sura emus
FOLK
How the Good Saint Visits
Those Who BuOor Him
Would Hunger on Christ
mas Day Ten Million
Such in This Land.
By FREDERIC J. HASKIN
(Copyright, 1808, by. Frederic J. Haakln.)
Washington. . Dec. .'24.-It has been
estimated by charity statisticians that
there are at least 10,000,000 people In
me tinned eta tea wno are ' pooriy
clothed. Improperly housed, or underfed.
In nearly, every principal city of the
country one person' out of every five or
nix gets municipal or private aid at
some time during the year. There are
over 80,000 people, enough to populate
a city like Richmond. va locked up
in prison, and as many more rind them
selves in the almshouses of the land.
With such astounding figures of pov
erty before , them it la little wonder
that the great charity organizations of
i.iie imuuu are muvnu iu aeupvai . uny,
and that they work so hard and so
faithfully to banisk the pains of povert:
least one day in me year. wit
more than 6.000,000 hearts oppressed
by the smothering, pangs of want, there
is muo wonaer mat tne great neart ox
the nation rises responsive to the call
and gives food, raiment and cheer to
the struggling; underworld, acquainting
it with the blessings of plenty during
tne aay ox worm wwe rejoicing.
Everybody red on Christmas.
In every city In the land the Salvation
Army and other charitable organizations
have arranged, to feed all who are home
less, and to provide "baskets for the
poor homes where - Christmas cheer
might not be known but for their work.
New York takes the lead in this direc
tion. The home of the richest people
of America, that city la no less the
dwelling place of the poorest of the
nation s population. Always at ine-neaa
of the procession In the extent of Its
charities and In the relatlveproportion
of its aid to the poor,. New Xorft-lurns
out on Christmas day to go her own
record one better, and to outdo the
whole world In deeds of kindness.
Perhaps no less than 100,000 souls
In that metropolis - know the joy of
Christmas time through the hands of
strangers, moved by that little touch
of sympathy which makes the whole
world kin. vNot even the poorest steer
age passenger who has just landed In
this home Of hope Is forgotten. Last
vear there were a full thousand Imral-
g rants at EUls island. Through the
ountiful thought of that little sister
uf the poor, Miss Helen Gould, every
one of them had a Christmas dinner
that might have delighted the king in
the land from which they had come.
Each child received a toy and each adult
a carnation. Thus were they given a
taste of that whole hearted helpfulness
through which millions have trans
formed their lives from . poverty ruled
existence to affluence and useful citi
zenship. " '. .
Other Cities That mememher.
. In the great west liberality at Christ-!
time is notable. in Denver, hit.
5 FEEDS THREE Oil
DIHE PER DIEM
Woman .-Whose: Hus
band Left Her,
almost . every race, tongue and religion
known to civilisation. The Chinaman,
the Hindu, the Hebrew and the Turk
vied with the Christian 4n the openin
oi nis neart en tnat day. -
Santa Clans Breaks m Strike. . .
A western fuel and icon company not
long' ago gave- a wonderful leason in
Christmas wholeheartedness. . , It em
ploys 80,000 men and they were on a
strike as Christmas time rolled around.
As the day approached It began to loon
as a giooniy 1-nriBimaa was in mora i . n a eC ' T 1" 1
for the homes of the strikers. With no! JjraVC ', JjflOrt OlT ft 1 OllSIl
mutiny mm uiQ xiiu iiiuiw i.ikiii m
hand-to-mouth existence, the strikers
had small promise of giving the little
ones the gifts so dear to childish hearts.
The corporation had . maintained kin
dergartens for all the children of thesi
families, and had not closed them during
the strike. When Christmas day dawned
every , child found Itself the poHsesasr
of an invitation to, meet the corpora
tion's Santa Claus at the kindergartens.
They did so, and were given as liberal
presents as if there had been no strike
on.
