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A EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER TEN PAGES IODAT. THE WEATHER 1 PORTLAND, AP) Orei gon: Generally fair to night anil Sunday. CITY r ni t i n n wrrnt VOLUME XXIV. LA GRANDE, OREGON. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1925. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS NUMBER 65 L ft II II ft Hill LH UnHiiUL ft II I II 111! I SHIM UIIMIUI I1IIIU ' JOYOUS 01 Santa Clans Visits Com munity with Pack of Holiday Cheer CITY THOROUGHLY CELEBRATES DAY Holy City" To Be Sung By Knautz Band Concert Tomorrow Afternoon - Promises to Be Exceptional Treat for Music Lovers. A concert of exceptional appe.-.l !ti music lovers for thosu who Inturprct the higher class selec tions lu followers of popular nuin I bers is promised hero tomorrow uflcrnoou when tin' ui (..rnn.le municipal band will appear at 4 I o'clock In Hut Arcade theater In the second of 'lie winter series ot I recitals. one of the lending nuinljers on TrVn.-mwinu T.;ir1nn Wil li I i'"' program will Ik- "Tim. Holy , ,. r . , 1 1 t'lty" liy A Sparkling' innKets anu Gifts Find Way into the Homes Here. . SililiL Clans came in, ,n (,i-iillfl yesterday even tin- veriest skep lie hits to ad tnit thai and in pouted I' mm his puck s'leh an! abundance or Christmas spirit that i it filled tin- 'old town In the lust, crack and cranny mid npiliednvcr into all tli country 'round. There wasn't much Know, but the old saint didn't seem to mind that. He .him lived too long mil ovcronie too many obstacles to Iji kept from his work by HU-.-h u trifle. He nttifit have arrived very My" hy Adams, with Paul knuut. as soloist und Mrs. Knait. i compHnyiug Itim on the piano, III tier numbers will lie played by the hand, beginning with the ever popular overture, "Merry Wives of Windsor" by Nlcolal. Another selection of outstanding i musical mutinies win ue r ranx Schubert s "Mong or i,ove irom "Blossom Time" which will fol low Dalbey'H "Blue, and Civvy. The 1 'engrain. Tho program is scheduled lo begin promptly ul 4 o'clock. All who wish to he present are urged to be in their seats fit lliat lime no as to avoid confusion resulting from late arrival. -The concert, free of charge, hi as follows: Overt uie, "Merry Wives of ly. too. for the nlghlgownel Windsor" O. Nleolui Aval eh t liiil crept from warm beds (a) Kgypllun .Serenade "Ainlna 'into the chill giuy Christ mas j : Bail! LlncUc morning report Hint their KtocK-J() Sextette from "L'lcia lugs were bulged to the tops. Blrst of li'l he visited lhe churches,- cradling through 'va'l--j ous window;! and bouncing out oil rcd-i:ipeJT fireplaces in il marl haste to niakV his mrinds ahead of the Hind Man. lb- didn't forget the Smith! Mel hodist church where prepara-t lions to receive him were made (Continued on Bage Five) -JWIISII GOLDFLOVi m DEI1IICE0 10 EUROPE BY ROMANS CQNTIHUES Ir"!! 