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Heavy Holiday Burdens Are
v Borne Cheerfully.
PATHETIC THINGS SEEN
Children, Waiting at Window In
Vain Hope of Gcttlnjr Pack-
age, Pitiful Sight.
f BT BEN HUR LAMrMAN.
' The mail carrier Is first lieutenant
snd handy man to Santa Claus. aa all
3'ortland knows. 'ie is the man of
the hour, riled hlfrh upon his shoul
ders are holiday burdens that would
Unake a burro balk. There Isn't a
street of" the city that he doesn't
itrudRe, the wind in his face, the snow
(Underfoot.
Years of service have weathered
tils visage to a texture of tan and
wrinkles. Oftener than not he has
Kray eyes, or blue, to match his uni
!form, though the regulations do not
insist. Christmas he knows as few
men do, its happiness and its disap
pointments, for a dozen miles a day
in his route at the yule, and through
hundreds of front doors he catches a
glimpse of the home.
"It's all right with us, this Christ
mas ruBh," said the carrier. "It means
extra hours and more miles, but It
only conies once a year, as the fellow
Bays. There's five to eight times the
usual amount of mail, and sometimes
we. have to make two trips.. But folks
Jiave to get their Christmas packages.
V'e don't kick."
Mall Sorted at Office.
He was sorting mail In the main
office, the papers here, the letters
there, the bundles In another plie, to
Jieap his sack and set out on the
efternoon delivery. It seemed a load
for a pack train, but he said that you
didn't mind It mtsch; at least after
you'got used to it.
"At that," he explained, "I'm lucky.
The boys who have the residential
districts carry twice as muchj Mine
Is different. It's part business and part
homes, but it isn't residential, if you
know what I mean."
The distinction between a residen
tial district and one where people
Just live is marked at Christmas. In
the one there's a packnge for every
door, a half dozen cards and letters
with holly printed on them; In the
other a fair average is a package for
every fifth door, and the packages
don't carry so much postage. There
ere outward evidences, too, of the dif
ference. The houses aren't the same
in any respect, though people live in
Loth.
KI1 Watch at AVindovrs.
"The toughest thing about Christ
mis, to a mail carrier," he resumed,
"is to have to miss so many of them.
The kids all have their faces at the
window, like as If I was old Santa
Claus himself. They Jiggle up and
down with Impatience, and all I can
do is wave at them. Often as not
there's a Christmas tree on the side
porch, and I wonder what'll ever hang
on it. We carriers know the places,
you see. where the men are out of
Work. There's lots of them.
"I've got one home on my route
where there are five children. That's
not uncommon, of course. Five is a
moderate number, seems to me. But
at this particular place the oldest
srlrl she's a cripple is always
watching for me with a port of wist
ful look. She comes thumping down
the Hteps on her crutches and yells
Hello!' and 'Have you got any mail
for us today?' Maybe I have. Maybe
It's a catalog, a circular letter, or
something of that sort. It's never a
Christmas card.
It Isn't Murk of House.
"Last year aiong about Christmas.
I remember, there were those five
kid faces at the window. Isn't much
of a Uou.se. Jso, just stuck up on a
bare lot, and needing paint. This
girl, this crippled kid, la always
l.appy, but when she met me that
day I took a look at her and said.
Sister, what's wrong at your house.'
Christmas time, mind you. And she
fcaid. Well, we haven't had a bite
in the house for three days.' I tele
phoned the welfare bureau from the
r.ext corner.
"I see her every day. They're all
right now, I guea. with the bureau
looking out for them. He's out of
work again. Went to some little
town where he heard there was a
Job. and hasn't found one yet. So
he won't be home for Christmas.
There are lots of homes like that on
my route. The women like to chat
with tiie carrier. They come to the
c'oor and ask about the mall, and then
Just naturally tell him all their trou
bles. You can't do anything but
stand there a minute and say. Yes,
indeed.'
Foreigner Are on Route.
"Another house on my route has a
family of foreigners of some sort.
They're Poles, perhaps; the name
sounds like it. Three or four boys,
and one of them with his foot off,
nd no work for any of the family.
The I'oles are great hands for any
kind of holiday celebration and
Christmas in particular means a lot
to them. Hut they're going to celc-
TODAY'S FILM FEATURES.
Columbia Mabel Normand In
"Molly O."
Majestic l'auline Frederick In
"The Sting of the Lash."
