Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 26, 1922, Page 1

- Normichk i ".\4 X /t["flr“\& Nl . Il N S el i Uetim VOL. LXIV—No. 313 ~UPULATION 29,68 —— NORWICH, CONN., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1922 TEN PAGES—70 COLUMNS -RICE TWO CENTS - THE EUROP Btrongly Favors Cancellation of at Least a Portion of the Al- lied Indebtedness to the That Such Action Would - —Would Have a Refunding Commission Arrange a Fair and Final Settlement With All Countries, Subject to the_ Approval of Congress. New York, Dec. 25—Otto H. Kahn, Banker, in a letter to Stnator Reed Smoot, of Utah, member of the debt re- funding commission, made public today by ‘the committee 6f American business men,.haa outlined a plan whereby he believes "America can cinsistently aid toward relieving the European situation ‘and at the same time meet the sentiment of the country which seems opposed to the cancellation of the allied indebted- mess to the United States. Mr. Kahn expressed himself as being strongly in favor of the policy of can- celling at least a partion of the in- ‘debtedness of the allied nations. “I am convinced that It would be to our ultimate advantage to do so,” he lwrote, “I feel sure that such action /would turn out a good investment. " “But it public opinion and congress q:ln not at present consent to the re- Quishment on our part of a portion ©f the allied debt,” the letter continued, Swhich relinquishment, be it un X Is suggested only in return for, and sim- ultaneously with, measures on the part of the European nations to bring about that change of mental and moral atti- tude and actual conditions which is in- dispensable if the world again is to be on an even keel—then my suggestion ~would be the following: “Of the two and threc-quarter billion dollars, or thereabouts, which our gov- iernment loaned to the allied nations aft- er the armistice, that portiom, at least, as was not applied to the settlement of war contracts here, or is offset by valid ‘coupter claim, is intrinsically distin- guishable from the balance of the allied debt to us. It should be promptly put fn the way of repayment with a reason- mble rate of interest. For instance, America might stipulate interést at the Tate of 3 per cent. or 3% per cent. and an annual sinking fund of 1 per cent., begifihing after, say, five years. The re- funding commission ought to be empow- qred, according o its. judgment, to post- pond the ing of interest payment Tkewise fof five years. "As. Knfi:.h. remaining 'l“hbfll!;wbedol- 1a¥8; or thereabouts there shoul no smpt ‘to spply the same formula to “oountry.” The® refunding commis- sion should go thoroughly into the econ- omie and financial and ‘general situation #ll countries concerned and make a and! settlament, subject to the val of congress. 2 ven upon America’s financially most potent debtor, Great Britain, she should not impose - the pxceedingly--heavy ~bur- den of paying Nt‘ er .oent. interest from the start and res the principal within twenty-five years. 1 would sug- gest in the case of that country, as an lllpstration, .that there be paid.an annual sinking fund .of three-quarters of one per cent. Such a sinking . fund, if in- vested at the rate of four per cent., would extinguish the debt in forty-seven years. In addition to the sinking fund of - three-quarters of one per cent., in- terest should be charged on the debt at the rate of say, 2 per cént. for the first period of elght years, 2% per -cent. for the second, 3 per cent. for the third; 3% sper cent. for the fourth, four per sent., for the fifth and 4% per cent. for the final seven years period. “A’similar formula might be applied in the case of France, making the sink- ing fund one-half of one per cent. onl; which, if invested at the rate of 4 per: cent. would extinguish the debt in fifty- six years, and charge a purely nominal rate of interest, or perhaps no_interest | \at all, for the first eight years' period. 