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WEATHER FORECAST.' I v-rr rr V - '-, - . ". . w :J
North Carolina Fair and warmer
TODAY'S MARKETS i
Su-aay. Cloudy; Monday.
TODAY.
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GUI HflllUN r AT W(H TE HOUSE - HIMSELF T0Dft 7- ; P
OF THE WORLD
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French Financier Defines
Present Money
Situation1
the
GOLD FLOWING
TO UNITED STATES
War Has Brought About a
Big Change How Eu
rope Can Make Pay
ments Guarantees are so greatly superior
in value to the credits ,the United
;;: Tt mav have to ODen for 11s
Throughout the war that America
Aviii ri.k nothing. G. De Barone.
i'iom its exclusive news sources
i:i Paris-the International News Ser
vice received today the following ar-vx-W
by G. De Barone, the noted
1 r nch iinancial expert. G. De Baron
n-cosnized
as one of the leading
; -uiliorires on nnance, not only in
Franco but throughout Europe. Since
Un' outbreak of the war he nas
) :nociiy auracieu me attention ot
n i X-J AT A C
nif rkan financiers because of his
Muu.cin.v s .rai-oJ6liuCu r:-"5". Same period in 1915 and ?2,250,ou,uou iUlil,lJ- 111 imuo vi
( .liui; articles on the iinancial status jn 1913 which was the largest total summer cottage occupied by the"cou-
p this country resulting from the j for normal years. iPle at Mountainview, which Small isp
wi.rld .conflict. j November imports were valued at!alleged to have set fire in an effort to
By G. De Barone. C 177,000,000, representing a slight de- conceal the crime. The attempt fail-!
a'.iiiyi-ight, 1916, by International ; crease when compared with those for : ed only by the merest chance. The -;
News Service.) (October (178,700,000) but exceeding body" of Mrs. Small dropped with the
The things that are happening in, by $21,500,000 those for November, . burning floor into the basement, and
the American money maruet at pres-; 1915, and by $35,000,000, or 25 per cent, the head and neck lodged in a pool .
thin are v.-ithout parallel in the finan- the November average from 1911 to of water. The rope, which is suppos-,
c:;-;l history of the world. The United 1915. The eleven months' imports ed to have caused strangulation, was ;
Siates has become the creditor of all: were valued at $2,186,800,000, as ' preserved. The skull had . been
the countries. This has occurred m
French history but only gradually, 1
the transformation spreading over
many years.
It has happened with lightning rap
idity in
America. Before the war ,
the American market was greatly hijVember, 1915.
Kumpe's debt; now it is much morel
... 1 " j I
so tne creaitor ana lor some ume i
ia come this state of things will be -
tm-Hr acceTrtuirtecrf " - - -
I is the speed of this transforms
iori of American money market con
Hiions whereby the country has been
iieatlv enriched, that has caused a
kind of crisis. Up to now the United'
States has alwavg needed European
p.pital and there existed no set of
.-i-j "4.
circumstances enabling it to adapt it-,
self readily to a c
lete change of ;
vole from horrowpr to lender. ine
... .
10 leuuw. inc.
lir.ancial
interests of the country
have not been able to change as rap
idlv as the situation has changed, nor '
h .vo they become adapted to the new 600000 for the eleven months ending lfied success from every point of view
conditions. Hence present evils. - witn November. Like periods of 1915 Ifc was opened January 1, 191o, and
But by the very nature of things e 57 300 000 and $387,000,000, re-; when it closes one week hence it will
America will adapt itself to these5 spectively; while in 1914 there was a ;-have a record of continuous operation
conditions as most other countries net OXuward gold movement of $7,100,- that will stand for all time. The to
have done in their time. Washing- 0oo for the month 'and $169,200)00 for tal attendance approaches close to
ton officialdom settled down to await tne eieVen months. Gold imports in the 4,000,000 mark. It has attracted
action in Europe. November totaled $46,500,000, the investors in almost every line of en-
Americans do not see very clearly smallest with one exception during the deavor, and it has made known to the
just what this adaptation to the po- jast six months, and representing a entire world some of the advantages
sit ion of leader 'consists of and that drop from $122,700,000 in June. Gold which southern California has to offer
is what worries them. They imagine exports in November aggregated $26,- homeseekers.