'f -' I CANTATA SET FOR T Oiil ...O. Bi.nI.ei.ti ( Messrs. Itobinson, McMillan lleuly. Knaulz, Bigger and McManus). Dance of the Hours" from "I, (llaconda" . . Bunehle.li The Uoly City"...!. Adiuns I 'aid KnuuU, soloist. f M rs. K nau t .. accom pa n 1st . I (a) 1'atrol, "The Blue, and t urey imio'-y (b) "Song of l-ove" from "Itlos som Time" I'Yanz Schubert h'anlasla,' "The ICvglutton of J)Jii".:.. :....:....M. L." fjilie (Depicting the giadual itvoIu- lion' of ".DixK'" Mlowly thru. "The Creation," "Dunce Ab original," nmi "The M in lie; Hie imdody is dt-veloped m , til I le it" eiiK-rges the Im mortfll "Dixie." This in 1 urn becomes il "WllllX," then " Il a k 1 1 m c " and finally "Ctrund Opera"). Hostile Sentiment Is Flar ing Up in Italy; Press Takes a Hand FASCIST PAPER SCORES "ENEMY" Occasion for Heat is Ke port That the German Press Is Anxions over Treatment of Nationals More Than Billion Bel ial's Loaned to For eigners in 1925 - (ALL INVESTMENTS EQUAL $fi,000,000,000 Uncle Sam Again Plays Role of World's Finan cier; Huge Private Credits Established.; li( i.MM, ( liy Hie Associated Press) AntUCerman w ill intent .Is flaring up In Duly. Denouncing (.erinany as "our instinctive. radical enemy" Hie 'fascist paper 'Mnipero" published a warning lo all Italians against trade and oilier activities of Ger mans. Tint occasion for Ihe paper's art icle is Hie news that the German press is perturbed over the treat ment of Germans in South Tyrol. district which includes tin NKW VU1 Hy the Associated Press) The flow of American viiplliil Into foreign and domestic UivestineiiK comprising loans for gijvernnvnts. muulclpalltlen and corporate enlcrprises, readies un precedented proportions in 11(25; While uocurnle conipllallona . arc nol vet available, preliminary ch- timatcH indicate that the total of capital flotations eclipsed last year'H record of slightly more than $6, "(Mi, omi. noo, l-'or the second time In history, American Investors poured more A i Mirist t;tan i en luimii'i'uw ev tdist lOiilKeopal ilireclion of M Irani. The pr ahtala -.xill I"- Klv . ning at the Met'l ehiireh under tin s. Sherwood Wll graiii will si -it llclty'; 1-ee Caliper of !ttlou was jusi jwulkfii: pat.n (lie.ater uIhm-coim of l-'bhiiu iegfehrs shows iw pluying. .suddenly n iiruf'tiy sttuntEo innn arctMil Iter. 'J im ley gtore of tlieyoitn liwly bi ought I In explanation that bo tvs none other tbun i litmtcir. .Miss CboM'r will' Ih "glorified" In a new . 'ivgbi'bl hIioh,- ; Yiwr v-JteN jtM IHs.'-ii:'- famous Itn liner pass through the than a billion dollars into the for eign loans miring me year. j-qui-ling if not surpassing the. 1924 re rord of approximately $1.2(10.000, 000. Productive enterprises claim ed about $:t50,oon.OOO of the total Hie gain in tills type of business offsetting a moderate decline In government borrowings. American's commanding position h lender to the world uluo was slrlkiiiL'lv revealed by the cstab lush meat of hugft prlvati: crodiln jto help in ihe stabilization of for eign currencies. rurinn-n n oossesslon of enormous fold stocks, American bunkers m?t uslde $300,- niountains, the shorlest route be Iwten Central Germany and llnly. The lmpero announces the for mation of an organization known as tins "Ureiiner guard" with its slogan "The Italian of Today Is Instirperable The Brenner Pass Is not Our Goal but Our Starting Polnl." SCHOOL VOTE GOVERNOR GUEST IN LA GRANDE ON CHRISTMAS DAY 1 DEATH CLAIMS I IECKIT1 Gobbler Or Cock? Introducing 'Morning Glory" ihe roosior turkey or turkey rousler of llerkeley, Cnl. He can ho In eruwH at morn tin lie rllwl IiIm ueiglitHi-N wlm railed for the aiitirouster law of their dty. (nt when the -ois came ".Morning (lory gobbled like a turkey for tH'inic the son of a tur key ami a rooster lie 'iin e-rmv or gohbhsos thr iikmh! strikeM him. And thus lie enjoys iiimiiiiilty front thn nntUitioster Inw for who can prove lie's a rooster? 