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Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-19

fore I realized it we had approached
the richer districts.
At one of the houses where a bad
boy lived he filled his stocking with
sticks, but the good children Jared
much better. When we were outside
he told me he hoped this would teach
him lesson.
When we stopped in front of our
house 1 was very sorry, for l enjoyed
the trip even more than Santa him
self. l told him I thought his plan
was a very good one. I wished he
would do it every year, and l would
not be disappointed if l found only
a few things in my stocking on Christ
mas morning. Your loving niece,
EDNA MURPHY.
1910 East 7th ST., Long Beach.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-19

the gifts among the groups of members
and start off to deliver their gifts.
There should be one Santa Claus to
go with the group that was going to
the poorest
Ali the members would be anxious
to go with them, but would spoil 1t
all because they would cheat some
children of the thought that Santa
had been there.
They would have the satisfaction OF
knowing they had made some child
happy, and that with all their other
pleasures would make their Christmas
day "a day of joy"
HELEN GRAY MACE.
r. +. D. No. 1, Box 3O5B. Long Beach
high school, grade B9. Long Beach.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-19
MEDICINE AND FOOD
ARE WELCOME GIFTS
(Honorable Mention)

Dear Aunt Laurie:
TT was Christmas eve and we were
all sitting around the fire and
Il wandering what the morrow would
bring us.
NV small sister was wishing she could
scr Santa Claus, and I. like many other
big boys, was boasting that l was 10
baby; | didn't believe in hln' but
after we were all in bed, If you had
taken a look in the library you WouIu
have seen my stocking hanging by my
sisters.
IT did not seem that / had been asleep
very long when / awoke with start
with the queer sensation that someone
was in the room and a voice salu'
am Santa Claus; do you want TO go
around with me? | need a helper 10
night"
OF course l said yes, and jumping out
of bed turned on the light and TOOK q
look at my visitor.
Yes, it was Santa Claus-the Santa
Claus of the pictures-short, rat with
a Jolly face full of kindness.
/ iumped into my clothes as fast as l
could and we stepped out of the WIN
dow into large airship, whlch WAS
full of toys.
We were off. and it was such fun 60
ing through the air with the stars
above us and the city below. We az
last DESCENDED DeIoIe SihLli' w -
shack. we STEPPED out. and and as the
chimney was too small climbed into
window.
In the room was one bed, and on this
bed was a woman and baby, ana on
a pallet on the floor was little poy'
Hanging up by the small crate was
stocking that was full of holes we
tiptoed over to the stocking, and seeing
a note sticking out Santa Claus took
II ont This was what he read
"Dere Santa Claus-Of corse I wuld
like TO have som toys, but mama is
very sick and l Wuld lik you to love
som medican fer her instead Of toys
fer me-
The paper was tear-stained ana
crumpled. On looking up in santa
face | could see that his eyes We're full
of tears. Just then the little boy turned
over in his sleep and murmured;
Il don't care If you have some toys.
MY mamma is going to get Wen.
Santa Claus filled the stocking tull
of TOYS and left some medicine on the
mantel As we passed the little boy on
our way out Santa Claus leaned over
and nut the cover over him which IN
his restlcssness he had kicked OFF, and
If | am not mistaken l heard the SOFT
sound Of a kiss. We then passed on
out
We visited many other houses. and
when l got into bed again it was nearly
daylight.
When 1 awoke and ever since have
been unable to decide whether that was
"A wierd dream OF a reality.
. CARLTON HENLEY.
Cambria street school, SA grade.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-19
A Suggestion fer State Societies

A Suggestion fer State Societies
Dear Aunt Laurie:
Before Christmas every one is eX-
cited wondering what they will get and
making and sending presents. Some
OF the children of poor parents are
much excited as the day draws near.
They often appreciate their few pres
ents more than the wealthier children
do theirs.
A good way to make your own
Christmas happier would be to form
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-19
YOUNG ARTISTS CONTEST

tie bells and galloped off to his home
TO prepare for next Christmas, hoping
to give many presents to good little
children the following year. Your low
ing niece. HELEN A. SMITH.
sos South Eastlake avenue. II years
old, grade Al, Griffin avenue school,
II. j. G. No. /.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-19
Ruth and Bennle's Christmas