that their country is different from 500,000, the largest figure shown by' The passing of the exposition will
the big countries of Europe, but this any earlier month of the year. The not be marked by any elaborate liter
difference arises solely from the spe- eleven months show gold imports of ary exercises, but throughout the final
ciai conditions in which America is $527,400,000 and gold imports of $27,- Week there will be a succession of fes
now placed. Economic laws do not 400,000 and gold exports to the value ; tivities. Plans announced by the
change with longitude and the evolu- of $127,800,000. management indicate that the closing
tion of the country will inevitably;' night festivities bn New Year's will
follow upon the introduction and de-ySAILORS AS HOSTS be highly spectacular.
vciopment ot marKet conaiuons. 1 THTUC fun TiRFrVJ
If we want to know what will be 1U IHLLrllLUrxLlN
ihe financial feature of the United! Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 25. ail
s rates we have only to take account ors on the United states battleships
or what has happened in Europe in at the Philadelphia yards were hosts
ih? past. , to-many children today and presented
Americans are asking themselves
if
f ter the war, they will keep the
a
.-old we shall have sent them. They
will retain just the; quantity they
will need for their own 'circulation? j
they will keep no more. Not the sole ;
r asGn for this is that it is a barbar-
ons and unprofitable practice to
' '-ansform one's wealth into gold and
1' ave it in that form. A private man
may do this, but a country cannot,
because the superabundance of money
'okens resulting from' an excess of js onjy one means cease to ask Eu
pold would so deDress interest rates rtehtnrs for rash Davments for
mat capital would seek employment
;t better terms abroad.
H is because of this fundamental
act that countries that are growing a(jopted, if the American market is
rich, that is, who are every year not. kept open more widely to allied
creditors of other nations through loans, the United States must either
their trade balance, are compelled to go on receiving gold or cease export
consolidate their credits bv" buying tn"imurone.
foreign securities. Before the war
v -
1 ranee naa in tms way acquiieu
. j 1111; uin;uuij " -
of foreign securities, yet French cap-
it h1 is not particularly enterprising
.
or anxious to Dlace their money m
distant parts. The fact is it was ab-;
solutely necessary for France to place J
her surplus wealth abroad. j
What France has done the United
States will also have to do. America
has reached a point where a great J
importation of gold would become a (
source of trouble, if not a positive ,
"lunger for the country. j
On our market, ''prior to the war, j
when a similar- situation arose it j
was almost automatically adjusted
ihrcugh the lowering of interest
All Employers .Given a Tur
key By the Nation's Chief
- Executive
Washington, D. C.
youngsters, kin of
Dec. 25. Two
the President,
j-im.- . . .. .. i
"c ' sunas ac tne wmte ,
House today. Th'ey were Helen Mc
Adoo, the President's granddaughter,
and Josephine Gochran, his grand
niece. All of the adults at the White
House, including the President, min
istered to the joys of the little folks.
A heayily laden Christmas tree
stood in the library on the second
floor and -around it the family party
gathered. A jolly dinner closedhe
ceremonies. Every married emnlovel
of the White House had turkey, thej Ossipee, N. H., Dec. 25.-i-In his cor
gift of the President. ner cell in the little Ossipee jail, Frd-
NOVEMBER EXPORTS
1NE-W rHLAJKL. ;
' jwife. Tomorrow the work of impan-i
Washington, Dec. 23.-Exports foreling jury wiU begin and n
U,crci Z tuBuugebL ou ;
AueeuiiiS luuse lor aepiemoer oy
nnn nnn Tho trwi-ov MmmmVini. 00
w Th:77SThe Promises to be the most se
and Domestic Commerce, of the De-
partment 0f Commerce, is' 517,900,000. i
re-iTke total exports for the n months
ended with Novpmhpr -wptp J4 1 200 .