(Special Dispatch to Tb Journal.) : "
Philadelphia, Dec. ' 24. Christmas ,.1
coming! Listen to a Christmas story;
vWorklsg In a tailor shop at 803 South
It is needless to sav that the dif-1 Second street. Mrs. Sarah Arbotman,
f erenees between ; the corporation and I polish Immigrant, is wasting ' her life
iib muur , wero 1 huuii hojuhihu. .xur iwitn tnn nrrnrt tn iami - tiAraAir ni two
human hearts , can resist such magna-I baby children. She la paid 10 cents a$
Another instance of a large coroora- I . Th. nmn nun uttla heald an nM
tion looking well after the children of thin skirt and a shawl, pinned across
iwmiipiujw it, v uiiomiJiB nmo is ner snouiaers. in tne attie room at vsi
of a South Carolina 'cotton mill. For t Kmiih Romha itrui shm ! uion
some years it had been the custom of there Is no furniture. a Neither is there
the "Mil to have its own Santa Claus for fuel. The cupboard for months has been
the children. But the employes began-to bare. - i ;,
fcI,eve. JLuck1tt1Hy favored of . char- a, kind neighbor takes little Ida and
Ity. After this themiU owners went Keika at Jiigbt to keep them from frees-
to.the officers pf-the Union Sunday ing butthe neighbor has not room for
school, and asked them to raise as much the children and mother too. Mrs. Ar-
they could, saying they would write botman sleeps as best she may, huddled
mwr bwr jm .uj , uww in m- I in a corner or. tne Dare room,
propriate celebration of the day. Fromi jm
that time to this the mill owners havs I .,. BWrweg W , tfle OOUU
seen every child's heart gladdened by It is poor shelter, that room, but it is
the Sunday school Christmas tree, more than possible she may not have
( ' srlnU iMtfutlnni. even that soon. 8he Is months behind In
.. .. f. nt. and only a generous landlord
. ' u,. isuriiy auvuui him i nas kept her rrom being thrown into the
that the private benefactions of the I street. ,
ignited Btates now amount to 1100,000, 1 in the morning Mrs. Arbotman goes to
" " 2mr I' vm worn, ana in tne evening sne returns,
the truth to say that one tenth of this With her 10 cents she buys as much as
?.m".AuXinftnthe1.wChri.e.tma" m0"th- n can to feed herself and the hungry
W th $10,000,00 with which to lend a babes. At night she crouches in the cor-
helplng hand to the Door, the unfortun- nor nf thm nnm .tt. th. ho-v
ow, i.u uuwiiiruuuBu, i is no won- nours or agony snail pass. Then she be
der that they look forward, to Christ- gins another day,
mas as -the gladdest day of all theyear. Mrs. Arbotman does not sneak Eng.
wnentney may, tor tne nonce, forget Hsh, There is no way she can make
their woes In a momentary existence In 1 her misery known except to her eountrv-
tliesunsmne or plenty. I men, and there are few whom she knows
k una ii m ra iwo aays i wno are not ngntlng themselves to keep
from the ranks of crime than in all the w.. .
rest of the year. These two days are I Husband Deserts X.r.
Christmas and Thanksgiving. As ther was only a year ago that the
liberal feasts of those days are eaten I w?n.n wlth r husband and their
by prisoners, they carry with them the I cniiuren came to this country. They
thought that ithe world la kind of heart I had been taught to think of America as
ana mat tois Kindness goes out even I l. Jont wnere au mignt nave pient;
to mm inn languisnes in aurance vue. I vlE' IICU l"" curse ui nussia
Manv nmr sou Ik hnvA uan naw llht I the country Of the free.
on these days, have taken heart and be- Arbotman obtained work at the tailor
come new men la spirit. After ending 8hop, and his wife used to take his
their ' term of confinement they have Iunch to him at noontime. While there
gone out in the world and regained the "he got in the habit of doing little
confidence uiat was lost In an- evil I ""ngs aooui me piace. rne employer
moment. i recugma-a ner mrui ana gave ner 1U
, .T" " D1"rlUtlri . 7Butawage-s were small, and Arbotman
Bright as is the record of Clhrlstmnn 1 fmm,i it- a b,d matter. n
kindness today, there are students of four out of his earnings. Finally he
practical charity who believe that the became Indifferent and left them. The
future has even more in it for the poor, woman was desperate. One by one she
They see in It a gradual return to the sold the few things in her home. So
V ""-w" c". V." J'S" B super- long as ner nusoand was with her they
abundance will out of their store help had two rooms, but she gave un onu
the unfortunate to their feet again, a of them. She continued at her work
sort of evening up at the end of the in the tailor ahon. for it hrni.o-ht h,-
3rer.. " that all may be girded for the the only revenue she had.
battle of life in the year to come. Ren
ator Klkina once said that mankind had
now learned the lesson of accumulation
and that to properly distribute is his
lesson next to learn. He says there is
enough in the world to asstira nvorv
man a decent existence if it is proper
ly distributed. He thinks the lesson
will be a slow one to learn; yet Christ
mas giving shows that the American is
a very apt pupil.
