VOL.. LVI NO. 17,500.
PORTLAND. OREGON, SATURPAY, DECEMBER 23, 1916.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
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2 KILLED, 3 HURT
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St. Vincent's Chaplain
and Woman Are Dead.
HOCKEY MANAGER HIV DIE
Auto Attempts to Pass Street-
' i r t j. rt-j..' '
CRUSH
f cars, is uaugm Between
I wo ana mangiea.
RAILROAD AGENT HURT
Driver Lays Blame to Wet Pav
ing, Saying, Wheel Entered
Groove and Skidded.
OUTSTANDING FEATURES OF"
FATAL JITNET-STREET-CAR
WRECK.
The Dead. .
Father - Alexander Cestelli,
chaplain St. Vincent's Hospital.
Mrs. J. J. Chambreau, 186 East
Thirteenth street.
The Injured. '
Edward Savage, manager Port
land hockey team, probably frac
tured skull and cuts. v '
R. V. Holder, of San Francisco,
cuts and bruises.'
Norman Myers, E012 Sixty
eighth street Southeast, driver,
cuts and bruises.
The Cause.
Jitney attempting to pass one
streetcar is crushed between it
and another from an opposite
direction on Washington street
between Fourteenth and Fif
teenth streets.
Time. ' w
, 2:35 o'clock Friday afternoon.
"Rev.. Father Cestelli, . 7Q years old.
chaplain at St. Vincent's "Hospital, and
Mrs. J. J. Chambreau, 49 years old,
186 East Thirteenth street, were fa
tally injured and Edward Savage, 35
years old, manager of the Ice Hip
podrome and the Portland Hockey
team, who lives at the Lucille apart
ments," was possibly fatally injured
when a west-bound jitney driven by
Norman Myers, 5012 Sixty-eighth
street, Southeast, . was crushed be
tween two Twenty-third street street
cars on Washington street, between
Fourteenth and Fifteenth streets, at
2:35 o'clock yesterday afternoon.
The driver and one other passenger j
JR. V. Holder escaped with slight in
juries.
Victims Die an Hour Apart. '
Father Cestelli died at the Good
Samaritan Hospital at 4 o'clock and
Mrs. Chambreau, wife of J. J. Cham
breau, a public accountant, died at the
same hospital at 5 o'clock.
The driver of the jitney escaped un
injured with the exception of
scratch on the head, ' a cut lip and
inned hand. Mr.'Holder, who lives
at San Francisco, the other occupant
of the jitney, sustained a cut on the
hand and a slight cut on the leg.
Following the accident the driver
was taken to the police station by
Patrolman R. H. Field, where he gave
a statement to Chairman H. P. Coffin
of the Safety First Commission
Myers was not held after the pre
liminary investigation.
Cars Crush Jitney.
The accidenthappened when ihe
jitney driver attempted to pass around
the west-bound streetcar- and was
caught between it and the east-bound
car. The rear end of his machine.
which was occupied by Rev. Father
Cestelli, Mrs. Chambreau and Mi
Savage, was crushed together like so
much cardboard.
The front end of the machine did
not receive the impact of the street
cars and was not badly damaged.
This, it is believed, is all that pre
vented Mr. Myers, the driver, and
Mr. Holder, who also occupied the
front seat, from serious injury also,
Chaplain's Skull Fractured.
Immediately following the accident.
Rev. Father Cestelli, Mrs. Chambreau
and Mr. Holder were- taken to the
Good Samaritan Hospital by the Am,
bulance Service - Company. Edward
Shafer, driver for the Portland Fish
Market, "took Mr. Savage to the St.
Vincent's Hospital.
The west-bound streetcar, No. 615,
which struck the jitney, was operated
by Conductor L. W. Jones, 400 North
Twenty-fifth street, Mid Motorman H,
(Concluded on Par IS. Column 4.)
FORMER PRINCESS
LEAVES MILLION
WLLIi OF CLARA RICCIAKDI, XEU
WAltD, IS FILED.
Husband and Two Children In Italy
Receive Practically All Cousin
in Chicago Gets $15,000.
CHICAGO,-Dec. 22. The will of Mrs.
Clara I Ricciardi. formerly Clara o
Riquet, Princess de Chi may. formerly
Clara I Ward, and a petition for let
ters testamentary were filed in the Pro
bate Court here today by John W. Cary.
