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oer VERY LATEST NEWS | FROMSANTACLAUS AND TOYLAND Has to Rent Snow Hut for} 50,000 Letters Arriving Daily. BUSY EVERY MOMENT. Has New Way to Find Out if Kiddies Are Naughty or Good. (Special to The Frening World.) ARCTIC REGIONS, D+ o. 4—Santa Claus has been force’ uy the great oom in his mail orér, susiness to lease an extra snow hi: near to his own| Just to use as 4 yy vate mail box. Let tere are co's in at the rate of 50,000 @aily. The ear old fellow has not Blept a wink since Dec. 1, and cl fully dectares that he does not expect to until the day after Christmas. Hig electricians have re-enforced the lighting ayatem of the midnight aun to one hundred and twenty-three billion cand's power, so that Santa may have Dertect light by which to read the let- ters sent him from all over the world by millions of tiny kiddies. —>— BUILDS A STAIRCASE TO TOP OF NORTH POLE Climbs It Every Day and by a Powerful Light Sees Santa now laughs a loud “Ha, ha! @t the foolish boys and «girls who tr: children when they are really naughty ones, for this summer hus not been an idle one up in Santa's home town, Hi @lever little men have bullt a mar- im spiral fashion about and leads up to the tip top of the North Pole. Every day Santa climbs up these stairs and|Calle Mulhall and McMichael Per- Jurere in Lobby I WASHINGTON, lopby power of the new batteries the mid. {the charses made by Col. M. M. Mulhall searchlight, which | ssainst enables him to see every child at play, | Manufacturers and many men in public is expected to submit its report ‘This saves Santa a great deal of time | saturday. nd trouble and will prevent him from! An attorney for Representative James T. McDermott of Chicago, charged by Mulhall with being one of his corrupt ies is, “The only way to please Santa |'0018 In tho House, to-day filed with the te to be Kood, and to please Santa is |COmmittes @ brief deny g all the alle- the only way to be eure of a happy |sations and accusing Col. Mulhall and MoMichael, the former Chief Page of the House, who testified against him, of eason's | being perjurers. takes up his post at the top of the pole. From this point of vantage his eye easily sweeps over the world which Hes beneath him, and with the extr Right sun acts @ school and at home. Ife. making any mistakes about good and Beughty children in the future. The message which he sends to kid- oyland s residing © @ By Eleanor Schorer 08999999909HT09H9O9T9OHHOTOTTTOETTSOGOHWI GING THE.19 GOSSS IMPORTED ft CST LSS NOM THAN UR OWN All Kinds of European Product Sold Cheaper, Government Agent Discovers. Y-eggmen |; and he was eo affected that no one YIELD A PROFIT, TOO. Grip of Speculators Empha- sized by Report of $1,400,- 000 Made on One Deal. An agent for the United States De- partment of Justice has obtained evi- dence here to show that European eggs are now eelling in this city cheaper than American eggs. The evidence gathered covers all kinds. esg8 from cold storage houses in Europe fe being imported here for 0 to 2 cents a dozen; they are being sold to the trade at % cents a dosen; and consumers are getting them at 2% to % cents a dozen, At the same tme fresh eggs trom Europe are selling here to the @ade at 30 cents @ dosen, and consumers are buying them at % cents @ dozen. Not only are the eggs from across the Dut the dealers who foreign eggs, and the Ing as much as is ordinarily par- veated by the middlemen in handling fresh American egge—five cents tq the wholesaler, and five cents to the Fe- OO GPDODOODGODDOOGHGOOGHOOODOHHHHHGHDHGHOGOHOHHSGOOL 'DOWQDGDOOGDHGOH®OGHDDHHGDOONDOOE News Oddities CITIZEN of Gouverneur, N. Y., tried to vote on Tuesday, a month too late. $1,400,000 PROFIT MADE IN DEAL IN STORAGE EGGS. This evidence as to the relative prices here of native and foreign eggs, te to be used by United States Attorney-Gen- eral McReynolds, it is said, as €n illus tration of the grip which the cold @torage food speculators have got on the ex market at New York and other big consuming centres, More than 6,000 cases of Wuropean eggs, mostly from Galicia, an Austrian province, have arrived at this port ip the last week, and the total shipments in December are expected to amount to 100,000 cases, or 3,000,000 dozen, or 38,000,000 eggs, both fresh and storage. The !m- lone have been made possible by the new tariff. An attempt has been made since the Wilson-Underwood tariff went fect to import into New York eggs from Argentina, South America, »ut the deal- era here have been told that the so- called Chicago ‘Beef Trust’ has con- tracted for all the available refrigerator space on Argentine direct steamship Mines until next March. Foreign importations caused yester. day a drop of 3 cents cal price of fresh ess: The oMcial monthly report of the