ELECTROCUTION IS A
Paul, Kansas City, Seattle, San Fran
cisco, Des Moines, Cleveland. Cincin
nati, everywhere, arrangements have
oeen maae mat no one ne giMouimii
OI days. in me souui
goes out iu oibck guiu wiiilcs
alike, and Atlanta, New Orleans, Hous
on that day
th heart goes out
ton Titimino-ham. Montgomery. Mem
phis,, Columbia, lead other cities and
towns in making arrangements which
will give' everybody, even to the most
obscure little pickaninny, enough for
whs day's enjoyment, if not more.
Some Cities not ionly provide feasts for
the toor. but ptermit them to dine to
the accompaniment of beautiful music.
Last year the best orchestra in Hous
ton played us cnoicesi bbibciiuiib wmuo
the unfortunates of the city were eat
ing their Christmas dinner.
Every indication is that this Christ
mas will witness a bounttfulness never
before approached. Hard times makes
but little difference in Christmas giving
serving only to increase the liberality
or tne givers. M-i&bi year muc noil
tight along about Christmas, arid the
whole country was In doubt as to where
it would enu. xei u u osumnira luai
the benefactions of that season In such
Cities as New York, Cleveland, Detroit.
Memphis, Houston, St. Louis and Chi
cago were about 15 per cent greater
tnan tliey were me year oeiore.
Those Too Proud to Beg.
Perhaps the people who Xtfel the grind
of poverty most are those finely
wrought souls who have known plenty
and nave Deen Drougni inio contact wiin
chill nenurv bv adversity. Too tjrotid
to beg, too heroic to complain, they
eke out tbelr existence, Keeping - their
poverty hidden. -, This year the organ
ised charities of Washington have made
an especial effort to discover them. In
a quiet way that will give no offense
to the most sensitive they will bring
Santa Claus into their lives once again.
A carefuly prepared and guarded card
index of these cases has been estab
lished, and it Is open for the inspection
of . confidential agents alone. After it
has served its purpose the Index will
be burned.
One ef the most beautiful charttie
of the Christmas time is that of a
prominent clothing firm of Washing
ton. Every Christmas they have the
Associated Charities find them from SO
to J 00 poor boys who have not enough
clothing to keep their little bodies warm,
These are taken to the store and, after
a nice bath, are outfitted -from head
to foot at the expense of the firm, j
Though essentially a Christian lnstl
titlon, Christmas day is non-sectarian
in its helpfulness.. Comfort and happi
ness were dispensed last year In New
York's east Bide to representatives of
Ten cents a day I The woman married
that money. Every penny she had to
spend causea ner a pang. Her chil
dren needed clothing. They needed
food. The mother cut up her own few
garments and fashioned little dresses
zor tne Dames.
Several days ago 'Mrs. Arbotman
complained to the courts, and her hus
band was ordered to pay her J2.50 a
week. That makes 13.10 a week for
three.
Christmas is coming, but Mrs. Arbot
man has forgotten .about Christmas.
STTPTTCQ Q A VQ T? V T ) I? T HP 1 She is lighting with steadily waning
UUvJiOia. OA AO MU Al rail I strength for something to eat for her
' I I..Lj. , . 1 ,
mules, miu iu BiruKKie i cruel.
"We have ao jjoal," she said through
Fact Tat a Man Waa Revived After dren go to a neighbor who has a fire.
Bi,-.i. -.,. x, , I ana so tney won't ireeze, ana with the
bbock Proves Nothing, I)e- I wistful stolidity, if such it. may be
. n ... I called, of the miserably poor, she turned
1 "t ojsiuta. I acain to ner wow or living out. in
civilized Philadelphia, Tom Hood s piti
ful "Song, of the Shirt."
Philadelphia. Dec. 23.-That Onie MILLIONAIRE. WEDDED
M. .... I ' -1 -
'"" ui ii si fiaoaon avenue, Cam
den, was even momntarilv Inminn.
pr that his case approaches those oil
ivBHiiy eiecirocutea persons. Is denied
emphatically by Dr. Edward Anthony j
Spltska, of Jefferson college, who has
aiionuou ra oeuni oy electrocution
i . , ' person in Pennsylvania.