The petition recites that th estate is
worth approximately $1,124,935.96 in
personal property, and S50.000 in real
estate,, practically all of which is leil
to Giuseppe. Ricciardi. who is in Italy.
Marie, a daughter, and Joseph de Chl
may a eon, who resides in Paris.
Mrs. Clara I Blakeslee, of Chicago,
cousin, receives a bequest of 115.000.
Under the terms of the will, the estate
is to bo divided into three trust funds
for the benefit of the husband and two
children. The will was elgned in 1304.
Mrs. .Ricciardi died in Italy several
ays ago. tShe was the daughter, or li..
B. "Ward, a millionaire shipbuilder, of
Detroit. Mich.
COINS CARRY NEW DESIGNS
Denver Mint'' Begins Turning Out
.150,000 Half Dollars Daily.
DENVER Dec. 22. The' Denver mint
today began turning out the newly
esigned half-dollar pieces, and for an
indefinite. period will coin an average
of more than 150,000 pieces dally.
The new coin bears the full length
of the Statue of Liberty, with the
Stars and Stripes flying to the wind
as a background. . Branches of oak
also are imprinted. On the reverse
side an eagle is perched high on a
rag. wings unfolded. The coin bears
the customary lettering.
TREATY IS RATIFIED AGAIN
Danish King and Cabinet Take Final
Action on" Island Sale.
COPENHAGEN, via London. Dec. 22.
King Christian in the Cabinet Coun
cil today ratified the treaty providing
for the sale of the Danish West Indies
to the United States.
This follows the passage by both
Houses ef the Danish Parliament or
the bill for- the ratification of the
treaty. The exchange of the ratmca
tion instruments will take place in New
York, probably towards the . end of
January.
EACE MEETING PLANNED
Monster Demonstration to Hail Com
ing of New Year.
NEW YORK. Dec. 22. Monster
peace demonstrations, at which will be
read a manifesto "from the American
people to the world "In the cause of
peace," will be held at midnight on
New Tear's eve in Chicago, Denver.
San Francisco and ' this city, it was
announced here today by the Ameri
can .Neutral Conference Committee.
At each meeting a community chorus
ill ring out the present year with
song.
PEANUTS CAUSE OF. FIGHT
Lents Man Says Conductor Beat Him
lor Mussing Up Car.
H. P. Kickenapp. conductor on the
Mount Scott line, has been arrested on
a charge of assault and battery, sworn
to in the District Court by Roy Craw
ford, of Lents. '
Mr. Crawford scattered peanut shells
on the floor of the car several nights
ago. He said the conductor flung him
broom and told him to clean up the
mess he had made, and that when he
refused he was attacked. He exhibited
two black eyes. .
CRACK SHOT PLAYS SANTA
Pendleton Officer Gives Turkeys and
Geese to Poor.
PENDLETON. Or., Dec. 22. (Special.)
A number of Pendleton families in
meager circumstances are Joyful to
day that Lou Rayburn, a night officer,
is a crack rifle shot.
At a trukey shoot held yesterday
Rayburn secured nine turkeys and
three geese. He immediately turned
these over to Chief Guardane to give
to needy families in the city for the
Christmas dinner.
WILSON PARTY COMPLETED
President to Give 125 Turkeys
White House Employes.
to
WASHINGTON. Dec. 22. The family
party which will celebrate Christmas
with President Wilson at the White
House was completed tonight with the
arrival of Francis B. Sayre and his
wife, daughter of the President, with
their two small children.
Arrangements were made for the dis
position tomorrow of 125 turkeys to
married employes of. the. White House.
POLICE TO HAVE COLLEGE
s
BerkeleyChlef to Open Only Insti
tution of Kind on Coast.
OAKLAND, CaL. Dec 22. A police
men's college will be opened In Berke
ley. in 1917.
Chief of Police Vollmer will direct
the new institution, the only one of its
kind on the Pacific Coast, which will
have a faculty of 14 men. prominent
as lawyers, physicians and educator)
BRITISH
SUSPICIOUS
OFWILSOH'S MOTIVE
"Something -Behind"
,Move is Sought.
-
LANSING'S SLIP IS STUDIED
' "
Secretary Believed by Some
to Have Let Cat Out of Bag.
