President of the United States to com- mand Santa Claus to find and return his long-lost “dad” brought to the White House today this unusual appeal, signed by John Chen, Mill road, North- field, N. J. The note was penciled in a careful hand, with many erasures, on rough note paper. “Dear President: “I am writing for you to ask Santa to find daddy. We all know to mind the President and I know Santa is so good he will mind you. Have asked Santa last year, but he has not found IROAD CHANGE BILL SENT T0 CONGRESS Power Would Be Given Law- makers to Abandon or Re- vise D. C. Thoroughfares. The District Commissioners today submitted to Congress the draft of a bill giving them power to abandon or change the lines of streets and high- ways. Ay:cord.(ng to an act approved June 30, 1925, the Commissioners are allowed to make changes in the highway plans which were drawn up in 1898 only in cases where the lines of the proposed street or h(ghwnyflhnve not yet been dedicated or opened. “The street system of the District of Columbia,” the Commissioners wrote, “outside of the old cities of Washing- ton and Georgetown, was established Daddy, to make sure, I asked you to ask Santa. “Daddy went away three years ago his name in Wilmer 8. Chen. “(Signed) JOHN CHEN.” John was careful to inclose a proof of identity in the form of his father's automobile registration certificate, is- sued in 1924, Without casting any doubt on the ability of President Coolidge to carry out John's urgent request, White House officials decided that the most likely agency to solve the problem would be the District Commissioners. John's note was inclosed in a White House envelope and the Commissioners have promised to do everything in their power to locate his “daddy.” EVANGELINE BOOTH SAILS INCOGNITO Goes to England, Paper Says, Where She May Suc- ceed Brother in Row. By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, December 22.—The New York Times today says that Comdr. Evangeline Booth, chief execu- tive of the Salvation Army in the United States, sailed secretly for Eng- land on the Olympic early today on a journey that may end with the removal of her brother, Gen. Bramwell Booth, as international head of the army, and her election. ‘The meeting of the high council will be the first ever held. It was cglled as a result of a written demand by seven commissioners as requested by the constitution. All the signers have at Colmar. Eleven were acquitted. The former Abbe Faschauer and three others, including Dr. Eugene Ricklin and M. Rosse, were sentenced to one yéar in prison and to five years' ban- {shment. Ricklin and Rosse had been elected deputies while in jail awaiting trial. They were later pardoned by President Doumergue, but the Chamber of Deputies refused to permit them to occupy their seats. SHIPPING NEWS Arrivals at_and_Sailings From New York. ARRIVED YESTERDAY. lumbus—Bremerhaven December 12 esident Harding—Bremerhaven December 12 DUE ToDAX. usdor—San Prancisco. November 22 November 15 December 11 e e December 16 nowis—Honolu ieuw Amsterda; Jusystus_Geron . Mihiel—Cristobai. Havana—Vera Cruz. DUE TOMORROW. tores—Port Limon., | A American Shipper—London. . fa—Liverpool ... fornia—San__Franci ttningholm—Gothenburg London w_York—Hamburg. and—Antwerp Jusn—San_Juan vanie—Glasgow ndyck—Buenos Alres. Santa Elisa—Valparaiso. Fort _ Vicioria—Bermuds San’ Lorenzo—San Juas Mupargo—Havana ‘ar penha aba—Havana . Msjestic—Southampton . DUE WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 26. Avon—Bermuda ... December 24 President Adams—World 'cruise. DUE THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27. -December 18 Bilvia—St. John's "December 2 DominicaTrinidad ‘December 1 . DUE FRIDAY, DECEMBER 28. Bolivar—Puerto Colombia. ......December 15 OUTGOING STEAMERS. A SAILING TODAY. Laconia—Cobh and Liverpool. rania—Plymouth, Havre and London. nsia—Oran, Piraeus, Salonica. Constantl- . Alcxandria and Marseille. ‘herbourg, Southampton and amburg. Mongolia—Havana, Cristobal and San Fran- cisco. Porto Rico—San Juan. Cslamares—Havans, Cristobal and Port mon. Tivives—Santiago, Kingston, Puerto Cas- tilla, Tela, Puerto Barrios and