YEAR, TO QUIT WIFE
(Special Dlapttch to Th JmirntH
New York. Dec. 23. Married a little
more than a year, W. Gould Brokaw,
.... -... y u x u,y i van ill. , i ,
Matsgo was shocked hv mmMt.n, 1 worth more than a million and promt-
contact with a trollev CboH i I
den Wednesday evening and was thought I according to report instructed his attor-
i D ,aeai wnen received in Cooper i neys to begin a suit for separation. His
hospital, Dr. Hollinshed. of that lnstl- wife was Miss Mary Blair.
tution. worked upon him for hours, and The short married life of Mr. and Mrs.
8u,';e5led, m revivlng him completely. Brokaw, Judging by the reports reaching
The data -. at hand in the Matsgo the public from time to time, has been
case, said ' -Dr. Spltzka vesterdny of a stormy nature, and on two or three
Tfoye" -nothing for those who claim occasions, the first within five months
ability to revive those who die in the after their marriage, it waa reported
electric chair. - The contact was moment- they were about to separate.
ri the voltage, unknown, the shock There seems to be little doubt this
probably - received . through clothing or time that Brokaw is in earnest, and will
upon a dry' skin. proceed for separation as soon as his
ln electrocution, sponges wet with lawyer can prepare the papers,
salt water' cress unon th ihivi ivij. It t atated hv a close friend of Mr.
surfaces,- and the shock Is great and I and Mrs. Brokaw that a week end party
Srolonged. The tissues are torn asun-1 given by Mrs: Brokaw at their beautiful
er and the Mood chanaul hv in. I cnuntrv nlace. "Nirvana." at Great Neck.
tensity of the current In short there I while Mr. Brokaw was'at his shooting
Is no chance that life may remain." I lodge In North Carolina, is the cause of
ur. ocararaei, or Trenton, proposed to the latest trouDie.
try, to resuscitate the next occupant of Positive orders-have reached Brokaw's
the death chair, but the prison author- manager to at once close theireat Neck
itles have forbidden the test. . ; house.
, i These orders are said to have come as
MILWAUKEE PRESIDENT t.&r$ &XmW'uJu
TiTmvnmfi -nnnnTt-nn an attempt is made to close the house
llJliX UllXa JL ltUUitJliSS win appeal to mo courts.
Vim 2 y v v ' ,V.!I
1 V.K
Store Open Tonight as late as
necessary.
At .close of the largest Christ
inas business we have ever done,
we wish all Portland a very
Merry Christmas tomorrow.
V United Press Leaned Wlml
BeattJ. Deo. 2.H, R. Williams,
..raiuCTu Vi lIlo iwu wauKee road m
Washington, has Just returned from a
tour or InisnAntlnn nt 4h lLTnn.A..i..-
IThe between Seattle and Butte. He
was gone about a week and comes back
riy Biiinusiasuc over tne
WEDS GIRL; RISKED
LIFE TO SAVE HER
fSneelml Dlnnatrh to Th. Journal. I
Fort Plain. N Y.. Dec. 24. A girl's
I fall over a dangerous cliff, a small sap-
made. I ling, a brave youth and a steel tape
Two YnlrnM or th. rAlnmkt. i... vt.rA Mia elements vhuh romhlnen in
viiuso is compieiea, saia Mr. Wil-1 Iorn lna romance oi xaiss Anna a.
liams, "and about 1000 feet of th at I Muench of Philadelphia and Ernest D.
Paul tunnel in the Bitter Root moun-1 Hendrtcks of Kingston, N. Y. They
lams remains to be driven Alnniulwt married in Albany.
there remains the building of less than I Hendricks is a civil engineer, a gradu
BO miles of road, to conneot Seattle I ate of Cornell. Fort Plain waa the
Wltn Chicago. bride's home in childhood. Of late years
"The Milwaukee road will be run- aha lived In Philadelphia with her sta
rting trains into -Seattle long before ter, Mrs. Langdon Casktn, spending her
July 1, but it will be over a green summers at Fort Plain. while wan
track and We will not propose to in- dering along the Mohawk river a few
augurate . service until our track is months ago she fell over a high em
broken in and will afford the greatest bankment with ragged rocks at ihe bot-
comfort to travelers."