5 ' BSV v V 5tjl BRIM ANGEL 1RSU DAY III Ui SCHOOL COUNT SHOWS A LOSS KNTKKIMl'tHK, Olf. (Spei-lul). The dl-IiooI rrnniM of Ihn. coun- ly, lukon eurly lust nioiitli, how 2900 children of Ihu aueii i-num- uriiteil.i TIiIh Ih ji lo.i of 43 us coini'urcd Willi lust yiur, and of. 696 coinpurod With till' hlKh IIIHI'U of S.V.I0 children counted In l'.H'l Flys Over Nation, Touch ing Many with Heavy Hand of .Death . POISON SEPARATES CAPITAL FAMILY Twelve Accidentally Slain . in California; Nine Are Dead in St Louis; One Woman Fatally Burned WASHINGTON" (By the Aisoci utcii press) A broken musie re cord to play -with was all Christmas meant to Mury lxrena Harrtoi aged, two years. (' ' Her mothuK Mrs. Ruth Carolina i Harris, 27, and brother John, 6, Iwero dead; another brother, James, 1 4, und a grandmother. Mrs. Mary I Beyer, in oritical condition: and her father, Truman Leon Harris, seriously 111, all unwlttinr victims Of poison, eaten . Christmas eve, I police holtevc. , . - , The parents stayed up late ar rnnglnfr toys for the children but ' .the gifts had not - been touched when Hurrls lato yesterday drag- Kt'OOTKIt HHINtiS HUATH U'd himself to a neighbor's door viviaiiiii ii v.h (AIM a u"d asked aid. Mrs. Harris and KiU-r bnuigl.t death to flnytun Jlm wero already dead nd Mrs. McCi-ay, IS, yeslcnliiy, when XTRA fell, hivaking his neck. I)0 ueyer una jamei were xouna un conscious, mury ijorena was piay Ing with a broken record Hoveral doliii and empty " vege table cans wero sent to a Chemist und an uutopsy ha bflft ordered .r'ss 1 hen hon,eHl,,,ding was t flood i;d, and, ndvwnmul - mimy millions iiddlltoiVAI-to ensure Hut (jlahillty of Ih" Belgian und Italiun turrenclfri '( jvrepitralory -to their re-establiflli- IIH-Ill fj II II guiu i"i"' Activities lu the field of new i financing overshudowed In inlrreal (the dealings in the loiut iiuirlc-l. which failed lo e(iiiai-tioHc of I02 I Hi hreudlh it ml , volume, ' 1'rlces, ! however, were maintained on li hlKher level throughout the year. i The upward movement which was (iovernor Walter M. Pb rce was iitiml-r-d among the ChrlstmaH gin sis In l.a Oiiinde yrsterday. Tin governor had In -en to Spo kane on some private business, and stopped here on bis way back hi Sub in to puss the holiday Huletly with his won, I.. B. I'hree. at- (he family ranch norlhilisl of I own . iif sehM'tioiis from t wu ca in it las: "Thi! ITiin-e of Brace" by Asii iord and "The l.lglit Kh-rna;." by Bet i le'. Mrs. A. H. Klnnuin will .a el ms org:ini:i'.. The chorus will conslsl of 'J A VMieeM. The snloisls will be Mm. jtiiv t-'uilee, soprano: Haul KmiuU. - dn . i-u-oinl Will hi ins. letl- ir: M.s. SImmwoimI WillLanis and , .Mrs. t'. i. Ininniiig. Mrs. Kull'T sing. "It SpnkH to tie World" and lab-r lu Hie evening she will lender "While X h p h e r d s Valcln-d." act innpiMiied by I he ( hoi us. Bull Knailt. w ill sing 'Tie- ll'-aveiilv King.' A eliorus of nun's vi.iees will give ".March .,i il,,- M-iir!." iif'.er w liieh a Ino I'miipanv K. ISCIh InfaJitry. I . rouslsHug of Mr. and Mrs. Wll-'.V. (i.. or l.a (irande, will bold its Mams end IMul Kaiiut. will sl'ig annual inusti-r nt .nber hall Mon--Siar ot" I e i li l- hriii. Mrs. C. c i;ty ivt-nbig. beginning at 7:SH leiun'iig will sing "Born In a o'clock, it is announced by Cap Mang r" iieeomtciTihd by the ehor-j lain tl. I.. I nit ton today, ns. Slierwoml Williams will sin; The nnisl-r. in the form of an n emu- s'.'o. 'Light, of (ilory."j. nterlatuuieiit. will lie attended liy The Message will tie (liven oy all guardsmen anu wieir guesis. Haul Lii;ii;I. and hhetvuol v. liiains, a bmltone.anil tenor unci. Tlie ennta1:i will close w il II lw: miinbi-ts ly M e el orus. "The Light l,f ttie World" and "Lend M"." Ihtdb y . .1. MuHieisbaiigh.' -4n. who was fa tall v inlun-d In an - aiilniiitvltMe accident Titan ksgiving day at noun, dhd ul the Ut Laki I sauiitortuui al :i:ir o'clock Clirll- mas morning. . The victim's mot In r. Mrs. Ilatlle MulliersbiUjgli. of Cortland, had been wit h him for y vera I days before his deal h. She ' was sum moned hy ir. W. T. I'hy as soon It became apparent lh:it her son could not live. M r. Mill hersbaugh I'aine to Hie saualorimn two yea.is ago aft a pa tient. He d'.;ulrl alter his re. Company E's Annual Muster Monday .Night 1 In- mottling ser vices at tin- i UiodiM church the Itev. 1. M. Villi: ley. foilli'ily pastor of Lie urch. will sing a solo. MAItlMlS iO TO CHINA. M A NI LA ( A I ' L -H I x d est I oyi i s of the Korly-Hilrd division depar from lure fir China l-rld.-y earrving a eomoany of marines. Anot In r company of marines will leave fur China today on the transport Chauniont. A special eh el ton on the sehoe budget fr Jh( rit-t No. 1 for the coming year will be held at llie Central M'hool building Monday, lieivniber -', from - p. i it. to 7 p. ' in. 1'ersoiiK who are eligible lo vote are those whose names appear on Hie last tax roll as owning real property lu Ihe district or those who now own xiih-ic in any corpora-;,m fI fwnI(r lH ,UKt VJ.ur ,jr,.w to linn shown by the last (ax roll lo(J rl)(j(, w;S nirri,.d OVer In BilSfi. own real properly in uie oistnei. , r(.lu.,,MMr its peak in Hie spring. There are two proposllioiiH on TH.n.H, r 11 grudual lightening of Ihe ballot: Klrst. whether the dis- nMM(.v Viltl.n raused the puce of Irlet shall levy a special tax '-" ; ( riMjing to slacken wild prln-s eased tin- year 11125 which exceeds by I f)f M,.V(.ri( p(Jint from thu top more than six per cent the special Hni,0,IKj still holding neveml tax levlid by Sfiid district for the,J)0(nlH .,))OV,. imolulloiiH of u yeur preceding year by levying a tax of llt-, il'ti,ir7.l for the present year; i . second, shall the bmlget proposed ' ami adopted by thu district si hool jTui'UisIl WOHlCn (jflVCIl board be adopled hy Ihe V KM voters of liistrict No. 1. , , ' j I The diL-il or the school Innlu-'l la f 1 i'5, i "'.