Associated Cold Stora; made public yesterday, ehows that in dotts’ >, eT trimmings are of lace and fur. Every Child. ‘The smartest toy atitos are of Maui- body and upholstery Decorations of white and brass “ps red color, | both. to make him think them good little |*%@ Populer. All the news to-morrow for the chil- | dren. Es Vellous, huge staircase, which twines| M’DERMOTT DENIES ALL. MAN WHO HAS LIVED ON MILK exclusively elnce 1881 has just died of Gastritis in Hazleton, Pa. AGITATION for a four-cent carfare ‘8 on in Tacoma, Wash, NOT ENOUGH LOOT for the soldiers in battling for the Lord, some Pro- Gressives are finding out. . DIPLOMAT POST WHEELER'S only port now is his first name. Association of WHATS THE VALUE of the nose on a pretty girl's face? St. Louls jury says $1,780, in a suit over one spotled by a surgeon. GOES EPISCOPAL CLERGY ONE BETTER—Jiun Larkin, the leader of the Dublin strikers, who ie in England trying to “raise a flery cross of revolt," refused address a meeting at Grimsby last evening because the chairman, the Socialiet Marklew, divorced his wife a year ago. AERONAUT DROPS—Position of Mr. Twombly as President of the Aero- nautical Bociety is declared vacant. phd eg r TANGO PEDOMETERS as garter ornaments are on the market. WHILE ROBINS SING-—Montclair residents complain that they have to cut their grass the same as in the summer time. require them—or whose or “‘too strong”’ for cena If your glasses have been giving you dissatisfaction or an- moyance, have one of our Oculists (Registered Physicians) examine your eyes and tell you whether you still or if your present lenses have become ‘too wea strong” for your eyes. lur reputation and standing are ample assurance that our ly and truthfully and without Oculists will advise you frank Prejudice. Your good opinion of our services will repay us for the time spent by our Oculists. If your lenses are too strong or too weak and you elect to change them, we furnish you with new lenses at from $1.00 a DA Gos 234 St. near Bourn Ave OCptical Bouse of >4 Wes Woin t:..neos?Sanox Cee, R ZW. Barth W.. ber. Bry and Oth Aves, © @ SA2 Columbus Ave Bln and 824516. "W Nosson Breent near Bohn Street r W098 Broadway, _ Denliets and Opticians 489 suisse, pair and upwards. November about 465,000 cases of cold storage exes were peddied out public from forty-five public ware- STUNG AT A CHURCH FAIR—But tn this particular case, the victim bein; Albert Tompkins of Jamaica, it was a regular hornet did it. BROOKLYN YOUTH BLAMES THE “PONIES” Most of these 14,000,000 dosen stor- age eggs were sold at @ net profit of not less than 10 cents a dozen, the total profit of the speculators approxi- mating $1,400,000, BARS OF JAIL ARE NOT KIND THIS SINGER LIKES THE EVENING WORLD, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1918. Copyright. 1013, 7" 9g ‘The 18% Row Yor: Kreutoe ignore Plain Jewels; Priceless Eggs Their Loot CHICAGO, Dec. 6.—Burgiars forced an entrance to the home of Lester Hulva last night and after ransacking the house got away with SIX PRICELESS EGGS and some minor property, watches, -evolvers and clothing. Mr. Hulva had had the eggs only two days, and had taken every: precaution to keep the fact a secret. Gome one working on the inside must have informed the burglars about the oxgs. To ad@ insult to injury, the desperadoes cooked the GAS BILL. and added to the When Mr, Hulva returned to his home his family told him of the burglary, yot has plucked up courage enough to fet him know that the eggs, too, were taken, PENNSYLVANIA BURGLARS TAKE BACON WITH THEIR EGGS, PITTSBURGH, Dec 6.—In the absence of the family of A. R, Douglas of No. 811 Pennsylvania avenue, Wilkinsburg, burglars last night entered the house, forced the STRONG BOX and escaped with several EGGS and a large piece of BACON, They passed through the other rooms of the house and ignor thousand dollars’ worth of silverware and Jewelry to get the hidden Nothing but the edibles were taken. PE ee rev EE ce eral Cold Storage bill. The three chief points are: First—Not over 50 per cent. Profit on an egg, from the farmer to the consume! Second—Compulsory monthly reports of the number or quantity of eggs, &c., in storage Third —Bworn statements as to the cost of the food put in storage. at the home of Mrs. league, in this city, the New Jersey delegates elected as their State Presi- dent Mrs, Wilbur F. Osler, wife of the Mayor of Leonia. Dictribation ae Nearly Half the Cost of Food. Thirty-nine cents out of every dollar a New York householder spends for food Tepresents the average cost of distribu- tlon, it was announced yesterday by the Bureau of Food Supply of the Associa- on for Improving the Condition of the Poor, of which John A. Kingsbury is General Director. ‘The cost of distribution varies. For Groceries it is one-third, for