1 The rafes of interest for further periods might be made even more moderate than those d in the case of England. “The question of the: feasibility, ac- ceptability and extent of ‘payment ®ind' in lieu of cash, should also be within the purview of the commission’s investigations and recommendations.” Mr. Kahn wrote he believed the Unit- ‘ed St. ). should be officially represent- ed’ on the reparations commission. “Our government,” he added, “should 180 take official part in the work of er commissions of a similar charact- er, destined to settle controversial ques- tlons and aild the recuperation of He declared that “it has now become \fairly encumbent upon the United States to indicate precisely and officially, what are the terms, conditions and limitations ‘under 1J1ich America would be prepared to take part.in an organized and per- ananently ' established international ef- fort, to aid the maintenance of peace and prinote understanding, fair deal- ing and good will among the nations.” WRENCH REPARATIONS i PROGRAMME INCOMPLETE Paris, Dec. 25—(By The A. P.)—The French programme of reparations guar- antees is .still far from complete, it is following yesterday's con- Zerence attended by Préxier . Poincare snd ‘membors of ‘his cibinet, President full week’s work still remains be- plan will be in shape for pres- to the allied premlers at their here beginning January 2. its on wh no agreement were yesterday ‘include Mzi.fi project over the custom istration Rhineland as a productive guar- and the means to be 'caken to in decordence with the other al ll—.\h fiotation of an' international to i Germany to stabjlize the mark 'nr'm-mu Is the newspapers under Ifii" OF. OBSERVATIONS L BY SENATOR x\'oomcl i ey , Ded. 25.—Possibility of Atest events before the end of the ¢ In continental Europe unless the “act with an econ- the anllllea\ treaty. ,.of Llinols, who a, tsip through mator MoCormick in a statement is- ‘tonight indicated that his survey European situation hac HOW BANKER KAHN VIEWS Series of Tragedies Marred- Christmas Three of a Family Gatha;red " Around a Christmas Tree in - Seattle Were Shot Dead. Seattle, Dec. 25.—Appearing suddenly at the home of Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Engel while' the Enzel family was gathered around a Christmas tree today, Emil Neuriter, a ferryboat -operator. shot, and killed Anna, Hans and Lily Engel,” gnd then killed himself. Neuciter was waiting in a shed in the rear of the house when Engel stepped out of the back door during the Christ- mas festivities. Kngel told Coroner W, H. Corson. Neuriter pointed two pistols at him, he said, and ordered him back into the house, locking the door after they had entered. According to Engel's statement, Anna Engel rushed into the coom and jumped between the two, and Neuriter started shooting. ~Anna was the first to fall. Then Neuriter ran into the living room, where Lily was holding a doll she had taken from the Christmas tree. He killed the child with one $hot and then entered an adjoining room and killed Hans and ‘himself. 5! A half filled bottle of whiskey was found In Neuriter's pocket He had taken theee pistolg to the house with him and two of his pockets were filled with cartridges. Anna Engel was 17 years old, Hans 1T and Lily 3 years old. Mr. and Mes. #n- gel and two children escaped from the house uninjured. Letters found in Neuriter's pocket men- tioned supposed troubles with Engel, but did rot reveal gpecifically the Neuriter’s enmity., % P EAN SITUATION United States—Feels Assured Turn Out 2 Good Investment total sum of reparations which Germany shall pay and can pay,” he said. “If they cannot agree among themselves and with bankers and investors upon a plan_which will stabalize German cur- rency we may expect the franc and the lira to start down the declivity in pur- suit of the mark, the crown and the ruble.” Thres general propositions which ought to Le included in a new repara- tions settlement were outlined by the senator as: Priority of payments for the recon- struction of the ruins of northern France. Extension of a moratorium to Ger- many for several years, conditional upon an adequately secured bankers' loan to stabilize the mark, tosbalance the cur- rent German budget and to contribute to French reconstruction this year. The prompt withdrawal of “the bar- barous or semitbarborous” Mohamme- dan trogps from the Rhine and the pro- gressive withdrawal of other troops as the terms of the moratorium and repara- tion agreement are fulfilled by Germany. “More important to the rehabilita- tion of Burope than any conference, than any agreement between statesmen and financiers can be,” he added, “is the ex- orcium ot S \apieit of Eals Gehich aab mates governments and /peoples. Unless | , TheBaplie’ atd ) Trnvelli by e Ciriatian | Joop piovDe Pa. will to peace and by -Christian comity |tions in the Fayeste there can be no real peace in Europe.” FOXR MEN KILLED DURING CELEBEATION IN COAL FIELD Dec. 25—Four men Christmas celebra- county coal fields last night and today. One of the dead is Frank Hall, a member of the H. C. Frick Coke Company’s police force. WOULD COMMANDEER COAL TO PREVENT SUFFERING tempted to arrest “Pomp”. Allen, a negro. Washington, Dec. 25.