Rivoli Matheson Lang in "Car
nival." Peoples "What Do Men Want?"
Liberty "The Silent Call."
Blue Mouse Priscilla Dean in
"Conflict."
Star William S. Hart in "The
Whistle."
Hippodrome "Hoot" Gibson in
Sure Fire."
Circle Kdna Murphy In "What
Love Will Do."
embrace a
powerful
climax unexpected and
A
THOMAS H. INCE production.
"Lying Lips," comes to the Star
tomorrow. House Peters', who is
a great favorite, appears in the lead
ing role and receives excellent sup
port from Florence Vldor, Joseph Kif
gour. Margaret. Livingston. Edith
Yorke and Margaret Campbell.
The story concerns Nance Abbott,
an English aristocrat, who is engaged
to a man of her own set, but twice
her age. She visits Canada and there
meets Blair Cornwall, a young ranch
man. She falls in love with him, but
cannot reconcile herself to living a
life of hardship as his wife. Nance
returns to England and Blair sails on
the same boat, determined to win her
in spite of her devotion to luxury and
wealth. The ship is wrecked and the
two are left together on the floating
hulk. Nance swears her love for him,
but retracts when a rescue ship is
sighted, and aska him to hide, bo that
she may be found alone. The wreck
age is destroyed and Cornwall, bo
Nance believes, with it.
Conscience-stricken, she returns to
London and prepares to marry the
man to whom she Is engaged. Corn
wall, who has survived the wreck,
appears under an assumed name, de
termined to make her repent her act
of condemning him to death. I "
The concluding scenes of the story Id
Screen Ciosslp.
William Wallace Reid Jr.. son of
the popular star, will be the actuat
ing motif of the Christmas celebra
tion at the Reid home this year. Wally
gets out of character and plays Santa
Claus driving up in a motor. car. A
Christmas eve dinner is always a fea
ture at the Reid home, following
which Mr. and Mrs. Reid hold open
house for their friends.
Although it has been "done" once
before. Frances Hodgson Burnett's
storyaTbat Lass o' Lowrie." has been
chosen for Priscilla Dean'a next, and
It will be elaborately filmed.
Joel Day. who plays . the role of
Abraham Lincoln in the Buffalo Bill
serial now being made, is said to bear
a startling resemblance In many re
spects to the martyr-president, even
without makeup.
Although Lois Wilson and her three
sisters, Roberta, Janice ana con-
stance, and Mr. and Mrs. Wilson come
from the south, they will celebrate
an old English Christmas this year,
for Mr. Wilson is a Canadian. On
Christmas eve the family will hold
open house. The event of the eve
ning will be the burning of the bay
berry candle.
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"William V. Mong. noted character
actor of the screen, has returned to
work after a visit with his mother
in Pennsylvania, whom he had not
seen in many years.
Fans are going to miss Louis Ben
nison from the screen for a while.
He Is leaving to fill a stage contract
in Australia, which will be followed
by a season in London.
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The Associated Advertising clubs
of the world have issued a bulletin
warning that an old film called
Three Musketeers is not the pro
duction made by Douglas Fairbanks.
WASHINGTON. D. C Dec. 22.
Formal announcement of the selec
tion of Eugene Allen Gilmore to be
vice-governor-general of the Philip
pine islands was made today by Sec
retary Weeks. Mr. Gilmore is a pro
fessor in law at the University of
Wisconsin. Nomination of Professor
Gilmore was sent to the benate later
in the day.
Mr. Gilmore, whose home Is in
Madison, Wis., has been prominent in
the legal profession, both as a prac
ticing attorney and as a lecturer and
writer on allied subjects. He served
In the latter capacity for some years
at the University of the Philippines.
Edward G. Davis of Idaho was
nominated today by President Hard
ing to be United States district at
torney for that state and Thomas J.
Smith was named postmaster at Spo
kane, Wash.
Nomination of Elmer Dover of Ta
coma Wash., to be an assistant secre-
brate. for nearly every day those kids I'1"5' f thc treaury ' confirmed
go out to the edge of town, whtn l"
tlie firs are. and cut Christmas trees j
to peddle around. The boy with one DCftMnPC
foot hobbles right along, and It makes rtUWAut
me reel good to see the others wait
lor nim ana Deg riaes to neip mm
gifts for others. He returns after
several miles of door-to-door delivery,
the weariest mortal In Portland. Each
Christmas he hangs up a new record,
for the departmental statisticians to
prank with. Each year he regards
with dubious gratification the head
lines, "Holiday Rush at Tostoffice
Breaks All Records." He Is indis
pensable, and he knows it, but pride
In the service is not a soothing
unguent for sore fct. He establishes
a record for these v.a well.