FY 4
tin '. -
j ?-Sfl I and Scissors are
l taction or you
Wiss Shears and
Sdssors are built upon
,' a reputation of over 60
t year' standing:. They
recognized throughout the
worlds-even in Sheffield, EngJand-r
the best in shear production. v
VI
guaranteed to give absolute satis-
new, pair or your money
Popular Stylo SOc to $lXXi, BOOorxUng- to ise
Where you see l .
The mSS GIRL SIGN -
That dealer sells the Best Shears and
Scissors for every conceivable use.
torn. Half way down her fall was
stopped by a sapling, and to this she
ciung. Menoxicas nastenea to tne spot,
accompanied by members of his corps,
and with a-steel tapeline sustaining him
rescuea miss Muencn
SENDS PRESEM1 TO
SON; HE IS IN JAIL
(Sneclai TOwntca to Tk. Joansl.l
Philadalohla, Dec. 24. Unaware that
her son, J. Walter Wilson, is in prison
in San Francisco accused of poisoning
his business associate, Mrs. James A.
Wilson of 183 North Twenty-third
street, yesterday racked and sent to
California a box filled with Christmas
gifts. Mrs. Wilson is 70 years old and
an invalid. When news came that her
eon was under suspicion, her husband
nd remaining son kept her in ignorance
oi it. as sne woraea yest
iremoiea a trine.
erday her lip
u
H
1 ''I, had honed he would be homo for
Christmas," s4ie said, vbut I have not
heard from him for nearly a month. I
have written, for a mother, you know,
never forgets to write, even if the boy
is a little careless. But he must have
his Chrltat-friAB atrwlrtna' - - K . jtijt
when he was a little chap."
. i . Holt's Fellow Released.
' (UDlted Prcsa Leued Wire.V
Seattle. Wash., Dec. 24 Thomas M.
Knight, who wai Inlnllv amuM with
James H. Holt of tlie- murder of
Bandsman Henry K. , Johnson at Fort
Worden. has been nlnu from n,
King counV Jail on an order of nolle
prosequi Issued on motion of the United
States district attorney and signed by
Judffa C. H. Hun ford nf th fH.l Mm.
trict court, i The order was Issued on
the ground that ther nnt neri.
clent evidence', to warrant the rovern-1
'ment IB holding. Knight. ' TX
ABSINTHE MUST
FOLLOW OPIUM
1 .
Dr. Wiley Says There Is a
Law for Everything Bad,
Even for Bad Eggs.
(Special Dirostch to Tbm JourniU
Philadelphia, Dec. 23. If you wish to
"hit the pipe" hereafter, yon will be
compelled to travel a few hundred miles
farther than Race street.
Black opium, or smoking opium as It
known to the trade, has been barred
from America. Absinthe is about to be
barred, together with many other
hings that Dr. Harvey W. wuey, cniet
ir the united tstaies Bureau ui ciiem-
atrv. and those associated with him in
the enforcement of the national pure
food and druar law shall decide to be
dangerous to the health of the people
of these United ataies.
The announcement or tnis radical ac
tion by the federal authorities was
made for the first time by Dr. Wiley
n the course of a strong aaaress in tne
uditorium of tne uouege or rnarmacy
n this eltv. An audience that crowded
the large hall, gave the distinguished
speaker applause unu ncuciai iiisun
when he concluded.
Second only In importance to the an
nnnnrement of the advance in the en
forcemcnt of the pure food regulations
gainst opium ana similar riarnuui im
ports, was Dr. Wllejrs vigorous con
demnation of the traffio In rotten
eggs, lie ridiculed the claims that were
u.hn thev were arralarned before Mag
istrate Beaton on Wednesday of this
made by lawyers for the egg dealers
10
week.
Authority to bar opium, absinthe and
similar concoctions is conferred by a
'hitherto overlooked clause of the na
tlonal la which declares it shall be
unlawful to import anything for use
as food or drugs that Is dangerous to
the health of the people of the United
states.
It was at the close of his talk that
Dr. Wiley discussed the trade in 1 rots'
and "spots." as decayed eggs are known
In the trade.
Xational Law Covers Bggs.
"It is well that I should speak to
you a while upon a matter that is at
tracting considerable attention, the trade
in rotten eggs," he said.
"A prominent lawyer," he continued,
"who appeared for the defendants In
these rotten egg cases the other day,
asked for the discharge of his client
on the ground that their trade is not
in' conflict with the national law. I
would like to have that lawyer come
to my office. I would teach him one
detail of his profession in which he la
deficient I will show him the records
of three convictions of dealers In de
cayed eggs obtained under the national
law.