-!. $ iM 'Ml uifii e Bin ll Inst tide and w-t tiers wore HcaUerod throtiffh the lillls and foreslH. ( Thye of the towns huro In Hie uhrlnkugi!, whiln Lostino ri; Dortn two more pupils than last SI It I KB, BUOKBAl, M-:V YOltK (Al') A proposal ,over Mrs. Harrio' body that the striking niiininrne. miu vvh n'siinv.' work hiinuMllutely iuIf tier the wage srule f the last eoil tract, mihIIiik further lli-Rolut Ioiik, was made iullle toifity by un oper iitor's oonfeivnee, 12 niK IN CAUrOftNIA . SAN KHANCUHCO, By tho As HoiHated ; I'resa) Tho Chrltman holiday In California was! marred , by 12 denthti Jir nnmrrerous- nuvb... dents und Injur to two tkjoro otliers. 1 YriilTTIDK tOl.li MNK ST. U)B1S. By the Artociated of i;xi;ciiin ii;aisi;i TOKIO (AIM Tl fon-lRii or- veiir. Many ehltarcn are in inc., nee iium iitvive! anvn-es irom un schools at Hie large logging cnmpViliinoiiese- counsel at Mukden that Bresn) Nine dead li the toll and no doubt some famllii-n have , ;ruenil Chung 'lo Mn, .Munehiir- Yulctldn merrymaking here, moved, to the woods from tho . ian illetator hM irfiiseil to pro- ' v towns. Tho valley diHlricta o it-imlse mcrey fur defenlcd Maibal V l-'ATAMiV HlHMl) side the towna hold their own Kuo Kung LIiik'm family and Kuo'h CLKVLOLANB, O. (By the Aaso- Equal Divorce Rijfl't oveiy. u returned again alioul a y,-ar, but the levy in milla will be considerably less. HOLIDAY SEASON AT PORTLAND IS DEATH RIDDLED year ago to lake employment u lallor. He was HUlTcriug dur ing that time from a, uiahtdy Hint cnutribuled lo his death. The cnn- di Ion w as aguravated by Injuries to his buck Hint lie suslnliied lu the highway accident Thanksgiving day. tit lor passengers la the car l. tl IL skidded olf the s!ipp iy pavement into ihe diteii wilhoul being hurt. The I iiidy w HI be shlpp -il )o I'oriiano MtTuay al Kf-i p. m. oy )v .suoilgrass A: imoieruian. l-iiie i'ai services lire to be couduclet at Ihn chapel if I'hainbeiM Ai Co. Hl'-fe un Monday. CiiNSTANTIMU'K (By Hie Am ein led Br-KS -A new clause in iilie Turkish civil code puta ah end to one or Hie bitterest jdtasen ot j women's subjection - Ihe right of maii lo divorce his wife al will and I wilhoul trial. If neerorlh divorce wN' be granted only bv court deerei-s and " 1 1 j onl for MH'h causes as InsMnlly, l'lll:TI.Ml (Bv the Associated a, -il,. iil.ti und iinfall hfulness. Vi- 'st'l'l"'J , 'ri-sf ) tine man Kl Hi d 111 an ati-lIIM. wlll slnnd the same dinners lomoblle aei-ident and a woman ;,,s men for winning a divorce. I found (b ad three hours, after v.O- , hearty Chrhiluins dinner were faial aftermaths f the .Yule tide hour. Clyde Baler, 4 was killed, and well, showing little vurlatlon lu u duxen years. Ni LIGHT ON CAMBRIAN AGE NKW YOIIK (Hy t lif Assovl nleil Precs A. foralllwid fisli seule, senrc'-ly 'larg'T Ihun a mulch head, diM-oven-d lit Hlullilins, VI., Is fore- ItlK selenlistH to extend CsllmuleH of lire-liumiin life liuekniinls mnpiims or yeses, Ihe New York 'Utiles imys lodiiy. ( "Howell's dliwn fisll" Is Hie till, given Mils llenUell of Ihn OMiilirlun lige v.lil.li II lillherlii liiis I il supposed was peopled only liy inverlelirns und pliints uf li low- order. prlnelpal offlii-rs. A Keneral - ciuted I'rem) While preparing to f-ittlun of t'liang's t-iifiue?i Ih Teai-- pluy Bnnla Claris for her small son, eil, The ,lupum-!-n Keriinieiit Is Mrs. William I. UecK was fatally doing Its iilnmsl. lo pn-yinl CI g burned. ... from wri'aHliig vegenm- nut ll is . fi-nird lln- i-fliirls will l) hm-u-sm. tiAlt WltFA'K FATAL I.OGAN', Ulah, (By tho Assocl- Chlistmas Day Fire 1 Hits Sugar Company KI'ANIKIl I'-llKiv. 