Dear Aunt Laurie:
1t was very cold and the streets of
the city were crowded with people, who
had their arms full of bundles. 1t was
the night before Christmas. In the
dense crowds little pale woman.
thinly clad, walked down the streets
until she came to the crowded tene-
ment part of the city. She mounted
narrow flight of stairs At the top she
was greeted by two little children, one
about 8 years old and the other 5. The
Oldest was Bennie, and the younger
Ruth. The mother tooff off her thin
shawl and started to prepare supper
for them, and they all sat down to eat
Mamma" said Bennie after they had
finished eating, "can we hang our
stockings up tonight? Johnnie Turner
has been over and he said that Santa
Claus would come in our alley, too"
Their mother sighed and then SAID
81 am afraid, dears, that Santa ~
get down in this place. YoN
has lot of places to go,
was very poor and she & 5
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-19
WRITER'S CONTEST

Angeles first prze-Bessie Chapman, 722 San Pedro
street, Ninth street school, grade AZ.
Honorable mentonCarton Henley grade AS Cambria street
school, Bayard Bell Douglas 504 West Twenty first street. Nor
wood street school, grade AZ.
Out of town. first prize-Edna Murphy, 1910 East Seventh
street, Loag Beach; Long Beach high school,
Honorable menton--Nay Belle Anderson grade Bolsa
school, Edith Adney 304 Grove grade Garfield school,
Pasadena
LIMERICK CONTEST
First prze-Estele Reich 633 South Siche street. grade AZ
Griffin school.
Second prizeEldred H. Naratt SF West Sixteth street.
grade 40 Sxty-eighth street school
Honorable menon-John Bennett, age years, Whittier
Catherine Forbes Las Encnas Lamanda Park Ihroop Eemen
tary; age 10 years
UNFINISHED STORY
Prize stoosephne Des Meyers l46l South Flower street
grade g. St. Mary's academy
Honorable menton-Elaine Anderson 1l50 Evergreen
nue. Euclid school, II Mayo Iamin SD East
Jefferson street. Iwentyeighth street school, grade AS
YOUNG ARTISTS CONTEST
First prize-Hcen Howell III North %; Los Angelo
high school, grade BIZ.
Second pTize-Roando Rivera 3Os Grant Redlands
Mckinley school, grade 8.
Special front page pcmeflccn knccht ITO Washington
street Redlands grade 9.
New-York tribune., 1909-12-28
UMBRIA'S END NEAR.
old Cunarder's Present VOyage
ErDected TO Be Her Last.

The old Cunarder Umbria. which
caused the waterfront of New YORK TO
marvel at her great speed when sne
came over in 1884, will arrive here on
Saturday on what probably will be her
last transatlantic voyage. She has out
lived her usefulness, and no steamship
line wants the old flyer. 1t costs too
much to run her.
The loss OF the Lucania by fire re-
Gently in Liverpool caused the Cunard
Line to hold on to the Umbria for a
while, and as the company must dis
patch a steamer every Saturday to live
up to the British mail subsidy the Um-
brac was pressed into service. She may
make two more trips to this port before
she is broken up for junk, but this plan
is not certain. When Captain War;, or
the Campania arrived in Liverpool on
that vessel on December % he and the
crew were transferred to the Umbria,
with only two days sailing grace.
The Cunard Line is building two new
steamships, one of them the 1SyOOO-ton
twin Screw liner Franconia, and the old
type Of boats, wonders in their time.
have been consigned to the scrap heap.
The Umbria has had a long and va
ried history. Ever since she came across
the Atlantic on her maiden passage from
Liverpool she has had more or less ad-
venture. On her trial trip she devel-
oped a speed of 21 knots. which, in those
days, was considered marvellous. She
was only 5000 tons, but 1.-The London
Times referred to her at the time of her
launching as the biggest ship. other
than the Great Eastern. that had ever
been, built In 1892. before the wireless
system had saved worry for the steam
ship agents, the Umbria was missing for
thirteen days. Her shaft had snapped
off at the block, and she drifted at the
mercy of the sea until the steamship
Bohemian took her in tow. Captain Nc
Kay told the assisting steamers skip
per that he could make repairs. and four
days after the Bohemian left her the
Umbria was able to get under way and
make port. t
New-York tribune., 1909-12-28