"This same lawyer, I am Informed,
argued for the discharge of his people
because, to quote him again, their eggs
were not-adulterated. Nothing had
been put in them to change their prop
erties, to add to their contents nor to
preserve them. ,
"I have heard of the acuteness of
Philadelphia lawyers, but this one ap
pears to have been a bit too keen. Under
the national law, an article of food Is
said to be . adulterated when from its
volume certain necessary and character
istic ingredie'nts have been removed.
Take from an egg Its freshness and
give to it the odor and taste of putre
faction and the case against the man
wno sens it as a rood is comnlete. We
also say of foods under the scope of
tne national taw mat anything nithy,
putrid or decayed shall be held to be
adulterated under the meaning of the
act. It would appear that the Phila
delphia eggs came under this descrip
tion. "I would say there should be no dif
ficulty in convicting the offenders and
In breaking up the health-destroying
business. To quote a bit of Latin for
the Philadelphia lawyer, I would say
the only thing necessary would be to
bring into court the corpus delicti. The
Jury would not need to hear the evi
dence. It could smell it.
"The national law will not permit the
sale of cold storage eggs under the
general label of 'eggs.' They" must be
labeled "cold storage eggs. The evil of
this traffic Is that the eggs do not get
Into cold" storage until they have been
exposed for sale so long that they are
on the verge of putrefaction.
"I would advise that those who de
sire to enforce the law go into the
bakeries that buy this filth and seize
the stuff before ft gets into the baked
products, and that the firms that use
the stuff be exposed."
Dr. Wiley also spoke strongly in
favor of a higher standard for thos
entering colleges of pharmacy. Eachi
student on entering, he declared, should
be qualified for the degree of bachelor
of science.
In reply to a question. Dr. wuey
said he did not approve of the ship
ment into local option and prohibition
Htntpn unit districts of intoxicants.
"Neither do I approve," he said, "of
the practice of selling such things as
malt extracts In these districts. They
snouiu ue ia,ueieu utsci , n.uu
WIVES GAIN MERCY
FOR BANK WRECKERS
DRESSMAKING NOT
SO PROFITABLE
k Q "TIT.TXTTk TTtt1
e (United Press Leaied Wire.) 4)
Tacoma, Wash., Dec. 24. Find-
lng that dressmaking did not 4
4 pay, Mrs. Sarah A. Campbell
Introduced a "blind pig" into her
establishment as a side issue.
Seeing several persons coining
out of her place wiping their 4
mouths, Building Inspector Heb-
blewalte, who was passing, went
in to investigate, and came out
with a bottle of beer, with Which 4)
he made a bee line to the police
4 station. Mrs. Campbell declared
4 Ignorance of any law that com- 4
pelled the taking out of a license j
4 to sell liquor.'
President Commutes Sentences
Men in Enterprise Crash
Women Get Petitions.
of
my?
my.
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LICORICE TABLETS,
tSfclOtMCKAOES.)
ran COUGHS, a r at n
mot wmt pure srftwsH ucoRict
GLYCERINE TABLETS,
" t Iwf rOCKCT TINS, .
rot tiucr of ?
KOARSdlCSS &THBMT AfTECDONS.
, irnuuuiu di tuuit UKUbulST.
yStiI 6J Broadway, lutemr.
Pittsburg, Dec. 24. President Roose
velt has extended clemency to two for
mer employes of the wrecked Enterprise
National bank. Thev are Edward P.
MacMHlan, who, pleaded guilty to mis
applying funds and making false entries
in the books of the bank, and Charles
Mnnzemer. convicted of the same!
charges. They were taken to the West
ern penitentiary July 6, 1907. The ac
tion of the president In extending clem
ency is due to the efforts of the wives
of the two men. . 1
In the case of MacMHlan, the sentence
has been reduced from six years and six
months to two years and a half..Menze
mer's sentence has been reduced from
five years and 10 months to two years.
The president directs that the men shall
also receive time off for good behavior.
This action on the part of the presi
dent will cause Menasemer's liberation
the last week of next month, and Mac
MHlan will be released the first week
in next July.