PRESS SHARPLY CRITICAL
London Globe Solicitous for Presi
dent's Health League to Insnre
Peace , Declared Already to
Be In Existence. '
LONDON. Dec. 23. The morning news
papers again are giving ample space to
President Wilson's note, assiduously
seeking to penetrate any possibly con
cealed motive that may have led the
President to what is considered here a
most inopportune movement.
According to the Washington corre
spondents of London newspapers the
opinion in the United States as well as
here is that there must be "something
behind it,-.' and it is the opinion of
many of the newspaper writers ' that
this fact was Inadvertently revealed
by Secretary of State Lansing when he
referred to the United States as on the
verge of being drawn Into the war
Submarine Activity Indicated.
The suggestion Is put forward by
some of the writers that what would
possibly so involve the United States
would be a resumption on a ' still
greater scale of Germany's submarine
policy.
The passage in the President's note
to which he professes to find the alms
of both belligerent groups identical
and his qualifying phrase In the con
text, "as stated in general terms to
their, own people and to the world,"
for the most part is ignored, except in
the columns of newspapers of pacifist
tendencies. It cannot be said that to
day' it press opinions show less opposi
tion to the Prealdent-ation than those
of yesterday. . -
.' King's Speech Is Answer.
The Morning Post' says the King's
speech in Parliament yesterday was
perhaps the best answer that, coald be
made to "the President's amiable pro
posal. Alluding to the President's be
lle; that the nations are ready to wel
come a league of peace, the newspaper
says:
"With our experience with, these
leagues of peace behind us, we should
think twice and thrice before throwing
over trusted allies in order to put our
fortunes to the vote of Guatemala,
Haiti, Slam and other nations, large
and small, which would compose such
a federation." .
The Dally News, one of the most fa
vorable of the newspapers to President
TVilson, says editorally that the recep
tion of his note was respectful but un
compromising. "What had to be said
has been said, for the most part in
language which America will neither
misunderstand nor resent, it adds..
The Daily News think? the result of
(Concluded on Page 4, column 1.)
I I r - v fc- 1 ' HURRY VOHNq "
SHOot-o W& -T . 0k. IT SE.HO TH
iMiMir iriwAjj &.J 11 -5 ff3"Mx" J CTOHESEZ SOME-
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$4000 IS TAKEN BY .
LONE BANK ROBBER
CASHIER LOCKED TTP TILL
HIGHWAYMAN ESCAPES.
Hold-Tp Rides to Town Horseback,
Gets SI oney and . Takes Leave.
Abandoned $2 000 Recovered.
I . "
NORTH YAKIMA. Wash. Dec. '22.
The Bank of Bickleton, 20 miles south
j west or Ji
.ST
I th hank
west of Mabton. Wash, was robbed of
today by a lone robber, who
town on horseback, held up
the bank and escaped
The robber compelled S. A. Rossler.
the cashier, to hand over the money,
and after locking Rossler In a room,
mounted his horse and rode away.
A posse was formed as soon aa Mr.
Rossler could free himself and give the
alarm.
The robber's abandoned horse was
found by the posse tonight 30 miles
from the scene of the robbery. The
bandit had ridden the animal -until it
was exhausted and then had. continued
Ms flight on foot. The p.osse was said
to be in close pursuit. -
Two thousand dollars which the rob
ber Jeft behind when, he abandoned his
horse was recovered.
LOGGERS PAID AT HOQUIAM
About 2000 Men, Off for Christmas,
Draw $300,000.
HOQUIAM, Wash.. Dec. 22. (Spe
cial.) By-tomorrow evening it Is esti
mated at least 2000 loggers will have
arrived in Hoqulam from the camps in
this Vicinity or operated by Hoqulam
companies. The influx began today.
as most of the camps closed down last
night for the Christmas holidays.
Practically all of the, companies are
paying off in the city and the payroll
paid out today, tomorrow and Satur
day will be the largest in the history
of the city for loggers. Estimates piace
it at well over 3300.000.
. It is indicated that the greater num
ber of the loggers will remain on the
Harbor for their vacation.
$36,000 PAID FOR FARM
Prospect Tract Near Stanfleld Is
Bought by D. R. Wood, of Weston.
PENDLETON, Or.. Dec 23. (Spe
ciaL) The old Prospect farm, near
Stanfield, one of the oldest in Umatilla
County, today again changed ' hands,
David R. Wood, of Weston, buying it
for 336,000 from William Robbing and
wife, who purchased the place about a
year. ago. . .