1'lull (liy Ihe Asloeluted I'ress). A fire tliel luoke out 111 Ihe wiirehouue of the IMnli-ldiilio HiiKiir fonipnny plant Krlduy iiininlng lit 7 n'eluek de striiyid the building unci ntiK'U' valued lit elchl liundred IIioushiiI dolliirs. KmintiineoiiH eonihuMlion was (C!nntlniiii1 on Pnga Tra. CDNVICTTRIO FIGHTSNODSF SAI.F.M, Ore. (By tho Associated 'Iks Gladden Hearts of La Grande's Little Ones Lool.it Ho- pretty litt" i got a jaek-knlfi one with two blades! K. - n liundn d ruptured Tii 6 in Y'i ts Humored all at one id 1 Mi" prai-' of Santa Clai..s Kterg-"od hi dpi rs. the I'tks. :1 I'eacl' inn nil y i "hrist maH tie. Xwl'erdny ntion at the lnle;--the it lopot strii-l und Wusii-imiiuln the pV"r'' the magic hour, thej rnd an lai1 tiitherid by linn-1 Mr5. At"n,'d tliemselves up ill pun ltd i i oivs or expeei-iiton. Ihe rhiV'71' ' ,"' r', bad pr.' vti.n.iit (erlain a full Ken JH- C.reHt. :J p'"" ""' ler then A ""fh'bn wire KOll FOlO. "It .A " "" COlll'ltlll' l ..i .... r.Y rm-nt v order to t!i' ground fV' h' ndy nn.i.J NurKin; , pounds of nuts and Juicy orang by t he w agon loud. i Chamber of Commerce To Take a Vacation As h:is been the custom wiHi the ehatober of com inef-ee, no luneh eoll meeting Will be held In the wei-ii iniervfiilug Ifhw'iii I'hrisl uiiis and New Year's. 't'he ni-xl regular wsiou is iin nouueed for Jan. ft. Althnugh He' prngraiu has not bei n ib'termltied radii Ion calls for the annual fun lay. bin wire seriously hurt today when, their iMtoniobilen overturned. I'd-, lice said they found li bottle of It- liior on Baker. Mrs. Mildred Harp- r, V. was , round dead three hours after a holiday repast. iChriKtmas Dance Ends Up in Killing of Three I lolls, stalioneiy, beads and va I ity t-iiseH for Hie girls: tops, ball. Knives, games and monkeys on sticks for the boys there sci-iie-i) to In- no end to Hie toys Hint came oil of Hnntn's elastic pnek. So warm and fair was Unit, dav Hint the tiniest lots, were on band. Kven Hie babies came In their mot lier's iirnia for their share ol the pres nts. The Klks sm nt iibotit $l-''iti Tor their parly this year. The pio rerds from the '4$ sliowr didn't bfgbi In rover Hie cxpi nsu. If (the iiBendam-e Continues tu gro . I, ' " .... ... i in i,,. ... 1 1 IIH IMIWIIIUi'lli ii- nanc their iinnitnaa nospnair. In addition to the pirtjr. thei wan good rhi-r spred in Hie Celebrates Christmas With Wedding Ceremony The Christmas Season h tuned to ti couples l h risi mas chitti' wedding Ik Us for Thursday evening. Hi the office or Justlr-e Hugh I-;, liraily. Mlsi Itertha BeHlriee Johnson bei-ame Hie bride of Janus llurrison I'rofflM. Tluy will iniil;e Ho lr home at Ht.trkey. Miss 'Lira Berry and Kngene flxb y. both of Lit ('rand'-, were united In marriage by Judge I', ti. Couch, who performed Ho cere mony at Hie enmi'.y court house. Mr. Bunlee Cotlrell was a wilm-sH. .ww-..,,.i l.,ue(TB Were . fe K Ian inon- ItiMin.tS mtim im I'.im-j i-iijcf Bail I Kni om'' ad a niiri'n w ne,n, t wi -miioi'h i inorf Of nuia. wninue, iurR- i- "J"'"""" wiinin baritone King, w as 1 IMIntntv Tnipa.vetv Ch ar Slate. ALBANY, rt. -Si-ven Imn In Linn county whom- mate Ineomc were d-'timtueiit nil piild up