QOO, against $3,195,400,000 for the
against $1,606,800,000 m 1915 and 1,
674,600,000 in 1914, the former high
-record year in imports.
Of the November imports, 66 per :
cent entered f?5e of duty, being about
the same proportion as that for No-'
me united states enicrea upon me ;
loct n-iiriH sF iVin voor uritH o fnrm?Tl
- "" y- JT.w "
jraae 01. jk.xis.vuv.uuv ior -eieveu f
, months and Vith - prospects that the r
year s trade will approximate
WU.UUU 111 Villus. 1.111a csuuioic jo
baed on actual results -for November, i
The favorable trade balance for No-1
$Afi QAft AHA rwr flhnnt
Tw,wv,ww,
twi.ee as uch as for November 1915,
ana iour uuies as muv;ii 10 iui
Vior iQil Tho PTress of RTTinrts over
- ; " " 'a .
rr"T , ; . !
was ii.n.uu.uuu. tuuiyojcu n it.i .
Koo eoo.000 in 1915 and $193,400,000 in;"
. , .
'
i The net inward eold movement total-1
, inn AAA ,,. mnty, qt,
thefia with gifts of toys and clothing
Nearly 1,000 Christmas packages will j
be distributed by religious societies to
sailors on -foreign ships interned here.
:
rates, stimulating our purchases of
foreign securities. At the present
moment the problem cannot be solved
so easily; events are tumbling over
orle another and the ordinary factors
h.ave no time to enter their influenced
rpn ston fnfiated eold imports there !
wnat they buy and either open crd-.
Jits for them or allow them to pay!
stocks. If this system is not
- jn any case, no matter .what their
-w mr
resources may be, tne allies cannot.
Pay CllLll fl y ,111 feuivi i-wx iu
purchases they are making in Amer-
jCa Formerly Europe was in a sim-
M . I
iinr nositiorf in regard to America,
f urnishing for many years the money
necessary for its development. Now
the roles are reversed, but the guar-
antees which nations like France and
England are able to-supply do not
consist merely of their productive
strength, but also of their acquired
wealth.
These guarantees are so greatly su-
p'erior in value to the credits the
United States may" have to open for
us through our war that, America
will risk nothing.
I "I IV -r ::: JWiStK II II- w- 51.t J S I 1 -
Was Despondent Because He
WsaAlone and Without U
Funds
Duluth,
Minn., Dec. 25. With
! cord
taken , from another
wvi-id "S
Christmas package Gust Nelson, aged
55, hanged himself early today in tn
lobby of a hotel here while five meii
stood waiting for the police to arrive.
Nelson is said to have been despond
ent because he was ' alone and with
out funds.
TO TRY BROKER ON
MURDER CHARGE
jerick L. Small, former Boston broker,
I spent Christmas day cogitating on the
charge of first degree murder of his
expected the hearing will be well unP.
d - 7. hofrvro ,, of fha
J .-i.
sational that has taken place in thfe5l
secn .in1.mtany years-;
Tha , indictment accuses Small 'at?
UdJ"6iiui - tuiu stritusieu ms wiie
1, - ..: 1, .i I 1 ,1 .JC X
death. The'burned body of the slairip
crushed in by a blow or blows and the
l j I, j -i x ;n 1 J A
body had been partially burned. A
desire to collect insurance on the life
of the slain w0man js alleged by the
statft to haV furiahed tha motive for
th crime 0nlv a few- months before
the tragedy a joint policy had been
issued on the livcs oE Mr an(1 Mrs.
sii
Small for $20,000
pr
SAN DIEGO FAIR
ON ITS LAST WEEK
San Diego, Cal., Dec. 25. The pres-
. . -r-
ent weeK is me last 01 tne mama-
California international Exposition.
f wt, th0. wrvrt nf wrefVine- thP
, , ..x. .