Belize, Siboney—Havana. Stinnekahida—Plymouth, Boulogne and Lon- Bermuda—Hamilton. t. John's and Halifax. orunna. Puerto Castilla and Tela. Plata, San Pedro de Macorls and Santo Domingg City. Calgaric—Cobh and Liverpool. SAILING MONDAY, DECEMBER 24. Ancon—FPort au Prince and Cristobal. Havana—Havana. SAILING TUESDAY, DECEMBER 25. Algonauin—Jacksonville, - BAILING WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 26. tion Army, which for eight years has been seeking to their headquarters in London. The meeting will be attended by 63 commis- sioners and_territorial leaders in com- mand of the Salvation Army forces in 83 countries and colonles. There are six commissioners in the United States. The council can remove the presiding head by a three-fourths vote and by a two-thirds vote elect_a successor. Reform Element Acts. A reform element within the Salva- d ycen persuade i Booth to give up his automatic rule, says the gn caused the calling of the high council of the army in London on Jani 8 to decide whether Gen. Booth be removed on the smuu;d of unfitness to continue s luties. Geh. Booth is 72 years old and has been in failing health for some years. Negotiations to him to change the constitution were halted last May when he became sel ly 1l Under the constitu of the army Gen. Booth is the sole“ruler and upon his death can pass the leadership to tny one of his choosing by placing he name in a sealed envelope to be opened after his death. This was done by his father, William Booth, founder of the army, who appointed the pres- ent ruler. Bramwell Booth is understood to have followed his father's example and to have inclosed the name of one of his seven children in an envelope. Commander Booth Backed. 1f Bramwell Booth is deposed, the 5 | high council will appoint his success- or. Comdr. Booth, says the Ti. :s, has not put herself forward for the post, but she will be urged for the place by other American delegates. They regard her as the logical choice because she is a_daughter of the founder and because of the growth of the army in the United States under her lmershlP Comdr. Booth sailed under a fictitious name in order to avold publicity, but the Times says the fact that she sailed was confirmed by George W. Wicker- sham, attorney for the Salvation Army in the United States. 25 BELIEVEE) DROWNED. French Trawler Thought to Have Gone Down in Storm. HALIFAX, December 22 (A).—A dis- patch to the Halifax Chronicle from St. Plerre today said that owners of the French trawler Pacificque feared the vessel, with its crew of 25, went down in a storm off Cape St. Mary. One of the ship’s lifeboats containing a body was found yesterday at .Ship Cove, Placentia Bay. oo Births Reported. The following births have bene reported }l‘o the Health Department in the last 24 o;:fxl 1. and Mae McDaniel, boy. and Deborah A. Nyce, girl. and_Helen Heyl, girl. nd Francis Robey, boy. (p by the highway plan approved in 1898, firsuancmw th’; ll];ct of March 2, 1893. At the time of the adoption of the plan large areas of the District were entirely undeveloped. ‘The approved permanent street sys- tem imposed upon these undeveloped areas was not always carefully adjusted to the topography and other local con- siderations. Recognition of the pro- riety of changes in the highway plan & found in the act itself which pre- scribes the method by which such changes can be made; but owing to the lack of power to close and vacate dedi- cated and opened streets, the Commis- sioners find themselves unable to make changes in the plan affecting streets that have been thus dedicated and opened. “The proposed amendment to the act of January 30, 1925, will permit the closing of dedicated or opened streets under these conditions, after a public hearing. Such authority would enable the Commissioners and the Park and Planning Commission to accomplish many needed changes in the highway plan and to eliminate therefrom many wholly unnecessary streets through public property without the necessity of securing legislation of Congress in each specific case, but with full opportunity for the presentation of all pertinent facts and considerations in advance of action.” BOY