the five-day limit :.nd of sweet mettedMhe ninklngn of a chrlstnmfl fea:t avoided Intng publicly mentiom-d. rtn of rem hinf ! well as iwckR of potatoes. aa-one utuu uuid his Ux at Hie iuat '.U 1. e-vflt li'tMi!vs uud tivur lyr days lo wuut';. tuur. during the p'cnt boliduj mm son The tilNTtit ha enjoy rtl tit lai-gt-M volume of local ad T.eHotiic In M lil-Uir for a similar m-i!iI. In la- I'rt (hi)'s l-ue It eariicd the hirg et nnioiml of local di-play of nny Heek-duy tn on niiml. ToIh II lMf - Km- laiget t lr I'lilntloii thai M Imt nir hmf, ami hn. a-orilbig ti the pn'f ll-her. Ihe Ih1 new ami nd-erB-fiig -M-rilee. ami the limc-t r'ailer-M1. t iMitlniMil hnpiine i lien i In ftery dejNirt ineni K Jilauneit to fmlber nierll Ihe tiMirkletMf if H atcriliT ami n-mler- a iiHiBdeiue I hat I- allied niol hlgblj. ObBerer Aihrrillng A JUurUi&udhilug be-1 M-;W VI IKK (By Ihu AMSOcintel BresH). Three men, mm identified as ItiehardM "Beg-eg" lintgiiu. -d-leged member of Ihe notorious Lo etl gnng. known as Hie "while hand gang," were ahot mid killed today as a climax of a Chtlntm is dance at the AdoniH Hoc In! (bib, a Mouth Brooklyn resoi t. I 'ollee found I he place si m-w n with broken furniture which an latently bail been wrecked u ti rrible alt ilggb-. Despite Dcbls Paris Suppers Will He (Jay CABIM. (By Hi AKfiociali Brew)- Beveiiimi Mippers to nee i Hie New Year in wtH not br allow- ed to lose ny of their traditional Utilety on aecotlllt of the debts ami dlftieultte wtii wliiili the country Is sf nmgllng. ThofM- ib-htH and difficulties, in fact, afreil the stale; the ItidMiB nil doen not Sei-m In e fllfferillg front litem. The average prh eB In I hf ii'tMur ints kIiiiiv an Increase as en m pa red wMh lasl enr, how eer. im New Years Kve. 9H. Ht price per plale vnrled from t. to l.'.u f rams. While It will still be poHKihie this year lo pay only 4o rraiHS (ll.n, Ho- maximum limit per plate has been moved to 2 .n franc (tH) ami a puriy of four will ftnd Its tHI, with wine and ; Hps. amounting to about 2, "00 WORLD ENJOYS A (JAY CHRISTMAS . OV (JOOD CHEER (liy I lir AMK-lalel I're-o) The Chrlstlun world In 1.1 uslde lis luirden Krlduy und eeleliruled ihe Kuyesl t'hrlHtiiiuji It litis known slnee llll. I.'roni WiishlliKloli lo (he heart of Africa wherever l.'hrlsliiius mil' giilliered leliKrupli , and Wireless ellllllleil lilllllieS of good clieer. rhureii services were liroiideuHt fo iiillllonM and Ihose who sie'iit the ilny at seu were united with those on shore !y rudio. WAMIIINC'TON (Hy Ihe Aswh-I-uted Press) The nuliotifil capital, from I'reslilenl foolldge In the poorest urchin, observed I'hrlstlniis Friday In iill'-t Iml wliop-hesrled fushion. The I'resld. nt und Mis. I oul- idge iisd no house guests und there wiis no uuiiRuul iu:tlvlty at the Willi" House. given iis the re.-iwii fur Ihe orlgi'.l I'ress) I ounsel lor lorn murray, ,y conipiiny ofilehils, who an- James Wlllos, and Ellsworth Ke nuunced lluil 1 1! .