After the. recess y Mr.. Baldwin resumed
his cyoss-examination of Brokaw, ana pro-
duced a telegram, in which the latter hau
made evident his dsapproval Of his wifes
action in discharging Miss Jenries,
nurse, after she had found out that the
nurse had been instructed to watch her.
Brokaw denied that he had ever threatened
his wife, and his-reply to. a telegram IN
which he wrote 81 have no intention of go
ing back to her. was that he didn't mean
it. Mr. Baldwin asked the defendant point
blank if he wanted a separation. but Bro
kaw was not permitted to answer the ques-
tion. -.......
II. G.. Gilbert Brokaw's brother-in-law'
created some. excitement at the evening
session by making a disturbance in tie
courtroom. He wass a member. of party
dining at the Garden City Hotel. which in
cluded Brokaw and his lawyers, and when
they returned, to the courtroom they left
him behind When he found that they had
gone without him 'he ran all the way and
entered the room in a state of exhaustion.
He threw his fur coat on the floor and
stamped on it until court attendants led
him out. !.
New-York tribune., 1909-12-28
SAYS SHE DIDN'T BEG.
Child .4ccused by Rockefeller
Butler Freed.

Lillian Bayajian, the twelve-year-old Ar
menian girl who was arrested on Christ
mas Eve and locked up in the East 51st
street police station on charge of begging,
was arraigned in the Children's Court yes
terday. Lillian had rung the bell of John
d. Rockefeler's house, at No. West 54th
street, and told the butler. Nicholas Stanton,
that she wanted TO see Mr.. Rockefeller to
ask for money with which to buy Christ
presents.
When the girl was arraigned in court
Stanton appeared as complainant against
her. Justice Olmsted was considering
whether TO send the child to some institu-
tion when man who described himself as
Margios Tashjian, of No. 1855 Fulton ave
nue., The Bronx. came into court and said
he was the child's brother-in-law He had
heard of the girls arrest and wanted to
take her to his home At first the child re-
fused to admit that she knew Tashjian, but
later admitted that he was her sisters hus-
band. She told the justice that she had not
begged any money from the Rockefeller
butler, and gave this version of tho affair !:
81 came from my fathers home in
Worcester to stay with my sister in New
York. and had over $6, and did not ask
anybody for money, L. could not find out
where sister lived, and somebody told me
TO ring a bell and ask where to stay all
night. thought the big house was a ho-
tel could pay. ! asked to sleep for the
night, and the man took me to where I did
sleep all night-rlow. l am here l don t
need money from anybody. and she looked
at the naughty butler with defiant eyes
She was then allowed to leave the court
in charge of Tashjian after promising that
she would never beg again
New-York tribune., 1909-12-28
SEEK SUGAR REBATE
Counsel Says. american Com
panu Paid S45O,OOO Ercess.