—State officers | Allen fired one shot and Hall, although should commandeer and distribute coal | f3tally wounded, pulled his revolver and neocssary o prevent suffering, Senator |Killed his assailant. The shooting occ- Walsh, democrat, Massachusetts, said in|CUrTed at Gates, a mining camp near a statement sent to his constituents and | DT made public today. . Ed Lindsey, a negro miner, was killed Prompted by reports of distress caus- | 3 Tevolver duel at Footdale. ed by coal shortage in New England, | 4 third negro was killed in a pitched Senator Walsh, who said he had receiv- | battle at Buffington. Rocco Lopenta, ed many letters on the subject, took the |Merchant, was brought to Uniontown unusual course of sending a circular let- | charged with the slaying. ter to his constituents reciting his efforts —_—— to prevent a fuel famine. KILLED HER FRIEND “I tried to-secure action by our gov- ernment,” he declared, “at a time when IN MER APARTMENT action could have been taken with ad- vantageous results. “Last summer,” he added, “was the fime to have compelled the necessary production and distribution of coal. The only immediate relief I can suggest now is for the respective state governments to_commandeer whatever coal js obtain- ‘able &rd apportion it equitably and at bare cost of production and distribu- \ Louisville, Ky., Dec. 25.—Mes. O. L. Jones, 32 years old, shot and killed her friend, O. L. Biack 44, sales manager ;or a Louisville automobile concern, in er apartment here early last night and kept a Christmas eve vigi] his body. she told the police, untjl she.copld-sum- mon enough courage to surrender. She declared she shot Black because he threatened her. She walked into the sta- :ion house after daylight, told of the ragedy, and was plated in. jail with murder. s Mrs. Jones, described by the police as an exceptionally handsome woman, is the divorced wife of O. L. Jones, Louisville and Nashville railroad baggage master at Cincinnati. Black was unmagried. tion. 'nul‘l’m ANNOYED BY ’ TURKISH STAND ON MOSUL Lausanne, Dec. 25 (By the A. P.).—The Near East conference will resume tomor- row, with & good many wounds to heal. The English are plainly annoyed over the Turkish answer concerning Mosul. The Turks, Insisting vigorously —that Mosul belongs to Turkey, 'allege that the English without proper authority occu- pied that territory after the armistice at Mudros; they say that two districts of Irak haye already elected to join Turkey and Mosul, whose Kurd population is more sympathetic with the Turks than the Arans, will undoubtedly do lixewise if a plebiscite Is held. The English delegates said today that | they would continue to contegd that | Mosul belongs to Irak and wonld hold it until the Irak government decides to cede it to Turkey. The Russians spent Christmas moodily at their hotel. M. ‘Tchitcherin declared: tonight that the straits question would never be settled without Russian concent. He guve the impression that the Russian| , . delegation would never gign any agree- | TEN YEAR OLD BOY BURNED, ment. implying opening of the straits to|. TO DEATH IN WORCESTER European warsaips, because that would be “a knife in the side of Russia.” ‘Worcester, Mass., Dec. 25.—David Ses- sions, ten year eld son of Waldo E. Sessions, casket manufacturer of this city, was burned to death early, today when the Sessions home was destroyed by fire believed to have starfed near a christmas tree which had been wired for electric lighting. Repeated efforts to reacH the boy, who was trapped on the second floor of the house by the flames, were unavailing. —_— TWO CHILDREN WERE it SUFFOCATED AT HOME \ Battle Creek. Mich., Dec. 25.—Two chil- dren, Willison, 10 years old, and Bar- {bara, 8, suffocated in their home hete early today shortly after the .parents, Mr. and Mrs. Waynard Watts, had fi ished decorating their Christas tree. A fire broke out in the basement and spread rapidly through the first - floor rooms. Watts dashed through smeke and flame to the children’s bedroom but, fail- ing to find them there, ran from the house, believing they had already fled. When the flames were checked firemen found the bodies of the children in the bathroom, where they had gome to the smoke. 