exmoit paiaces ana &iaie ana loreign
be ben and in a tew
:uioutus an iuai win iema.iii ui me ei
: n :it i iu
... ... , .. .1 .t
position win De a memory 01 us suc-
ce -
SCIENTISTS ARE
TO MEET THIS WEEK
New York, Dec. 25. Several thous
and scientific men, representing the
greatest institutions of learning on
the continent, will be in New York
this week to discuss the progress of
science during the last year. The oc
casion of the gathering is the annual
congress of the American Association
for the Advancement of . Science,
which embraces a score or more of
the leading scientific bodies of Amer-
ica.
At the American Museum of Natur-
al History, at Columbia University
and at various other meeting places
papers will be read on discoveries in
physics; mathematics and astronomy,
chemistry, mechanical science and en
gineering, geology and geography, zo
ology, botany, anthropology and psy
chology social and economic science,
education, physiology and experiment-
ial medicine.
cpDyiprc HPT D FOR
TVtr7 1VIT TT TJvT I A X TTN
. IlNfc,Z. MULHOL.LA.rNL
"Washington, D. C, Dec. 25. In
. , i . 11 . 11. ii i 1
statutory nan oi me capitoi memonai
services were held today for Inez Mil
holland, of Boise, Va., the young suf
frage leader wo died last month in
Los Angeles, by the Congressional
Union. Women from many states, at
tired in suffrage colors" led by a choir,
marched from the congressional room
to the east front of the building.
Mr. Howard Moore, formerly of the
Coast Line general offices here, now
located in Laurinburg, is here for the
holidays.
1 f A i
Here are the principal statesmen,
r- T r,
iiiT3a iu liic uci man peace overtures
David Lloyd-George, Premier of
Great Britain, has announced in Par
lament that England cannot consider
peace until Germany offers reparation
for Belgium. Premier Briand stat
ed in a Speech before the Senate in
Paris that the Allies would make it
known to the Central Powers that "it
No Candidate Can Be Sure Of
Winning; No Candidate
Cah Afford to Overlook
Any Votes.
-x-
THE PRIZES.
$685 Overland Automobile
Ford Automobile.
Carolina Beach Lot.
$100 in Gold.
$75 Victrola.
$50 O. K. Mystic Range.
$40 Sellers Kitchen Cabinet.
$25 Wrist Watch.
Two $60 Diamond Rings.
Fortunately for the opponents of the
nresent leaders, in the Dispatch Con
test, the prizes are not awarded on the
votes cast up to Saturday. The win
ners are not yet decided and as the
contest has five weeks yet to 'run,
there is still plenty of time for the
contestants not in the lead to overtake
their rivals and wind up their cam
paigns in the honor and winning posi
tions. It is not going to bea walk-away race
for anyone. The contestants who im
mediately follow the leaders are fully
as determined to win and fully as en-
ergetic in their campaigns for the win
ning number Of subscriptions and
votes, as those who are in the lead
today. The race is a close one and
wll likely continue so until the end.
So close is the race and so excel
lent the possibilities of the various
contestants that the question of win
ners will remain clothed in mystery
Until settled by. the final developments.
Every subscription, and for as long a
time as can possibly be secured, will
hp nPArt hv tho. mntPRlants who hone.1
; ' I . , i
to win. The chance to secure a single
subscription cannot be overlooked-by !
a
contestant without inviting disaster
at the finish.
No time can be idled away with-
out danger. The contestant who,
through indolence or a too-sure confi
dence, says, "Oh, I don't think I'll so
licit any subscriptions today." tears
down the foundation for success she
so carefully laid and multiplies the
chances in favor of her rivals. She
paves with. roses the pathway of her
oponents, and robs herself of the vic
tory as certainly as if she had ceased
from active effort a day after she be
gan. Persistent every-monument ac
tivity becomes more and more im
perative as the contestnears the end.