Before two members of the Board OF
General Appraisers, Henderson M. SOM
erville anG Eugene @. Hay, the American
Sugar Refining Company, through its coun-
sell Tompkins McIlvaine, entered claim
Yesterday for drawbacks that may amount
to S450OOO on duties paid on importations
of sugar in the last two years or since
the raid on the Havemeyer & Elder docks
in Williamsburg on November 20 1871.
Since that date the company has had no
checkers on the government weights. Mr..
McIlvaine said that his clients were pay
ing on greater weights than the invoices
showed.
In the trials of the former employees OF
the company. and last spring in the suit
against the company, the government coun-
sci submitted tables to show that duties
had been collected on less weight than the
importers had paid on. Mr.. Mcllvaine said
that the position was now reversed. He
also said that, the sugar was used be
fore the time when the government weights
were filed, there was no opportunity TO re-
weigh.
d. Frank Lloyd, Assistant Attorney Gen
eral in charge of customs cases, appeared
yesterday for the government Mr.. Mcll-
vaine submitted invoices in evidence to
objections from Mr.. Lloyd they were ad-
mitted. The principal witness was John H.
Thompson, in charge of the import in
voices at the. company's main offices. No.
III Wall street Mr.. Thompson was wit
ress for the government in the recent trial.
To questions asked by Mr.. McIlvaine Mr..
Thompson gave in answer an outline or
the detail of the work of his department
from the arrival of the cargo, the payment
of a tentative amount as duty to the gov
ernment the later adjustment on the sub
mission of the weights taken by a customs
weigher, and then the payment by the
company on the invoice from the seller,
which was verified by the weights of the
city weighers.
1t was the difference between the city
weights and the dutable weights which,
Mr.. McIlvaine attempted to show. caused
the company to pay more than should have
been required. Most of the time was taken
up yesterday in discussions as to the advis-
ability of admitting papers evidence
and testimony, but the board members al
lowed everything to go in.
The hearing will be continued next month
and the company will close it's case at the
next sitting of the board. Mr.. Lloyd, it
said yesterday, would move for dis
nssal of the proceedings. Should this not
be granted, witnesses will be called for the
government from among the weghers em-
poyed in the Customs Department.
Counsel for the government were busy
yesterday preparing for the further investi-
cation of the affairs of the company and
other sugar concerns 1t was said that
announcements of settlements might be ex-
pected Lefore long. so far as the rivals OF
the American Sugar Company were con-
cerned. Henry l.. Stimson, tie special
prosecutor for the government, had his
force of assistants increased yesterday
Thomas d. Thacher, who used to be one
of his force of assistants when he was
present staff.
New-York tribune., 1909-12-28
SHIPPING NEWS.
Port of New York, Monday, December
27, 1909.

Steamer Prins Maurits Dutch. Amsterdam
November IL, Paramaribo December l, Demerara
=. Trinidad 6. Carupano 4, Guiana and Guanta
Jacmei 15. Aux Cayes 16 Jeremie IL. Petit
Goave and Port au-Prince 10 ami ST Marc
20 to Funch, Edge & Co and TO Royal Dutch
West Indian Mail Line, with Z passengers and
mdse. Arrived at the Bar at 1 p m -,
steamer Uller (Norl, Demerara Decern per 10;
to l. " & Armstrong, with sugar Arrived
the bar at IL m. .-
December %. to the Holland America Line with
mdse in transit will nnish loading Tor hottee-
dam. Left Quarantine at l0:45 m
Steamer Crispn tBr). Manaos Decenoer q,
II cabin passengers. mails and mdse. Arrived
at the Bar Z D 26th -
steamer Hugn (Nor). Tampico December -.
to the New York and Cuba Mail IS Co. with
mdse. Arrived the Bar at a m
Steamer Asuncion de larrtnaga tEir' buenoS
Ayres November IL. Montevideo 20 Pernam-
buco December and Havana 20 to Baroer d
90 with mdse. Arrived at the Bar at $50 M
steamer Vaderland (Belg). Antwerp December
Is. tu the Red star Line. with 1913 canin ane
66o steerage passengers and mdse Arrived at
''e steamer Huron. Jacksonville December 2S and
Charleston "a to the Clyde SIS Co. with pas
s,neers and mdse Passed in quarantine az
6 m. l--. @ =, 1,,oar,
her q and Wilmington. {, "a to the Clyde
SIS Co. with mdse. Passed in quarantine at
a:Os a IN.
steamer Ryndam Dutch. Rotterdam and
Line. with POI cabin and 6i5 steerage passengers
and mdse Arrived at the Bar at Z 40 m
Sandy Hook. n j. Dec -. $50 m.Wlno
west southwest: light breeze; cloudy; smooth sea
mails and mdse. to the Panama Railroad steam
ship Line. Passed in Quarantine at lo;lo m
SAILED.
Steamer Iincairn (Br). Hong Kong.
New-York tribune., 1909-12-28
STEAMERS AT FOREIGN PORTS.
ARRIVED.