2 oo to destroy Russia and seeking to estrangi the Finglish and-Russian people. l The Turks spent Christmag looking list- lessiy at the ohtel Christmas tree, bright with candl san dtinsel. Ismet Pasha de- clared that his country desired peace, but had already made many concessions. All that Turkey wanted, he said, was to co- operate with the nations of the west. but thege nations must show proper respect for Turkish sovereignty.. Both the French and English delega- tions are anxious for results and will un- doubtedly attempt to hurry preparations for the actual treaty of peace. The Eng- lish spokesman said tonight: “The time for discussion is about over; we must hurry towards the end.” | CLOROFORMED WIFE, TWe > CHILDREN AND MAID Chicago, Dec. 25.—After chloroforming |the wife, two children and a maid at the home of Adam “Schaaf, wealthy mers caped with cash and jewelry wstima‘ed at $10,000, accordink to a repirt mads by the police today. The robbery was dis- covered by Mr. Schaaf, whe is believed Ly the police to have escaped the effects at the anesthetic becanse ne was THREE CHILDREN DROWNED; THEY BROKE THROUGH ICE Lancaster, Pa., Dee. 25.—While play- ing with sleds which they received as Christmas gifts a few hours earlier, three jchildren, the oldest only seven years of age, broke through thin ice in the Cones- toga Creek at the Eden Paper Mill to- day and were, drowned. The victimswere Martha Weinhold, 4; Mary Weinhold, 7; and-Martha Beppler, a cousin 5. and he immedlately summoned medical and“and then reported- the loss to the police. PROHIBITION AGENT SHOT DEAD IN STEUBENVILLE, Steubenville, 0., Dec. 25.—Charies “Diekey” Blinn,.state prohibition offieer, was shot to death in a dark afley in the Polish section of Steubemville late “to- nights. His body with two bullet wounds. one in the forehead and the other in the left shouldér, was found shortly before midnight. Blinn, leader ‘of a squad of Post-Intelligencer in 1900 and retired eight enforcement efficers, for months from that position in 1911. had been waging -an active wa.e®e on Mr. Bralnerd was born in Middietown, | bootleggers. . ¢ Conn.. in 1855, and was graduated from Harvard university, He was ed curater of engravings at the Boston Mu- seum of Fine Arts in 1878 After two years' at ‘that post ha traveled”two years in Europe, and then turned to newspaper | work. © OBITUARY, 4 Erastus Brainerd. Seattls, Wash, Dec. = 25.—Frastus Brainerd, formerly editor of the Post- Inteiligencer, and loug a leader in public life in_this state, died today of pneumo- nia. Mr. Brainerd became editor of the ROBBERS HUNG VIOTIM OX HOOK IN ICE BOX Bayonne, N. J.; Dec. 25.—Not satisfied with robbing ML of $1166, thres armed Mr. Brainerd declined appointment “as | Beigarn zon 1ot cpatoher shep of Eovernor of 1daho, offered him by, Presi- | honnd him with.repe Suptdes mimr oS dent Arthur. Mr. Brainerd was the author of the | nos (o °® DO, closnig the door be- Gallery of Great Artists, 'a photograph- managed SEaT ad desarRiilie. B 11 e volumes, | nare o fraachingae it 5 jand a history of Alaske and Klondike. / b % B & g iy 0 the police. He sai¢ the. men came in- 3 . jto the shop with pistols drawm and took Dover, N. H., Dec. 23.—Elisha Rhodes | the -money “from him. B Brown, president of the Concord and railroad and of the Strat- home the Orient, the dak-runners and mounted Pt 10 - ¥n “anplent days, fore- ower rehans[Four Arrests at the Middletown Hospital all records, and $250,000,000 has been spent by shoppers there. Attendants at State Institu- tion Held for Hearing on Manslaughter Charge. Middletown, Conn., Dec. 25.—Four at- tendants at the Connecticut State Hos- pital for the insane, were arrested here today on charges of mansiaughter in connection with the death this morning of Petro Pallanalli, an inmate of the insti- tution. All four were held in bonds of $500 for a hearing here tOmOITOW morm- An attempt to fly around the world will be started next June by Captain Pe- dro Zannmi. Argentine army aviator. Wiliam Robertson, American vice consul at Danzig, was found dead in a field near Oliva, with a bullet wound in his head. Luis Izquierdo, Chilean ambassader to Argentina, has resigned. His place will be taken for the present by Matias Errazuriz, former minister to Belgium. c—— Every democratic senator im #he mew New York state legislature will be a committee chairman, according to Tam- many plans. The men arrested were John H. Walsh, James Morrison, Thomas Tobin