fish, # per cent.; for fruit and vegetables, nearly 4; per cent.; for dairy products, 4 per cent, entire family income is apent to cover the cost of retail handling One-tenth of of food. Cal High Cc The wives of dent Wilso: Cabinet, at Washington, Joined yesterday the crusade against the high cost of eggs and other food. M: W. J. Bryan gaid she favors any eff meat boycott was suggested by Mrs. Garrison, wite of the Secretary of War, who added she favors an investigation. Mrs. Burleson, wife of the Post: General, offered to abstain from eggs. ‘Mrs. Houston, wife of the Secretary of Agriculture, and Mrs. Wilson, wife of the Becretary of Labor, said they favog ‘any fair method. ‘The police of Bloomington, I1!., turned etolen. Poo es PRAISE DR. PEET IN SIGNS. Among the ‘speakers’ ere all in the sign language) wers master, The Housewives’ League completed yesterday its draft of a proposed Fed- NRE KCC RN EOS EIR a HSH There a I ing glasses who no remany povpla weerlas £ whe no 13 Young Woman Appears at Rich- mond Police Station in Behalf of Edmund Enequist. RICHMOND, Dec. 5.-eArrested here as Max Sasonoff Denies It Is Laziness Prevents Him From Earning Enough to Pay Alimony, Max Sasonoff, artist, singer and latest ranks of the Alimony Club in Ludlow Street Jail, consolately at the window bi you did not pay her alimony because you are too lasy to work at your trade; week if you want. you prefer to sing in the chorus of the for 6%," eald a ‘Do you think it easy ¢o eing in the chorus?’ retorted Max. Ing at 10 o'clock I report. I rehearse, & fugitive from Norfolk, where he is wanted to face @ charge of pass! Edmund = Enequist, twenty-one, of No, 3710 Avenue J, Brook- id by the police to blame his downfall to betting on the horses at the Jamestown track. He is also charged with attempting to beat ston Hotel of this city out of A Well dressed young woman called at the police station and asked if she could pay Enequist’s hotel bili, and said | rehearse, rehearse, all day long. she would consider the matter until this| night I sing. At 1 T morning. She deciined to give her name, | think, if I find anyth not do it? If ft can E4mund Enequist until six months ago | mal made his home with his and Mrs, John T. Kneq y— indigestion, home. Do you | etter to do, I/ ie 650 a week 1/ If I make enough to pay my | GANDY CATHARTIC arents, dir. | wife I pe: “For two yeare I work, T gave, I de of clothes, of everything: | rh to bring my wife e ‘on: 8 | prive myself speaking for ine famliy, snc “Edmund's downfatl is due to bad| Imperator, recond ca\ He became a pool room| two year Every cent he could ralye went | me in Jail.” to hand books, We iaat heard of bimn ini neat Willsly Beoddyn YO) Prond $2. ne Noles Newark peaks, Wee leat b an The arrest of Max wes ave to his fall, H " 06 Weeks ago, When ure pay temporary alimony great one of those cheeks’ @aesnc® 9 mule, than the pure oral system. BIUOUS AND CONSTIPATED! LIVER 1S SLUGGISH—DIME A BOX Furred Tongue, Bad Tast: tion, Sallow Skin and Miveral aches come from e torpid liver and con- stipated bowels, which stomach to become filled with undi, food, which sours and ferments iike {garbage in » owill barrel. to untold miser, bad breath, mental fears, everything that is horrible and nauseating. A Cascret to-night will surely straighten you out b; morning—a 10-cent box will keep | your head clear, stomach sweet, liver and bowels regular and make you feci | jar cheerful and bully for months. forget your children—their littl ides need & good, gentle, cleans- yellow skin, Jing, too, occasionally, national head of the tive plan for causing a reductign. A and fried and ate six eggs. ‘wo watches and a revolver also were Many deaf mutes of Greater New |s York met at a dinner at Guffanti’s last to the memory of late Isaac Lewis LL, D. Yesterday was his Prof, E. H. Currier, principal of the New York Institution for the Deaf and Dumb; the Rev. Dr. John Chamberlain, rector of St. Ani Church for Deaf Mutes; E. A. Hodgson, editor of the Deat Mutes Journal; Dr. Thomas h. Fox, @ prominent educator of the deaf, himself a deaf mute, and Dr, Walter Peet. William 8, Abrams was toas:- ‘Those present favored the combined method of instruction (signs, manual Giphabet, speech and lip reading) rather GOL. GAILLARD DEAD TOOK SICK IN PANAMA Stricken While Directing Engineer- ing Work on the Isthmian Canal. BALTIMORE, Dec. 6.—Lieut.-Col. Da- vid Du Bose Gaillard, U, 8. A., who directed the engineering work in the Culebra Cut division of the Panama C nal, died at Johns Hopkins Hospital here to-day. Col. Gaillard had been a patient at the hospital since Aug. 17 last, suffering from a growth in the head, the result of seven years’ arduous labor in the tropical climate of the Canal Zone. 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