STRUCK BY AUTO IN SERIOUS CONDITION Motorist Takes Him to Hospital After Collision—Other Acci- dents Here Reported. Struck yesterday afternoon by an au- tomobile as he hurried to a store near his home, Cloyd C. Coller, 7 years old, 213 Twelfth place northeast, is in a serious condition today in Casualty Hos- pital. The boy suffered what physicians belleve to be a skull fracture. The boy was struck on B street be- tween Twelfth place and - Tennessee avenue northeast an automobile operated by Henry T. Altheide, 26 years old, 839 Kennedy street. Altheide took him to the hospital where he lay un- conscious until his father, Edgar A. Coller, discovered his whereabouts. Paul Longerbeam, 9 years old, 1606 Thirty-fourth street, was treated at Georgetown Hospital for bruises about the head and face after he was struck last night in the 3400 block Volta place by a truck operated by Charles E. King, 3063 M street. His condition is not = ous. Howard Willlams, colored, 37 years old, 1355 South Capitol street, was cut about the head when he was knock- ed down by a horse owned by Norman Corby of Loudoun, Va. Williams was Several Cars Are Derailed in Head- on gomsion in Indiana. SHOALS, Ind., December 22 (#).— An eastbound and a westbound passen- ger train on the St. Louis division of the Baltimore & Ohio e met in head- on collision at West Shoals, near here, yesterday, and several cars were de- railed, but trainmen reported no one was injured. Th; ;l;ains in the collision were Nos. 21 an . The engines on both trains were damaged and the track torn up. A wrecking crew was called from Wash- ington, Ind., to clear the wreckage. The cause of the wreck was not determined. treated at Casualty Hospital. Similar injuries were suffered by Richard Rudd, colored, 34 years old, 1926 Twelfth street, when he was knocked down by an au- tomobile operated by Gilbert Jameson, 216-A Bates street. He was treated at Freedmen’s Hospital. SEARCH FOR CANYON COUPLE CONTINUING Boat Parties Comb River, While Others Mush Through Snow Seeking Pair. By the Associated Press. GRAND CANYON, Ariz, December 22.—The tedious process of wrenching from the Colorado River some clue to the fate of Mr. and rlgr.s. Glenn Hyde was progressing yesterday as searching parties in boats and afoot closed in on the region 13 miles below Diamond Creek, where the le scow was found. After locat! he scow, rammed against a rock in the isolated canyon bottom, the Army planes abandoned the hunt. possibility that the Hansen, couple who attempted to shoot the Grand Canyon Rapids in the homemade craft for a “thrill,” may be stranded without food or shelter beneath the steep walls of the declivity, spurred boat parties on down the treacherous stream. Indians and volunteers from Grand Canyon were mi through the snow on the canyon in an effort to find some trace of the couple, who may have climbed the cliffs and begun a dangerous journey afoot southward toward habitation. 3 The Hydes have not beén reported seen since they passed Bright Angel Trial here November 18, and are three weeks overdue at Needles, Calif, 250 miles down the river, where they ex- pected to end their vacation “lark.” By the Associated Press. Continuation of the search of the Grand Canyon of the Colorado River for Glenn Hyde and his wife was au- thorized today by Secretary Davis in response to a telegram from Hyde's father at Las Vegas, Nev. Maj. Gen. John L. Hines, at San Francisco was instructed to continue airplane search. The secretary was ad- vised that Hyde's boat, undamaged, containing bedding and supplies, was ‘ound by an Army plane which had been CANADA ORDERS TWO DESTROYERS Craft of Amazon Type Will Be First Real Warships of Nation. By the Associated Press. OTTAWA, December 22—Two de- stroyers of latest type were under con- tract for construction by the Canadian government today, the first real ships of war to be built by the Dominion. Contract for the ships was awarded to Thornycroft, Ltd., of Southampton, England, at a price of $3,500,000, for delivery in 1931. The ships will replace the destroyers Champlain and Van- couver. loaned to Canada by the British government. These with a number of mine