and Daniel Keefe. The arrests were re- quested by the hospital authorities aft- er an investigation into Pallanalli's death. According to the report given to the police by the hospital authorities, Paila- nalli died this morning two hours after he had been beaten by the four guards. Internal injuries was given as the cause Reports have reached the department of agriculture of vutbreaks of shipping fever ‘or stockyards fever among cattle and sheep in the middle west. New Yorkers who spend their vacations at Newport have oversubscribed funds ! for establishing an aieplane service for week end tripg next summer. Hall was shot to -death when he at- |° chant, robbers looted the house and es-| L% half hour later and reportsd the robbery| A Panama dispatch says Erneste Tisdel Lefevre, former president of Panama, died yesterday morning following an op- eration. of death by Medical Examiner John E Loveland, who reported that all but one of Pallanalli’s ribs had been broken. Ac- cording to the investization made by the authorities, Pallanalli struck one of the attendants in the face when called to breakfast. ~The attendant, returned the blow and assisted by three other attend- ants then subdued the prisoner. He died two hours later. _Pallanalli was committed to *he hcs- war pital by the superior court in New Hav Priconers They were undergoing,in‘ay: 1921 on the grounds that he punishment for offenses against the com- i harga: M- | oriminally insane. He was charged with mon law committed during their detcntion | 2t IS, P NS 1ig wife at thair home ¥ Frismcs in Derby. After wounding her severeiy e turned the pistol on himself ba recov- red. 1 The Brookside cotton mills, Kl'x‘l"!‘ Tenn., have announced a voluntary i crease of 10 per cent. in wages, affecting | 1,500 employes. g ] Miss Carlotta Wells of Brym Mawr and Altadena. Calif., and Roy Jackson of Whitehall, N. Y. both American rellef workers in Athens, were married in the English chapel there. FURTHER ARRESTS TO FOLLOW KIDNAPPING INVESTIGATIONS Bastrop, La.. Dec. 25.—The probability that the next chapter in the Morehouse Despite ramers outrages comtem- plated on Montreal's Catholic churches on the occasion of the celebration of Christmas midnight mase, -nothing un- toward was reported yesterday. ten soon in Mer Rouge loomed strongly here tonight. Attorney Geaeral Coco's announcement in Marksville, La., where he is spending Christmas, that the state expected to Jail at least six or seven more on charges of murder in connection with the death of Watt" Daniels and Thomas Richards, ix expected to be fulfilled in the Mer Rouge community. . 1t is believed that many of thg men the state suspects as ringleaders of the white-robed and masked mob that car- ried off five men and administered beat- ings to them last August will be served Mrs. Bessic Kurawall of Brookiyn was held in $10,000 bail on a-charye of sus- | picion of homicide, alleging that she sold liquor to Mrs. Florence Stevers which is said to have caused her death. In their comment on the vote of th chamber of deputies making Flemish the | official language of Ghent university, the { Belgian newspapers express the hope | that the senate will not vote likewise. with warrants before Jan. 5, the date_set Using breomsticks and mep handl s weapons, seven prisoners, foue of whoe | fOr the opening here. Developments at | the hearing may bring about the arrest are said by police to be desperate charac- | 3 ters, escaped trom the ‘Wavne county jaql | Of others. Fedéral agents have declared it. i of the mob. = “The state believes T. J. Burnett guilty of the murder charge upon which he was Rebert Shields, 36, s negro, died in Harlem hospital after he had been shot in the mouth by another negro dur- |Jailed Saturday ing a quarrel iIn an aparemnt at 44 |declared today. West 139th street, ; “We further befleve we have the evi- T p— derce upon which to conviot those we arr Inmatés of S 8 and rest,” he added : institutions ne: -gqeflerk e iR aal | "An order was ismed todsy denying be perpiitted to see moving pictures of | Visitors permission to communicate with Arbuc ) o, whose reinstatement as a film | Burnett in the local jail except in the actor nas created so much discus- | presence of an officer of the military de- Al fail . Burnett’s friends are rallying to his S support. -y The body of Bertram W. Watson of| The state forces penetrating into the New Haven was found partly submerged | mystery and the populace of