While many of-the competitors did
splendid "Vork during the first per
iod, there is --room for improvement
and the indications are that
all of !
them will do much better this period,
Each one should now make out a
new
calling list" and not let a day
nass without adding: to her voting -
strength. There are those whom ;
you did not get to see when you first
called and those who were unable to i
assist you when you saw them.
U El I E 11. i I 8 U a B LIU El B I
nflUL 0 UL00L run HLL
i B 1 1 1 s b a b ill 1 1 1 y 1 a 111 i i 1
( fmp im ttiim 1 .a nil 1 ! t 1
H , i I i 1 I if Bill ' Blill I II B 111 B i Mi B
iiEnU iiy uiv uyru 1 wu I
Make another call on these same'renod.
is impossible to take their request
- l for Peace seriously."
General Thepoff, the Russian Pre
mier, who, like Lloyd-George, is new
in the office, has announced the in
tention of Russia to fight on until all
of the objects of the Allies have been
achieved. Baron Sonnino, Italy's for
eign minister, branded tho German
peace offer as "jnsincere."
CHRISTiS 1Y
The Spirit Is In Evidence Ev -
erywhere The Day An
Ideal One All Happy
A bright, crisp morning, Christmas
Day, opened in Wilmington with pe
culiar appropriateness to the heart of
Wilmington, throbbing, as -always, to
give expression to the bright, beauti
ful Christmas spirit that nowhere is
evidenced more clearly and gladsome-
ly than in this city. j
Long before the smiling sun on j
whose brow one almost felt sure there j'
was a sprig of holly with lovely red I
berries had reduced the morning to
I e famii;ar halmy Wilmington Day
Nil
we ouccw "we piiii.iiuiijr ycxjy i ireignt congesuou uy reuuuiug m
with package-bearing persons, calling cumulation of cars at New Orleans,
on their friends delivering those tok- j Galveston and other gulf ports, it was
ens of the Christmas-tide which en- ann0unced here today. Similar condi
ters so largely into making the oc-!ti j tner citie wiU also be reme-
casion the delightful day it is.
Furthering the Christmas spirit, the
poor have their portion today, the
culmination- of weeks of planning and
execution having delivered at the
home of practically every nome of the
poor in the city generous supplies of
provisions and of the little, unsubstan
tial fancies' that in themselves are
without great worth but without which j
Christmas, would be very poor indeed
The storesand places of business
is all-prevading. Visitors are in the
city for the holidays and many.
KTer. ,o,r oil rsf tTio TXTilmin crtnn
churches are holding services toaay in
, .. n ,,a 00riVoa
, M fiT,trfi, TO,tll rvr?cmnH
. . ' -
The postoffice observed holiday
hours today, and only one delivery of
mail was made.
A large number of social affairs
have been arranged tor tne noiioay
season. Important events of the kind
have been arranged for practically
each evening of the season. The rail
roads have maintained excellent ser
vice through the usual Christmas rush
period, though unable to keep all trains
on schedule time. Service, however,
has' now reached normal again and
will probably continue so through the
season.
Paris; Dec. 25. A Havas news dis
patch from Berne says it is believed
in certain circles there that the Swed-
jish government is about to approach
the belligerents on thepeace subject.
. ...u iti
people and in
ail proDauiuty juu wi ,
be able to secure their subscription.
Many people promised their help after
Christmas, and candidates should bo
sure to redeem an tnese promises uu
lltSIOILL BE
lillOli LATE
Enclosing of Post Cards in
Envelopes Attributed As
the Cause
Chicago, 111., Dec. 25. Thousands of
parcel post sacks are blockaded in the
tunnels here today. Deliveries are
said to be four tor five days behind.
Outgoing malls are considerably, late.
Hundreds of sacks were piled in the
open sheds today.
"Mail will be from two to three
i days late throughout the country,"
jsaid LeRoy Stewart, head of the ship
ipers' delivery division of the post of
jfice. . "One of the reasons for the de-
ilay is that- nearly everyone mailed
Christmas cards in sealed envelopes
this year."