Previous Record in 1920.
"The previous holiday record for
the office was held by December 21,
1920," said Postmaster Jones, who
used to be a carrier. "It was-eclipsed
by more than $1000 on Wednesday of
this week. Our figures show that
Portland postoffice has transacted a
far greater volume of business this
year than last, or than any other
year.
"Fortunately for the carriers the
ordinary Christmas package is 'light
though bulky. Parcels of more than
four pounds weights are delivered by
automobile. In the old days, when 1
was a carrier, we used to deliver all
our own packages without help. Now
there is one helper to every two car
riers, and sometimes one to each car
rier, according to the volume of de
livery on the route.
"These extra carriers are all se
lected, naturally, from the ranks of !
Jobless men, and the Christmas rush
really means to many of them an
opportunity to meet the season with
a cash reserve. Though we have en
gaged all the extra carriers we need,
more than 100 applicants come here
every d;iy. The postoffice sees Christ
mas from every angle, and from some
that a fellow doesn't like to look at.
Postmaster Jones estimates that the
holiday business of the office will be
at least 10 per cent heavier than that
of last year. Departmental regula
tions forbid tho release of actual fig
ures for the season. :.nd require that
such statements shall be made quarterly.
PRESIDENT AT COXITSnEXCE
CONSIDERS LIST.
IE CUM SELECTED
EDUCATOR IS SCHEDULED FOR
PHILIPPINE POST.
Nomination of Professor Eugene
Gilmore of University of Wis
consin Sent to Senate.
IS ALARMING
along. They must have made a bit
of money, as much as $3 or $4.
"There's another way that any car
rier, in such a district as I have,
would know that Christmas was near,
even if he didn't notice the loads.
The kids are always waiting at the
package box on the corner, at col
lection time, all eager and excited
to see the Christmas packages. Every
last one of them believes that most
of the packages contain cai.dy, and
the bunch begin shouting. "Gimme
some candy!' as soon as I am In sight.
O. course they know I can't, but I
always pretend like I couid. I say
All right. Jump In there and see if
there's any left,' and make believe
I'd lock them in the box.
Children Seen Barefooted.
"The poor little duffers. That's
about as near as most of them will
come to a box of Christmas candy.
Do you know that there are children
out where I go who are barefooted?
I've seen them.
"Don't think for a minute I'd rather
have another route. Mine goes
through one of the poorest sections of
the city, but I'll bet I'm handed more
smiles and gifts and Christmas greet
ings than any of the boys In the resi
dential districts. It's money often,
sometimes a necktie, a handkerchief,
or a few cigars, but it's always 'Merry
Christmas:' The same feeling Is
everywhere. I know all about that.
But it's funny, isn't it. that a carrier
aees more of it along a route like
mine?"
The carrier leaves his station st
morning laden like a liner. He -U
overwhelmed, obscured, inundated by
Federal Inquiry Into Georgia Con
ditions to lie Recommended.
AUGUSTA, Ga., Dec. 22. Peonage
conditions in Richmond county were
declared today by United States Com
missioner Skinner to be "most alarm
ing." He announced thjxt he will recom
mend a federal investigation.
Relatives of Eugene V. Pebs Say
He Will Reach Terre llaute
Tomorrow Night.
WASHINGTON. D. C, Dec. 22
Christmas freedom for war law of
fenders was given final consideration
by President Harding tonight at an
after-dinner conference at the White
House with Attorney-General Daugh-
erty. Announcement of those selected
for executive clemency, it was said,
will be made tomorrow.
At tonight's conference the presi
dent was understood to have gone
over with Mr. Daugherty the digest
prepared by the department of Jus
tice containing' the history of the
197 war law violators and to have
taken up each case separately. It was
thought probable in official circles
that the case of Eugene V. Debs was
considered as an individual case upon
its merits, as were the other war law
offenders.
While it was expected that quite a
number of these offenders would be
granted freedom, high officials main
tained that there would be no general
amnesty extended to war. law
prisoners.