This communtation was obtained by
petitions presented by Mrs. MacMHlan
and Mrs. Mensemer last summer, they
having procured the signatures of lead
ing men of Pittsburg, congressmen, a
senator, members of the bar, judges and
others. Both women worked hard for
these netitlons and presented tnem in
person to the authorities in Washington.
- In granting the commutation the pres
ident savs that while he feels that the
men were guilty of violating the banking
laws, nv lanes into consmeranun me
fact that! they had been under the dom
inating influence of T. Lee Clark,
cashier of the bank, who committed sui
cide when exposure of his guilt and his
connection with "Bull" Andrews' Penn
sylvania Development company was im
minent Menxemer was discount clerk
and MacMHlan was the indlviduaUbook
keeper of the bank.
GOES TO PHILIPPINES
TO WED ATHLETE
tSpertal Dtspatck to Tbm Journal) j
Philadelphia, Dec. St. Distance, seas
and continents have no terrors for Miss
Nina Fallin. of 4.123 Walnut street, who
will leave her home Christmas dav on
a trip half way around the world to
marry waiter , i'oweii i.lntou. a civil
engineer In the government service at
Manila. In the Philippines.
Miss Fallin Is the daughter of Ira
8. Fallin, a broker, who has offices at
S3 South Front street. Her husband-to-be
was a student at the University
of - Pennsylvania when she met him.
Jbeavinx college before his graduation.
he accepted the position which took
him to the other side of the Pacific.
From there ho wrote tn his flam
and asked her to make the long trip
to become ma nride.
Union- was a, noted snrlnler in the
Central high school 'before he entered
the university. Miss Fallin. although
bom in Baltimore, has lived In this
city for the last io years. She will
go to San Francisco! by the southern
route and will stay there two days,
sailing January a. On the way to
Manna sue woi ston at the Bnndw rh
islands and, Japan,
Changes in Marines Service.
(United Press Iad Wtre.l
Navy Yard. Puget-Sound. Wash., Dec.
24. The auxiliary cruiser Buffalo,
Commander Boat wick, has arrived with
a draft of 102 marines from the Pa
cific fleet for duty at the local bar
racks. A total of 100 men will be de
tached from duty at the local barracks
and taken to Honolulu on the Buffalo
for duty at the new naval station. The
marine guard at that station is to be
under the command or uaptam b. A.
Ramsey, second in command at
local barracks.
the
Coveted Cop's Socks.
(Unt red Prow Lcued Wlre.k
Seattle, Wash.. Dec. 24. W. L. Ben
nett, who is charged with the theft
of Policeman Prothero's socks, was ex
amined by a lunacy commission and
committed to Steilacoom hospital for
the insane. Bennett is 61 years old, a
painter, and has lived in Seattle three
years. He had been acting strangely
and his taking a policeman's socks was
regarded as convincing evidence of Im
paired mentality.
long join
THROUGH PERILS
Alaska Mining Man Forced
to Traverse Siberian -.
Wastes in Winter. ',
tuuiieu nun Muea n ire. 1 r
Seattle, Deo. 24. Terminating with
the arrival of the Japanese steamship
Iyo Maru at Seattle yesterday, a jour
ney that involved the" covering of
nearly 10,000 miles and subjection to
almost unbelievable hardships. William
wall, an Alaska mining man, has had
a series of the worst experiences of
the year in northern waters. Starting
from Nome, September 1, for Anadir
bay, Siberia, on a trip that was ex
pected to cover no more than two
weeks, and which would permit his re
turning to Seattle with the last Nome
steamer. Hall was cauarht in th i
off Kamchatka peninsula and com- '
pelled to make his way out by a long
and , perilous journey . through Siberia
and along the dangerous . winter coast
of Japan, taking passage - for Puget
vuiiu v . unuiiaiiio, - ,
To make the Journey it waa required
that no less than seven boats be used.
In addition to this difficult transporta
tion the trip involved travel by .rein
deer team, dog outfits, ttack train inH
on foot nearly S.000 miles through the
oiuenan winier. , ,
Catches Thief; Sits on Him.
Cnl tefl Press Leasad Wire.)
Seattle.- Wash.. Dec. 24 After m.
fierce struggle on the' stairs of the
Manhattan hotel at an earlv this morn.
ing, Xt. B. Roush overpowered A he
Meyer, who, he says, he caught In his
room, and sat on htm till the police ar
rived. Meyer was Indeed in th rlt v
Jail charged with burglary.
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