ARRIVED
Queenstown Dec 2T S:51 a m-Mauretania tBrl.
New York for Fishguard and Liverpool tand
proceeded.
Napies, Dec 2o-Argentina (Aust). New York
Copenhagen Dec 22-Hellig Olav tDan).. New
York via Christiansand
Liverpool Dec 26-Celtic eBr. New York via
Queenstown.
GLASGOW Dec 27-California ,Br). New York
via Movile. .
st Michaeis5 Dec 2T-Glenshiel tBr>. Calcutta
and Colombo for Boston and New York
Port Said, Dec 25-LennoX (Br). New York Tor
Yokohama. =,
Southampton. Dec 2I-Tagus tBr). New York via
Kingston. Colon, etc
Swansea Dec 24-New York City tBr,, New
Antwerp. Dec 24-Tritonia tBr). New York.
Bermuda Dec o5 IL m-Bermudian tBr). New
Hamburg, Dec 25-Graf waldersee Ger. New
Glasgow, Dec 23-Volga tBr). New York
Penang. Dec 23-Wyneric tBrl. Qrom Hong
Kong Boston and New York.
Rotterdam. Dec 25-Ziildyk Dutch. New York.
Palermo. Dec 22-Alice tAust. (from Trieste>.
Gibraltar Dec 21-Monginevro utaD. tfrorn
Savona). New York.
Liverpool, Dec 26-Winifredian tBr). New York
PASSED.
Butt of Lewis. Dec -Wilkommen Ger, New
York for Stockholm
Sagres. Dee 25--Gorjistan tBD New York for
Mohammerah
Gibraltar. Dec 26-Stolzenfels OSer). Calcutta
and Cnomho for Boston and New York
New-York tribune., 1909-12-28
COAST LINE TO ISSUE STOCK.
Certificates of Indebtedness To Be Pur-
chased with Proceeds.

A meeting of the stockholders of the
Atlantic Coast Line Company. of Con-
necticut, to ratify an issue of 100000 ad-
dtional stock, has been called for Janu-
airy 26. 1t is proposed to offer the new
stock 10 stockholders of record on the
date of the meeting to the extent of 40
per cent of their holdings, payment to be
made on or before February Is.
The proceeds of the sale of the stock will
be used chiefly to purchase at 9719 and in
terest the outstanding s5GO0,G0O 4 per cent
Class certificates of indebtedness. on
their presentation to the Safe Deposit and
Trust Company, of Baltimore, from Janu-
airy 8 to February l., inclusive.
The Atlantic Coast Line Company was
organized May % 1899 in Connecticut. 1t
has an authorized capital stock of s30.-
100000, of which 12.60O,000 is outstanding
The company controls. through stock
ownership the Atlantic Coast Line Rail
road Company. which. in turn. controls
the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Com
pany.
New-York tribune., 1909-12-28
REORGANIZE BASKET MACHINE CO.