MOUNT OLIVE SCHOOLS
TAKE HOLIDAY.
Mount Olive, Dec. 22. The city
: graded schools here closed today for
i a ten days' vacation, during the
I Christmas holidays. The last three!
days of the present week have been
taken up with mid-term examina
tions. Mrs. Amjr Grantham, 83 years of
age, died at her home, six or seven
miles west of here, Thursday night at
j 10 o'clock. Although Mrs. Grantham
j had well, passed the allotted "three
j score and ten," she continued to en
joy her usual good health until Mon-
dav of this week, when she fell out !
Pof doors, sustaining injuries that
hastened her passings George and
Daniel Grantham, two well known
Mount Olive citizens, sons of Mrs.
x i J !i. L n 1
i uraninam, anu quiie a nuuiuer ui rel
atives in her. home community, sur-
i vive her.
Due to orders that , Postmaster
Eenjamin A. Summerlinthas" jiist re-
I ImW I cetved-ifroir the departments instnic
L"R5; fteK hitoh patffh'-hVtfViuatfifr-:
riers on the five routes leading out
i from this office and to the two car
i riers on the two loop routes, 6 and 7,
J "back rations" in varying ypropor
tions to the amount of $560, these
j servants of the people will undoubt
! edly go about the increased labors
incident to the holiday season with
much lighter hearts.
These "back rations" are due the
carriers as a result of a misconstrue-
null ui tne jjiuvisiuua ul lug puatai
appropriation bill for the fiscal year
ending June 30, 1915, as a result of
which the carriers didn't get as much
as Congress intended they should.
The error is being corrected accord-ia
ing to the provisions of the Act of
July 28, 1916. The back pay is ap-
portioned as follows: Carrier 1, $84;
jno. z, 6z; ino. 6, $tt; ino. ou; in o.
5, $92; No. 6, $96; No. 7, $100.
EARLY RELIEF
HAS
BEEN PROMISED
New York, Dec. 25. Stringent
I measures are to be taken by the Am-
erican Railway Association to relieve
died
It Was estimated here today j
that 10,000 cars are now at gulf ports
loaded with freight.
LIFE OF BISHOP '
RICHTER
Grand Rapids, Mich., Dec. 25. The
death of Bishop Henry J. Richter, of
the diocese of Grand Rapids, who was
stricken with pneumonia, yesterday,
is feared hourly, according to a report
this morning. Last rites of the church!
have been ministered. Bishop Rich-
'. . . . nn n .
ter was Dorn m 6 in uermany.
POPE BENEDICT
PRAISES
WILSON
Rome, Sat. Dec 23, ( Via Paris, Dec,
25, Delayed.) Pope Benedict, accord
ing to reports today, in speaking to
Cardinal Gasparri, papal secretary of
state, regarding the president's note
to belligerents, said:
"It's a document showing the hon
est and . justness and far-sightedness
of the American president'
FUNERAL OF MRS. HEWETT.
Home Services at Delgado Yesterday
Morning.
The funeral of Mrs. Maria Hewett,
who died at the James Walker Memor
ial Hospital Friday night, was con
ducted from her home at No. 4, Del
gado, yesterday morning at 9:30
o'clock, by Rev. Andrew J. Howell,
pastor of the Winter. Park Presby
terian church. The interment was
made in the Delgado cemetery.
Following are the pall bearers:
Messrs. Joel Walker, Asbury Little,
John Hall, S. Thorp, G
and W. M. Skipper.
F. Smith!
BRITISH ATTACK .
ON yPRES FHOIJT
Mackensen's Guns Are Bom-i
barding Tultcha On The j;-t :
Danube River A-"??'.!-
THE RUSSIANS GAIN.
FOOTING IN- INU2EUL
British Attack On The Mace- '
- donian Front Was Un
successful and Very
Costly r
Berlin, Dec. 25. (Via Sayville)4-V :
An attack by British detachment - on '"
the German lines In the Ypres salient V
In the early morning was repulsed; ;
army headquarters announced .today; v
The north bank of the Danube op
posite Tultcha in northern Dobradja, ;
now is under the fire of Field Marshall
i von Mackensen's guns, army head'
r.
quarters announced this morning-In .