The farm consists of 1600 acres of
wheat land, Robbins took In trade as
part payment a house and lot in
Westqta, a chp mill and warehouse in
Weston and a house and lot in Milton.
At one time the place sold at nearly
373,000.
PUPILS' MADE FOR EYES
Artificial Means Restore Sight
Woman -Long Blind.
to
. LOS ANGELES, Dec. 22. (Special.)
Through a marvelous operation. Airs.
Susan B. Johnson, of 113 Charlevloux
'Street, Pasadena, has regained her
sight. Artificial pupils' have been made
to allow the light o penetrate and
focus on the retina. Removing a small
section of the iris, the surgeons made
artificial pupils abovo the natural ones
and opposite the clear part of the
cornea..
Tho bandages were removed today
and Mrs. Johjison saw clearly for the
first time In her recollection.
THE LAST-DAY RUSH IS ON TODAY.
TITI F Tfl KM HVnF I
hill. iu uuu muL.
ACRES INvALlDATtu
Judge Galloway Finds
Fraud in Entries.
37,000 ACRES ARE AT STAKE
Decision in Linn Case Is First
in Seven Actions Pending.
STATE MUST RETURN $1.25
Court Does Not Decide Whether In
terest Devoted to School Fund
Since 1898 Also Bo Repaid.
State Is Not Negligent,
SALEM. Or., Dec 22. (Special.)
Judge William Galloway. In "the Circuit
Court here late today, decided that title
to 600 acres of land In Linn County was
obtained by F. A. Hyde and his associ
ates through fraud and collusion and
that the title In equity to such lands,
because of the fraud and collusion, still
is vested in the State of Oregon.
But. he determined, that the 31.25 an
acre paid to the state for the land
should be repaid The money has been
a portion of the state school fund, bear
ing six per cent interest. As to
whether the interest 'which the state
has received on this money should be
repaid as well is still to be decided
when the findings of fact and conclu
sions of law are signed by the court
next Wednesday.
37,000 Aon Involved.
While the cause in question Involves
only 600 acres of land, the decision is
of widespread interest, as this Is"" the
first to be decided of the seven Hyde-
Benson cases, which have been sub
mltted by Attorney-General Brown and
Assistant Attorney-General Bailey. All
told, the cases involve 37.000 acres of
land situated In Linn. Lane, Clacka
mas, Hood River, Crook, Klamath and
JoBephlne counties.
If the lower court's contention that
the 31.25 an acre should be repaid from
the state school fund, proves to be cor
rect on appeal, it will take from the
fund approximately 346.250, with the
possibility of repayment of - six per
cent interest on that amount running
from 1898.
10,000 Acres Patented.
The court found that Hyde and his
associates, through "dummy" entrymen,
obtained 47,000 acres . of school lands
in the state. Before the fraud and
collusion were discovered the United
States had patented 10.000 acres of the
land, and this was disposed of by Hyde
and his associates, and the land for
leuea as lar as ine state was con
cerned.
Using the lands as. base for lieu se
lections, Hyde and his associates ex
changed the lands in this state for
those in other states, the land in ques
tion being exchanged for lieu selec
tions In Montana, the court said.
The defendant contended that title
to the lands having passed to the Fed
eral Government the United States
should have been made a party to the
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white Christmas
SEEMS IMPROBABLE
COLD, HOWEVER, IS FOLLOW
ING IX WAKE OF c:t.t:,
Storm Now Appearing In North Pa
cific May Swing Across Country.
Temperature Will Be Mild.
v .
"WASHIXGTON-. Dec 22. Colder
weather will overspread the East to
morrow In the wake of a sever, storm
which swept up the Atlantic Coast
today, accompanied by rains and strong
westerly 'winds reaching a Telocity of
84 miles at New Tork and 56 miles
at Norfolk.
Warmer weather now over th mod
erate West will move eastward Sunday,
says the Weather Bureau, but a storm
appearing . now In the North Paclf lo
and likely to swing- across the country
makes Christmas weather uncertain.
There probably will be no snow In
the East, however, and temperatures
will be moderate, weather men say.