( hues of sug- ley. sentenced to hang for thn the complete o It put of the I t- mnnier or prison guarus, uas uieu finel y In I lie fell harvest, valued motions for an arrest ot judgment. ul seven h lied lliouimud dollars, asking to have tho convictions and a building coaling one nun- held null and void on tho ground lied thousand hud been destroyed, that Ihe three men wcro not wun-l-he loss was said lo have bee.l In Ihe jurisdiction Of the court dvered by liiMinini e. which tried them. Capital Women Advocate Ankle -Length Dresses WAHHINCiTON. (By the Assocl- for Independent llrlnr. niid if clild- uted I 'ress ) Society leaders In the ed by lielpleaa mothers concerning mitioual capital have begun a cum-loji'wtlona of fashlonR thuy fllmply piibcii against some of the present regard such mothers aa out of dttto lemlcitcies in Hn dreim and hublls and old fashioned, or American women. "That th best women of Franca Mrs. John B. Ih-nderaon. long in and Knglnnd. also ns horo ropre- influeiitinl f Ik nm in the exclusive Sented in their LmbOMies, niso oy i-iri les of dipl'iiu.itic and nfitf in! j Hie Hoyul family or rjngiana uo Wasbingiton, today made it public not folow rushtonn of women s np il set of resnlutimm to which idie pan t not lu good tastu, unite ' liave 1 gardleiw of fushlona which are uie- tated by the under world of Burls. That we suggest for the street and oi he Hill lende HI COM H SHI HII I' I A( I s HAIC4.I s BY I. HAM) H BV CLA B KMI A LB, Miss, f A I ' . -Indicted on charges of "riitllng 'o return the oireiider" In connection with Hie lynching of a negro here Haturday night, lr. H. W. (llais. deposid Couhomii county sheriff, and three ib-pulleM wire at lltu rty Krldajr night un bonds of I. "in cur h. Another true bill charges In. (Hum with mlKdemeanur underline while an officer, thu urrest war rants iliow(.U. t h subscribed, cailint; on .ociety wo men everywhere "to abandon rlg arettes and ImmodeMt aBtre." (.if fleers of the IiaiiKh'rs of the Ameriean Bevtthttion, the (ii-nerat , ('eileralloll of Women's Clubs, aitrl the National Congresn of Barents and Teachers. Mrs. Henderson sild, hud assured Imt they are ready lo combat as far n po-.tble habits which threaten the perpetuity of the Am-Than nation. As luade public By Mrs. Hender son, ihe resolutions etuiorseu ry InHuentiat soet' tj worn n herif ale rollowft: "That we are deeply Interested in tie efforts of eeituln tiigli titac nilarleK of church ami schools who have met hoping lo modify undes irable prevailing fashions for wo men's appitrel, and have hopelessly laid the Id itne to mothers, railing upon them lo rome to the rescue; that we fet-l that they do not real ize (hat I lame, Bush ton is a power ful potentate; that a large num btr of American girls now worK wear dresg sklrta broader anil of ankle hnKth. "That we call Upon society wo men or America everywhere to baud together to condemn such vul gar fashion of women's appurel that do nol (end to cultivate lnnato modesty, kooU taste or good mor als. "That In tho IntereFt of futuro public health und efficiency, wu pray that the comparatively new fashion of cigarettes be abandoned In that reserves from health eui ital, espended to frave lh living organism from perils of poison In evitably lead, sooner or later, to physietul bankruptcy und race de getieraey. "That wouien'M eolleaea whoso in Ik- ton It Is to teach what befits Klrls for futuro life, via: lire's ureal est asset, normal phystctut health, could aid in dlclpllno by dlMiutxsing those who rufusu to conform to cotkgo rules' ,
