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
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' 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' ,