Its statement which also records the!;:' .
pushing back of the Russo-Rumanlan
army into the northwestern corner of '-;
Dobrudja.
On the Moldavian frontier an attack
by the Russians gave them a foot .-,
ing on a height north of the Uzul Val- ;
ley. British troops, after artillery y
preparation, attacked the German-Bui-
garian lines between the Vardar anJ
Lake Doiran on the Macedonian front, J".
it was announced. The attack was;ua- V;'
successful and costly to the assault-
ing forces. "
Berlin, (Via Sayville), Dec. 25. r
riem r""1" n Mactteuseus uruiy -1
Tra.i -kit i 11 - i --- I
after capturing Sakatcha. on' tho
Danube river, has begun an attack on j
the bridgehead of Matchin, in the
northeastern corner of Dobrudja 'pritv,',
ince to which the Rueso-Rumanlah
forces have retreated, army head,'
quarters announced today. . - " ' . j
Berlin, (By Wireless o Sayville) '
Dec. 25. Last night was generally
was announced by the war office. kV i
London, Dec; 25. An AmsterdaM ;
dispatch td the ' Exchange ' Telegraph
Company, says: 'Nv-V"''' ' 1
"Prefacing an evidently Insplrea.
leading editorial with the 'statement
that Germany does not Inspire
create a feeling of revenge In Russia'
which would provoke another war, -the
Cologne Gazette declares that Oer .
many intends to restore the Ru9stan
Balticprovinces, but that Russia-mtist
recognize that the new situation creat -ed
in Poland, Germany, was really ,'
rendering a service to Russia and that
deprived of Poland Russia will form .
united and homogeneous empire.
"Germany will never allow Russia.-
to possess Constantinople, according, j
to the paper, but is ready to negotiate, i
with mrKey ana Kussia on arrange.
ments permitting Russian warships
and merchantmen to navigate the? :
straits."
SANTA CLAUSE VISITS
U. S. BATTLESHIPS
New York, Dec. 25. Nowhere ' in
all the world was the "spirit of Christ-'
mas" more in evidence today than onv
board the ships of the United States
navy in the port of New York. Shore -
leave was to be had for the asking.
but the vast majority or tne jaciuea
preferred to remain .on ship for -the,
elaborate festivities that marked the
day. Routine drills were entirely sus- .
FEARED FORiPended, except for cleaning ship, llt
i I tie or no work was done during tha
day. V
the chief center, of the day's celev
jbration was the battleship New York,
berthed at the Brooklyn Navy Yara,
During the early afternoon the crew
of the battleship had as their guest
hundreds or poor children or tne city
whose homes were not likely to re
ceive" a visit from Santa 'Claus. . The
youngsters were feated at dinner and
afterwards were given toys, clothfhgr
and other presents. ' .
Visitors were- not allowed aboard
until after the dinner and the jdistrl "
bution of the presents. . . ; V
FUNERAL OF MRS. SELLERS.
The funeral of Mrs. Catherine Alice
Sellers, wio died at her home. No. Ill
Meares etreet, Saturday afternoon,
was conducted yesterday afternoon at
4 o'clock from her late residence by
Rev. W. G. Hall, pastor of the'South
side Baptist church. The interment
was made in Bellevue cemetery. .
The pall hearers were as follows:
Messrs.. A. Hart, R. H. Burnett,
L. C. Gore, H. M. Wolf. W.; M.v
Baldwin and W. V. Herring. , v .
Infant Daughter Dead.
Many friends will sympathize with
Mr and Mrs. C. M. North, of No.
1719 Carolina avenue, Carolina Court,
in the death of their Infant daughter,
which- occurred yesterday. The inter-
ment was made in ueuevue cemetery
this morning at 11 o'clock. ; .
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