NEW TORK. Dec 23. A 72-mlle gale
which followed a thunder storm and
Spring-like weather early today, played
havoc - with telephone and telegraph
lines In the Metropolitan district to
night. The high winds were reported
general In the terrftory between New
York. Buffalo, Pittsburg and Wash
ington. Pedestrians In the streets here were
kept busy dodging heavy signs blown
from their fastenings or plateglass
windows shattered by the wind. Nu
merous men were run down by auto
mobiles while pursuing their hats.
tloned around the municipal building, I
the Flatlrou building and other "sky
scrapers" to rescue persona whirled
into danger by the force of the gale.
BAKER? Or, Dec 22. Hopes that
Santa Claus would get back on schedule
time on the transcontinental mail from
the East went glimmering tonight when
O.-W. R. & N. No. 15 was 'reported
eight hours' late. It Is due In Portland
at 7 o'clock tomorrow morning, but
will'not arrive until afternoon.
Eastern snow and railroad congestion
will probably delay all trains from the
East Portland-bound until after Christ
mas. LUMBER WAGES INCREASED
Association Announces Immediate
and Widespread Advance.
CHICAGO, Dec. 22. Employes In the
lumber trade throughout the country
will receive an immediate wage in
crease. .from 8 to 10 per cent,, E. E.
Hooper, president of the Lumbermen's
Association,, announced here today.
.Both, union and nonunion workers
will reeclve the increase.
NUN LOSES LIFE IN FIRE
Cathedral, Convent and Bishop's
Palace at Quebec Burned.
QUEBEC, Dec 22. Fire today de
stroyed the Roman Catholic Cathedral,
tne convent or the French nuns and
the bishop's palace at Clarke City.
beven islands. One of the nuns lost
her life.
A gasoline lamp explosion was held
responsible for the blaze
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
lESTEBDAra Maximum temperature, 43
aegraes; minimum, 3v decrees.
TODAY'S Rain; fresh southerly winds.
Xarelrn.
French In Wlleon's peace note direct
mruei at wrmtny, r&ce 4.
Germany halls Wllaou's I ace note with Joy,
Page 4.
British auapect "something behind" Wllaon'a
peace move. rm x.
National.
Secretary Lane likely to eo to Supreme
fencn eoon. fas Z.
Shipping Board la nominated. Pas IS.
Consreaa takea recea. Pmg 2.
Washington waiting on development ot
3rtu.n opinion or peace move. Fag 5.
Mr. McArthur aoorea war Department for
arlay la aiding ttuardamen'e famlllea.
rage 2.
Domentte.
Consul-General Bopp admits existence of
lange war xuna out denies illegal uae.
fag. a.
Former Prlnceas Chlmay leave million
dollar estate. Paxe 1.
Ruins of Kansas Masonic Horn hold mora
bodies, fag O.
Christmas will not be white one. Pag 1.
Sport a.
McCredl buys Mark Hlgbee of Qulncy club,
l'age 14.
Oregon and Multnomah soccer gam today.
L.eo Johnson gets decision over Joe Gor
man. Page 14.
Joe Tinker and Thomas "Wilson, of Chicago.
buy control lit Columbus club. Pag 14.
Parifio North west.
Hyde title Invalidated. . Pag 1.
Keattle whisky ring indicted. Page 8.
Oregon University regents to hold meeting On
Tlnances. l'age t. i
E. E. Brodl returna. Page 38:
Lone bank-robber gets $4po0. Page 1.
Commercial auid Marine.
Stronger Inquiries from East for Northwest
ern wheat. Page 111.
Chicago market higher on heavy export bay
ing. Page 19.
Wall-street -stock losses of midweek; ar re
covered. Page. JS.
Portland lumber goes to China via Vancou
ver. Page 18.
Portland and Vicinity.
Christmas spirit captures Portland. Page Tu
Cars crush JUney; two dead, throe hurt.
Pag 1.
Public welfare bureau needs S90O today to
reach viu.iuu mil k. fag v.
Jitney reirulatlon taken from Daly, glveo to
Mr. Dleck. page u.
Same traffic to mov despite embargo.
Page 16.
Japanese capitalists touring United States.
visit Portland, rare is.
Judar McGinn upholds home manufacture
of wine for consumption there. Page is.
Inmates of Portland Institutions will be
remembered coristrr.aa. page 12.
Fleischner. Maver A Co. insure all em
ployes as Christmas gift. Page 12.
More Christmas bonus announcements are
made. Page 1.
Pulton Park children have Christmas cele
bratlon. Page 13.
Children of Kern wood School bestonr gifts on
youngster In nospitals. Pag 13.
Broadway Theater opens tonight. Pag 13.