sweepers at present comprise the Royal Canadian Navy. The new destroyers will be of the Amazon class, 320 feet long, have a speed of 35 knots and carry a comple-~ ment of 150 officers and men. They will be armed with four 4.7-inch and two anti-aircraft guns and have two triple 21-inch torpedo tubes. Features to meet the demands of Canadian climatic conditions will be embodied in the ships, allowance being made for the extremes of climate in the Dominion, which have the effect of sweating the hull, BANDIT KILLED IN BATTLE; CARRIED $5,000 REWARD Youthful Sardinian Had Been Hunted for Five Murders and Numerous Thefts. By the Assoclated Press. tino Succu was killed yesterday in bal tle with the police at the village of Orgosolo. Succu, who was only 26 years old, be- came leader of a marauding band after their old chieftain, Samuel Stocchino, was shot by the gendarmerie earlier this year. He was charged with five mur- ders, two attempted murders, numerous hefts and the killing of a herd of 420 head of cattle. Succu put up a stiff fight against the carabinierl. Though wounded he fled along the roofs of the village until he finally fell with three shots in his body. JACKIE COOGAN IN BERLIN Young Star to Appear Two Weeks in Vaudeville. BERLIN, December 22 (#)—Jackie Coogan, youthful film star, arrived this morning from Paris for a two weeks’ guest performance, beginning Christmas day, at a vaudeville theater. He was greeted at the station by an enthusias- tic crowd of children, motion picture stars and newspaper men. Jackie confessed that he had been under the care of a special tutor who tried to accustom his tongue to the Ger- man words which he intends to speak in a short act with his father. “It was a tough job learning to wrangle those German jawbseakers, but I feel sure he'll put it over,” his mother observed. CITY NEWS IN-BRIEF. FUTURE ‘The Wanderluster's hike for tomor- row will start from Chain Bridge, 2:45 pm. Mr. Handy will lead. Charles W. Tetlow will address the ‘Washington Open Forum, 808 I street, tomorrow, 3 p.m. Subject: “Enigmas.” Free admission. Public Invited. o Dr. Tucker Is Preacher. Dr. J. H. Tucker, presiding elder of ‘Washington District, A. M. E. Zion Church, will preach tomorrow at 11 am. at the Galbraith A. M. E. Zion Church, of which Dr. W. D. Battle is pastor. At 8 pm. “The Star,” a Christmas ant, will be repeated. Speedy Relief for Sore Throat Safe Prescription Requires No Gargling No longer is it necessary to gargle or to choke with nasty tasting patent medicines or gargles to relieve sore throat. Now you can get almost in- 'stant rellef with one swallow of a famous doctor’s prescription called Thoxine. It has a double action, re- lieves the soreness and goes direct to the internal cause not reached by gargles, salves, and patent medicines. ‘Thoxine does not contain iron, chloroform or dope, is pleasant- tasting, harmless and safe for the whole family. ~ Also excellent for coughs; stops them almost instantly, Quick relief guaranteed or your money back. 35c, 60c and $1.00. All IRIVERSIDE BAPTIST CHURCH I BURNED $1,000,000 Damage Done to New York Edifice Just Nearing Completion. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 22.—Smoke- blackened granite wally and the steel skeleton of its spire were all that re- mained today of the nearly completed Riverside Baptist Church, to the con- struction of which John D. Rockefeller, jr,, has contributed large sums. Damage estimated at $1,000,000 was | done to the new edifice, which was be- ing erected at a cost of $4,000,000 to house the congregation of the present Park Avenue Baptist Church, of which Rev. Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdick is pastor. Rockefeller Purchased Site. Mr. Rockefeller purchased the site for the new church on Riverside Drive and has contributed liberally to the building fund. The corner stone was laid November 20, 1927. The blaze which raged for nearly four hours last night was one of the most spectacular in Manhattan in years. Flames feeding on the interior wood- work and scaffolding both inside and out shot high into the air and were vis- ible across the Hudson in New Jersey. Origin of the fire, which was discov- ered by a watchman in the uncompleted structure, was undetermined. ~ Five alarms were sounded to bring hundreds of firemen and a huge fleet of apparatus to the scene. Other Buildings Threatened. Flaming timbers falling from the scaffolding and flying sparks driven in a brisk breeze from the river threatened to communicate the fire to surrounding buildings. Two hundred persons at- tending a lecture in the Union Theo- logical Seminary adjacent to the church were driven out, as were the occupants of nearby apartment houses, the win- dows of which were broken by the in- tense heat. A Gothic plan of architectural mod- eled after the Cathedral of Chartres. France, was employed in the design of the church, which was to seat 2.500. The tower, which was contributed by Mr. Rockefeller and was to be known as the Laura Spellman Rockefeller Tower in memory of his mother, was designed to hold the carillon of the Park Avenue Baptist Church, which with the addi- tion of two bells will be one of the larg- est in the world with a total of 55 bells. THEODORE RbBERTS LEET ESTATE OF ONLY $20,000 Veteran Actor Declared to Have Spent Most of His Money Dur- ing His Long Illness. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, December 22.—Value of the estate left by Theodore Roberts likely will not exceed $20,000 in the opinion of his nephew, Edward Roberts Higgins, who was the sole heir of the veteran actor. Roberts was compelled to dispose of his once extensive real estate holdings during long illness that preceded his| death a week ago, Higgins said. The most valuable property of the remaining estate is the yacht See Bee, valued at between $9,000 and $12,000. Although no provision was made in the will for it, Higgins said he would like to present George Fawcett, veteran screen_actor; C. D. De Mille and Wil- liam De Mille, producers, who were Roberts’ close friends, the many treas- ures and trinkets Roberts had collected during his years on the stage and in the | a second lieutenant of Infantry in Oc- INAUGURAL COST IS SENT TO HOUSE; REYNOLDS CHAIRMAN (Continued From First Page.) hospitality and housing has been an- nounced as follows: Chairman, Mrs. Virginia White Speel; vice chairman, Kathleen Lawler; sub- chairman for members of Congress and Senators, M. W. Pickering; Mrs. Henry Albert, Mrs. Charles Alger, Mrs. J. H. Branson, Mrs. Louis Addison Del irs. Albert Johnson, Mrs. Jerome J. Light- foot, Mrs. Frank W. Mondell, Mrs. Rob- ert H. McNeill, Miss Edna Patton, Miss Alice Whitaker, Miss Alida Henriques, Mrs. Frederick C. Hicks, Mrs, Sydney A. Cloman, Mrs. Amos A. Fries, Mrs. Harry K. Daugherty, Mrs. Fred T. J. Johnson, Mrs, Edward Key, Mrs. W. S. | Quinter, Mrs. W. Boyd Carpenter, Miss | Clara W. McQuown, Mrs. Louise Dod- | son, Miss Marjorie S. Avery, Miss Ida Steger, Miss Hahn, Mrs. Edgar B. Merritt, Miss Gertrude Bischoff, Mrs. Dunlap P. Penhallow, Mrs. MacMahon, Mrs. John W. Frizzell, John Lewis Smith, Maj. Ralph Hoyt Case, Fred Bucholtz, James B. Stouffer, Col. J. Miller Kenyon, Frank Hight, president Hotel Men’s Association, Colored committee, E. R. Horner, chairman; Miss Eva Chase, Mrs. Gabrielle Pelham, Miss Rachel Bell. ‘The name of Edward D. Shaw, sec- retary of the Merchants & Manufac- turers’ Association, has been added to the committee on public order. J. D. Reynolds today accepted the chairmanship of the tickets and invita- tions committee. COL. EDWARDS’ RITES SET HERE WEDNESDAY Coast Artilleryman, Who Died in Panama, Will Be Buried in Arlington. ‘The War Department is informed that the body of Col. Lynn S. Edwards, Coast Artillery Corps, who died at Fort Sher- | man, Panama Canal Zone, November | 28, has arrived at New York City, and | will be brought to this city for inter- ment in the Arlington National Ceme- tery next Wednesday. Col. Edwards was born at Rondout, N. Y., May 12, 1873, and was appointed tober, 1899. Two years later he was transferred to the Artillery Corps and reached the grade of colonel in that branch in September, 1927. During the World War he served as a colonel of Artillery in the National Army and was adjutant general of the Paris district for several