Morehouse jn mud and water'of a city dock at Wa- | relaxed today under the influence of the terside park there yesterday. Medical | Christmas spirit. Examiner Dr. M:- M. Scarborough pro-| The troopg stationed here and at Mer nounced death due to drowning, Rouge rested on their arms as the town e folic brought them good things t» eat Catholie churches In Montreal were |2nd helped them be merry. placed under strong police guard Sun- day night after rumors were circulated throughout the city that outrages were contemplated during the celebration of midnight mass. 2 inquiry was announeed today for Thurs- day at New Orleans. At that time plans findings of the coroner's jury which held the. Inquest over the bodies of Daniels Teustees of the! Woolrow Wilsen Feun- | and Richards will be discussed. The re- dation will meet at a luncheon in New |nort of the pathologists will b= carefully York tomorrow to .celebrate the success |weighed. It ig regarded the state as of the foundation's efforts to obtain an |going far towards clearing up the man- endowment which, it is expected, will {ner in which the two men met death. reach $1.000,000 on Mr. Wilson's birthday | The bodies, which lay for fodr months mext Thursday. at the bottom of the lake before being shot to the surface by unidentified mid- night dynamiters, were said by the phy- sicians to have borne evidences that the men were beaten and their bones broken before they died. Department of justice men are seeking to locate Dr. B. M: McKoin, former mayor of Mer Rouge, wanted for inter- rogation. following an attempt made to assassinate him. Harding, fell dead disease while | The hearing, as the term indicates, walking in Fifth avenue, New York. A |wil be open to the public. and for the widow and two daughters survive. of developing the factg relating g ; to the death of the two men. The. trial of M. Niewadowski for the | . Afidayits will be made against ail per- assassination of President Narutowicz in {sons pointed to by the evidence as prob- Warsaw has been get for Dec. 30.. The {ably implicated. At the conclusion of maximum punishment that can be meted |the hearing a grand jury wi'l be invoked out to Niewadowski is life imprisonment, |and indictments returned where justified. as. the Polish law .nflicig capital punish- | District Judge Odom, before whom the ment only under martial law. . . | hearing will be held, said he believed T there would not be the slightest interfer- The lives of four priests, s homsekeoeper ‘and two maids of the parish r:lden of $t. Charles'. Roman Catholic church in “WVoburn, Mass.,, were endangered by fire believed to have been of an incendiary origin : ——— J. Howard Edwatds, said to be a for- Atlantic. The Belgian steamer Londonier, | proceedings began. from Immingham for Norfelk, returned “The -meémbery of the national guard Queenstown considerably damaged. { will be on duty’ and will maintain order One of Mer crew was killed and several {and the trial will be conducted in a thor- ‘members were injured. and businessiike manner and no in- % terference will be bnokz x;:k;ny ’d— metion pletare | forts to thwart the ends of Ji toler- ‘and gociety circles that Antonio Moreno, | ated ” he declared. Mrs. McKoin, wife of the physiclan, in a separate rpom with opea windows, | — e — U. 8. NAVAL FORCES ARE TO RENDEZVOUS AT PANAMA ngton, Dee. 25.—The newly con- stituted United States fleet, conssiting of both the Pacific and Atlantic naval forces, ‘will rendgzvous at Panama Feb. 19 for nter maneuvres and great gun target ice against the old b2etleship Towa, ch will be radio-controlied- during the , California, will sail from Pacific ast ports Feb. 9 for Panama, while the pouting fleet and train will leave- east " ports on Jan. 3 for- Guantanemo to join the battle fleet at Panama. Vice - Admiral d, aboard the U. S. 8. Wyoming, will command. ¥ Admiral Jones, commander-in-chief of the fleet, with his flagship, the Maryland, and the baftleships Arkansas and. i : of § &b from 3 kidnapping investigations would be writ-! they have the names of twenty members | the attormey general A conference of those conducting lhoi for the hearing will be outlined and the | The: mayor quit Mer Rouge | weather is prevailing in the | ence with those in authority when unl Mrs. Harding. New York, Dec. 25 that there is only one Santa Claus, but | tradition was given the lie direct in New York_today, when nearly everyone—from Governor-elect Smith down to the hum- blest