Weather report, data and forecast. Pag IS.
CHRISTMAS SPIRIT
CAPTURES PORTLAND
Armful of Bundles Is
Hailing Sign
CROWDS DISREGARD WEATHER
Mistletoe Purchases Chiefly
. Made by Women.
TOUCHING STORIES CROP UP.
Store Santa Clans Is Center of Cnl
erse for Children 3Iany Poor
to Bo Made Happy Salva
tion Lasses Faithful.
BT BEN HTJR LAJrPM.VN.
The Christmas Spirit has concluded
Its ' skirmish, advanced with a rush,
and completely captured Portland.
There Isn't a street in the downtown
country that does not flaunt its holly
and happiness through the gray De
cember days, and far into the province
of night.
A very nimble sprite is the Christmas
Spirit. It. Is well that this is so. for
how else could it contrive to be every
where at one and the same time? Bear
in mind the meanderings of Scrooge.
whose shriveled heart bloomed at the
eleventh hour, and believe that there
Isn't a soul In" all the city upon which
some portion ot the spirit has not de
scended.
Crowds Tramp Blithely.
Tou need not walk a block to know
it. The cheery crowds tramp blithely
through the weather, with a singular
something Irs their eyes, and their arms
embracing bundles. Lips are pursed
to whistle or ready to smile, and one
might search a thousand faces to find
a single frown.
There are so many tales to be told of
the Christmas Spirit, of the pranks It
plays and the errands it runs, and the
unhapplnesa it searches out to remedy,
that the difficulty of stalking down
the sprite Incomes at once apparent.
However -
Women Buy Mistletoe.
"Holly wreaths! MIstletoo and
holly!" The pavement vendor filled
his lusty lungs with drlrzle and cried
his glistening holly and the gray
green relic of the Druids. A young
woman approached him, regarded the
assortment with meditative brown
eyera selected a mistletoe bough.
counted her change and was gone.
'.'Ho, the men are the marks," com
mented the merchant. '"Gimme this
and that' Is what they say. They
never ask the price. They'd as soon
spend SI for mistletoe as not. But
say. it's the girls who buy the most
mistletoe. That's straight! Mebbe
only a dime's worth, but they buy It."
He raised one eyebrow perilously and
dropped the other in token of amused
appreciation. "Holly wreaths! Mistle "
Someone in purple and furs saluted
him with the cold ejuery, "How much?"
Toyland Busiest Flace.
All elevators In the big department
stores discharged their heaviest trafflo
at the floors of Toyland yesterday and
for several days before. And the sales-
omen smiled ttredly as the grown
ups gravely tried tne toys. nlalng
their obvious delight at the mechanical
miracles. . ,
The toy business is greatly Increased
over that of last year, the head of the
toy department In one of the largest
downtown stores declared yesterday.
He accounted for It by the fact that
fathers have more money slnco the
state went dry.
"When they quit buying booe they
began buying toys," he declared.
All yesterday the stores were
thronged with holiday shoppers, and
the aggregate business Is said to far
exceed that of last year. Despite the
Christmas rush, the saleswomen, on
whom fell the burden of delay, met
the trying situation with smiling faces.
And the smiles, be it said, were
genuine. .
Saata Claaa Holds All.
But the absolute center of the uni
verse for the children, for the little
ones wtih lisps and curls, was the
home of Santa Claus and the amazing
white whiskers of him. As each stor
had engaged the old fellow's services.
and as each Claus was somehow dif
ferent from the others, there was, it Is
to be feared, an element of doubt born
in many an infant mind at the second
introduction.
"Now what do you want old Santa to
bring you?" boomed the voice that had
thrilled a thousand children. The wee
maid with the blue bonnet regarded
him In some surprise. Then under
standing came to her. "You needn't
bother," she said politCly. "I told your
son down at th" other store"
Cashiers in big stores are very busy
now, and this one was no exception.
Tet he leaned toward the boys, a pair
of them. "May we see my mother's
bill?" asked one, and gave the name.
Item Can't Be Fenad.
The cashier found and handed It
over. Excitedly; they bent their heads
above It, tracing down the list of items.
There was disappointment, touched
with hope that dies hard, "on the face
of the boy who had asked. "It isn't
there." he naively explained to the
cashier. "She must have paid cash
for it."
The man brought the clock back. It
w"hs a good clock, a highly desirable
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