months. He is survived by a widow, Mrs. Leona M. Edwards, four children ' and three brothers: Lieut. Col. Arthur M. Ed- wards, U. S. A, retired, of 2109 H street this city; Capt. LeRoy M. Ed- wards, finance department, at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana and Ernest R. Edwards of Los Angeles, Calif. To Address Oldest Inhabitants. Garnet C. Wilkinson, assistant sup- | erintendent of schools, will address the Oldest Inhabitants Association, colored, meeting in monthly session, at 8 o’clock Monday night at the Twelfth Street Branch of the Y. M. C. A. His subject will be “The Educational System of District Schools.” % SRS Fireman Burned by Acid. While fighting a chimney fire last night at 606 Pennsylvania avenue south- east Lieut. Eugene J. Traynor of No. 8 Engine Company, was burned on the face by acid from a fire extinguisher. He was treated at Casualty Hospital and then went home. —_— e Publisher Is Dead. TROY, N. Y., December 22 (P)— Michael F. Collins, 73, publisher of the Troy Observer-Budget, and a former motion pictures. SCREAMS OF WOMAN LEAD TO 3 ARRESTS Shouts From Locked Room Cause Trio to Be Held on Liquor Charges. The screams of a woman locked in a room of a house in the 1000 block of H street yesterday led to a police in- vestigation that terminated in the ar- rest of the woman and two men on liquor charges. As Policeman P. F. Patrick of the first precinct was patroling his beat he heard bloodcurding yells of “Help, murder, police” in a_ woman's shrill voice. He quickly caled’ the station house and went to the rescue. On the second floor of the residence he found Lawrence L. Fowler, 20 years old, and Irving L. Zirkle, 23. Fowler produced a key to the room in which the woman, still screaming, was locked. By that time Detective George R. Browning of No. 1 had arrived. He and Patrick made use of Fowler's key and feund Miss Mildred Reynolds, 22 years old, in a hysterical condition. They took her and the two men to the station house, where the woman subse- quently is said to have explained she entered the premises with'a man who promised to get her some pre-Christmas liquid cheer. After keeping his prom- ises, she said, he locked her in the room. Miss Reynolds was booked for intoxi~ cation and disorderly conduct. Fowler was charged with intoxication and illegal possession and Zirkle accused of illegal possession. Police say they found 27 pints of rye and gin in custody of Wilkins water. 1321 Conn. Ave. N. Evening and Sunday. Evetiing:............ Evening and Sunday. Evening State Senator and Assemblyman, died tpday. CENTRAL UNION MISSION TO BE IN HOLIDAY ATTIRE Christmas Tree, Appropriately Trimmed, Donated by P. 0. Per- sonnel Bureau for Chapel. Employes of the personnel section of the Post Office Department today pre- sented a trimmed Christinas tree to John 8. Bennett,.superintendent of the Central Union.Mission, for display in the men's chapel of the mission, 613 C street. The tree was the center of an annual Christmas party which the personnel section employes held at the noon hour yesterday. The donation of the tree to to the mission is in accordance with the yearly custom of the Post Office De- partment workers. The mission at present is making plans for the Christmas dinner it will serve to hungry men without funds Christmas day. That dinner is entirely apart from the basket dinners which the institution will give to destitute families. Besides these Christmas chari- ties the misson wil conduct a Chrst- mas tree party for 1,400 underprivileged children at Keith’s Theater at 11 o'clock Monday morning and a Cnristmas party and dinner for the 41 children resi- dents of the Emergency Home of Chil- dren, at 624 Louisiana avenue. It is to defray these and similar un- usual expenses during Christmas week that the mission is appealing for a total of $9,872 by New Year day. At s Woman Found Dead in Bed. Emma Bryant, 59 years old, 413 Hun- toon court southwest, was found dead in bed in her home yesterday n. afternoo: Coroner J. Ramsay Nevitt gave a cer- tificate of death from natural causes. Building 1512-1514 H St. N.-W. . 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