citizen—donned red coat and whis- kers in public or private, It was a city of Santas. The new governor was the first to set the fashion. Returning from midnight mass to his apartment in the Hotel Lilt- more, he mounted a step-ladder and igan stringing glistening ornaments on a {sturdy Cheistmas tree. Then—plain “Father Al Smith”"—he seated himself on a low stool beneath the tree and be- gan disiributing the family's gifts. Meanwhile other Santas were harness- ing their theoretical reindeer for a smow less journey around town. There w private Santas galore, but It Wag | Santas in hospitals and prisons, street- corner Santas, and Santas in missions that drew the most eyes. Tradition has it 6,000.000 souls—had hearkened ory of darker, wartime days'and was giving until it hurt. even prison bars coul the Christmas cheer. In the Tombs— that forbidding building with its bridge of sighs—Santa strode the stone-flagged corridors, his pagk on his back. A real Christmas dinner, with mince pie and fixin’s, was spread before 350 men and 26 women. On Ellis Island, that famous gateway of the immigrant, 1,500 future Amerieans ate their first Christmas dinner in Amer- ica under the very shadow of Lady Lib- erty. Into the hospitals, where grown fo! and youngsters lay on their beds in pain. marched the red-clad figure with his toys and sweets. At his entry eyes that a moment before had been dull and empty lighted up. Among the mo#t generous of the San- tas were the stage folk fcom BroadwaZ. Into hospitals, into slums, into the homeg of. the hopel they penetrated. Side by side with ation Army lassies they | 1abored, spreading joy among those who couldn’t buy their amusement at the box- office. Tongues were not long enough to carry the ery of “Merry:Christmas?™ During the day the radio took up the greeting until the very heavens were full of good cheer. R it the note of tragedy—inevitable as fate—was introduced Into at least ome home. Mrs. Rita Diaz, a young Porto Rican, had joined with her husband in a Christ- mas eve party. A tree, music, dancing— and the guests had petted the Diaz's seven months’ old baby. A tiny white sock was hung for baby's presents. Then husband and wife quarreled. In the night the wife arose, passed the stocking Santa had packel. entered the bathroom-and deank poison. She died on the way to the hogpital Prohibition officials, who asserted that Broadway had experienced the driest Christmas eve in its history. largely be- cause of the defeat which they claimea the Bahama rum fleet had met at the hands of the dry navy. pointed as proof to the fact that the West Side court, which usuafly boasts many “grunks on Christmas day, had no offenders before it. Police assigned to watch cestaurants and cabarets reported they had seen no liquor law violations along the Gay ‘White Way. shut out ACTEESSES PROVIDE. CHEER ¥OR “DOWN AND OUTERS” | Chicago, Dec. 25.—One thousand “down and outers” turned their faces to the west today and thanked Lila Lee, the Y | spiration to us. \| CHRISTMAS BROUGHT FORTH A SPIRIT OF GENEROSITY Festivities Were Marked by a Thoughtfulness for the Poor and Unfortunate—Numerous Santas Were Imbued with the Spirit of Giving—Church Folks and Stage Foflfs Contributed to the Happiness of the Day—The Day at the White House Was Quiet Because of the Illness of subjects, exchanging gifis of simple character and passing the evening a1 home."” | PERSHING'S MESSAGE TO DISABLED VETERANS { Washington, Dec. 25.—General Persh- ing in a Christmas message today to dis- labled war veterans declared their cour- |age and fortitude would ever be an in- ispiration to the nation which could never jbe unmindful of their great sacrifices The message, conveyed to its membe: ship through the pational offices here of the Disabled Nmerican Veterans, fol- lows: | "“On this Christmas day T wish te ex- itend to all of you my warmest greetings and most cordial good wishes. None of aver pe unmindful of the great |sacrifices you have made in the service {of your country, although few can realize oh suffered. Your courage and your fortitude shall ever be an in- For the coming year as always, you have my most earnest thought for your welfare and happiness May it bring you full measur@ of health d fortune, but avobe everything may {it find you ever brave and resoulte in {living up to the high standards of you: Iv\ar service.” |v. 8. YoRCES AT coBLENZ HAD TEEE FOE CHILDREN Coblenz, Dec. 25.—(By The A. P.)