ATLANTA. Ga Dec. 22. Officials
at the federal penitentiary today de
clared no instructions had been re
ceived from the department of Justice
at Washington relative to the release
of Eugene V. Debs, socialist leader,
serving a ten-year sentence for vio
lation of wartime laws.
TERRE HAUTE. Ind., Dec. 22.
Relatives of Eugene V. Debs today
stated they had "reliable information"
to the effect that Debs would reach
Terre Haute Saturday night from At
lanta penitentiary.
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CRANBERRY PRICE JUMPS
Chicago City Council Probes lie
port of Combine.
CHICAGO, Dee. 22. The city coun
cil high cost committee will Inves
tigate the "corner" In the cranberry
market, as the result of an investiga
tion by Russell J. Poole, secretary of
the committee, which disclosed that
the price of the necessary fruit for
turkey sauce had Jumped from J3.S7
a barrel In 1914 to f33 a barrel to
day. The price last September was $12
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MISS -GOLDMAN TRAVELS
Anart-hiNts Face Deportation Back
Into Itusslan Territory.
RIGA, Pec. 22. (By the Associated
Press.) Km ma Goldman and Alexan
der Berkman, the deportees from
America who came here from Moscow
recently, left Rlfta today for Reval.
Kthonia. Berkman toid the corre
spondent they were going; to Stock
holm. They are facing deportation back
to Russia, as their extended permis
sion to stay in Letvia finally expired
today.
mas holidays and will not reopen un
til Tuesday, January 3.
Marshricld Road Finished.
NORTH BEND, Or., Dec. 22. (Spe
cial.) W. M Wohlander laid the last
of the concrete pavine at the Marsh-
field city limits Wednesday, con
necting North Vend and Marshfield
wivh pavement and hooking up with
J8 additional miles to Coquille.
Albany High Beats Turner.
AT.BAN'T. Or , TW. 22. (Special.)
The Albany High school basketball
team defeated the Turner Ilizh school
In a game played in this city last
niirht. 41 to 6. This was the first
game this year in which the Albany
lads have met a team from another
city, and their style of play last
nle-ht forecast n successful season.
Schools Close for Holidays.
ASTORIA. Or., Pec. 22. (Special.?
All the public schools in Astoria
c'osert th's afternoon for the Chrlst-
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Woman's Kstntc $11,500.
ALBANY, Or.. Pec. 22. (Special.)
The will of Laura L. Ambrose who
died at Brownsville November 20. was
admitted to probate in the county
court here yesterday. E. D. Myers,
cashier of the Scio State bank, and
a nephew of the deceased, was ap
pointed executor. The value of the
estate was estimated in the petition
for the probate of the will at $11,500.
Chevrolet Motor Head Dlei.
FLINT. Mich., Dec. 22. Charles M.
Begole, 73. president of the Chevro
let Motor company, and one of the
founders of the Buick Motor company,
died at St. Petersburg. Fla., today,
according to word received at his
home here.
Albany College Begins Vacation.
ALBANY COLLEGE. Albany. Or.-H
Pec. 22. (Special.) Albany college
closed last night for the holiday sea
son and students living in cities
within convenient travel distance
have left the campus for the vaca
tion period.
EXTRA SPECIAL
igarette
Case
As usual the lowest prices
to be foundare at David's.
Sterling Cigarette Cases for
today only
Eegular price $12.50.
DAVIDS
Jewelers and Diamond
Merchants
343 Washington Street at
Broadway
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Closing-Out Sale
Toys and Xmas Goods
All our mail orders are now filled. We
do not want to carry any toys or holi
day goods over into next season.
Therefore we are having- a sale for
Friday andSaturday
big price reductions will be in effect.
Come early argd save money.
BE SURE TO SEE OUR GROCERY SPECIALS
PLENTY of room to park your car no restrictions.
PLENTY of clerks to wait on you.
PLENTY of merchandise from which to select.
PLENTY of bargains to attract thrifty shoppers.
EAST FIRST AND MORRISON STREETS
Oldest Mail Order House in the Northwest
Store Open Until 8 P. M. Saturday (Xmas Eve)
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Christmas Eve
This bank will remain open Satur
day evening, and the bestgiftof all
a Savings Account for one you love
can be opened. Start with as little
as a dollar and we will loan you a
"Book" Savings Bank
In Its Christmas Box
Make Thrift
Your Gift
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State Bank
With which is consolidated the Peoples Bank.
"Where Fifth Crosses Stark