— Nine hundred children were the guests of the American forces at a huge Christ- mas tree celebration today in the Clem- ens Platz. The children, led by school teachers, were presented with packages containing clothing, candy and toys. The Gighth Infantry band furnished music. Rhineland post, 700, Veterans of Foreign Wars, fed 500 orphans at one of the biggest restaurants in Colbenz the American Legion was host to 300. The machine gunners of the Eightf celebrated Christmas by taking care of Ehrenbreitstein children. The money left over from the Christmas fund, amounting to about 2,000,000 marks, wil be used to purchase milk for childfer =nd invalids in Coblenz. CHRISTMAS OBSERVANCES BY COMMUNITIES IN PENN. Philadelphia, ~ec! - 25.—~Communify Christmas observances were held moe: generally throughout Pennsylvania to- day than ever before. In Philadelphia more than two hundred and fifty. choirs stationed at as many points, sang ea- rols from 8 o'clock until after nfid- night. Between ten and twelve thous and “persons participated. Leopold Sto- kowski, of the Philadelphia orchestra led a choiy of 350 vofces at the muniel- pal Christmas tree_on City Hall pla- za. . The Salvation Army and other or ganizations distributed thousands of bas- | kets of food. iszlchx SAILORS DISPENSE CHEER AT CONSTANTINOPLE l, Constantinople, Dec. 25.—The Amer!- can cruiser Pittsburgh, eleven American | destroyers and two mother ships, lying {on the Bosphorus, gave mas cheer |to several thousand ref: orphans. | hundreds of whom were rici®d up in the streets of Congtantinople by American relief- workers headed by Mrs FElsie White of Grinnell, lowa. The warships were gally decorated. Turkey dinners were served and there were gifts for cveryone from the Christmas trees. Tety of thousands gathered at the waterfront at nightfall to watch the illumination of | the fieet. movie actress for her generosity in fur-| nishing them a Christmss dinacr. They declared it was the best handout they had had in years. Miss Lee, who Is in Les Angeles, iast week telegraphed her father, Charles Ap- ipel, to furnish a Christmas dinner “with {al {the trimmin’s"” to one thousand home- less men and seny the bill tp her. Miss Mary McCormic, grand opera stdr of the Chicago Civic Opera- com- pany, helped to make the dinner a suc- cess by singing several Christmas songs. The advent of <hristmas in Chicago was gregted by the singing of carols in more than a dozen settlement and poor sections of the city, members of the Chi- cago Civic Opera Company, taking a lead- ing part. More than 100000 destitute porecas were cared for by newspapers and ciar- ity organizations, i i PREESIDENT REMEMBERED ACLL WHITE HOUSE EMPLOYES , Washington, Dec. 25.—Every employe of the White House, down to the last messenger and kitchen maid recelved to- day a five dollar gold piece with the per- sobal compliments of the President and Mrs. Harding. ’ The remembrances were virtually the iness, distributivt of the gifts was. the only variation from the every-day rou: tine of the White House. -Because of the 1l of Mrs. Harding there no house guests and no Christmas party. Mr. Harding took a complete holiday, going golfing during the morning and spending a good part of the afternoon with Mrs. Harding in her sick room. —— . |CHARED WITH MUEDER FOR MOONSHINE WHISKEY DEATH | Shelby, Ohio, Dec. 25.—Philip Weiga- Inott, 36,gand Lester Eiston, 36, tonight. are being held to the Richland county .grand jury on charges of murder ih connection with the death yesterday of Ralph Longley, 32, after he drank moon- shine whiskey at a “Christmas party.” Two other men who partook of the liquor were blinded and a score made fIL When arraigned both men admi.ted selling the liquor, which tw authoritier believe contained wood alwhol, bw pleaded not guilty to the charges o | murder. Longley was a world war veteran | Mayor Morris, before whom Weiganiot and Eiston were arraigned, has decreet that previous to his funeral Tuesdal morning, the accused men shall be o8 corted from the jail to the Longley home and then to a local hospital to view th two blinded men. | HAD TWO WIVES LIVING WITHIN TWO BLOOKL New York, Dec. 25.—/'wo women, dv- ing within_five blocks of each. bther on the upper West Side, were strolling along | Broadway with a detective this afternoon, charged that |37, 1922, using the name. Linford Rem- |miek. Miss Vivian Goodwin, of Wesl 85th street, accused "him of wodding her Oetobgr 16, 1922, as Linford Kosiin. also that Stockwell bad