The MergenthalerH Horton Basket Ma
chine Company of Maine has been reor-
ganizcd under tine title of the Federal Crate
and Basket Company. The new company
is capitalized at $Jto,oo0 consisting of half
common and half 4 per cen; cumulative
preferred stock The par value of the
shares is So The new concern has ac-
quired the patents and properties of The
OLD company and its subsidiaries. 1t will
issue negotiable. stock %arrants to the
stockholders of the defunct company in
exchange for their old stock based on the
actual cost of the latter
New-York tribune., 1909-12-28
BL4MES TRANSFERS.
Third Auenue Bondholder Says
They Helped Failure.

One of the members of the bondholders'
reorganization committee of the Third
Avenue Railroad Company, Harry Bron-
ner, said at a tearing on the reorganiza-
tion plan before the Public Service Com
mission yesterday that he thought the
transfer system had a good deal to do with
the failure OF the road. This was i'm an
swer to questions by Chairman Wilcox
after John NJ. Bowers, counsel for, the
committee. had asked about the possible
purchase of the property as part of the
plan of reorganization
Then the witness was asked whether
there was any time when the road could
have been made paying investment on its
present capitalization. He hesitated for
some time before saying that he could not
tell of any such time. He continued:
Il can conceive, however. that there
might be occasions in the conduct of an
entire system when it would be entirely
proper and necessary for one part of the
system to be operated without any idea of
profit making: in fact. when it would be
advisable that a part of system should
lose money -
Mr.. Bronner said the plan of reorganiza-
tion included the purchase of the property
If some one came along and offered to
pay more than the committee, or enough
TO cover all the bonds, the committee
would have to hold off, he added. He said
further, that the whole hope OF the stock
holders lay in the future possibilities of
profit and also that the committee was
prepared to bid at the sale the value of the
bonds, but he would not say what he con-
sidered a fair value.
You believe, do you not. that it is not
only possible. but likely, that the interest
on the bonds. owing to the prospect of
greater earnings, may be met within two
years, and possibly within a year?" Mr..
Bowers asked.
Mr.. Bronner said that he thought it was
possible.
New-York tribune., 1909-12-28
FOUR LAWYERS IN sNEAD CASE.
Mrs. Martin Prepares for Fight

Mrs. Caroline r. Martin. who is in the
Tombs prison awaiting extradition to New
Jersey in connection with the death of her
daughter, Mrs. Ocey w. NJ. Snead. en-
gagged 70 II lawyers yesterday to fight the
action OF the Essex County Prosecutor
in his effort to bring her to trial Clark
l.. Jordan and George s. Mcdonald, of No.
81 Nassau street; Colonel r. J. Hare of
No 76 Lafayette street. and Samuel Fine.
of No. %o9 Broadway, were retained by Mrs.
Martin
The -equsition papers for Mrs Martin
and her sister. Mrs. Mary W. Snead will
probably he sent to Governor Fort to-day.
1t is expected that they will be given to
Governor Hughes tomorrow
New-York tribune., 1909-12-28
ELECTRIC RAILWAYS IN TEXAS.
Company with S26,OOO,O00 Plans to
Link Larger Cities
fBy Telegraph to The Tribune.

BY Telegraph 10 The Irlbune,
Galveston, Dec &C. J.. Hodges. of
Chicago. and l.. T.. McSweeney, of New
York, who are in charge of the preliminary
work of the projected electric railroad con
Meeting the larger cities of Texas, say they
represent syndicate of s26, 600 900 capital.
The company plans to construct one
thousand miles of electric road in the next
thirty six months
The surveys providing for lines connecting
Fort Worth and San Antonio $50 miles;
San. Antonio and Houston, go miles. and
Houston to Dallas. 2I5 miles, have been
made. and construction will begin within
ninety days on the Fort Worth and San
Antonio line, and within six months on the
Dallas and Houston and the Houston and
San Antonio lines.
New-York tribune., 1909-12-28
WANT TO RETIRE EARLIER.
P. R. r. Employees. Offer to Augment
Pensions by Savings.

Harrisburg, Penn. Dec. 21.-Nearly forty
five hundred employees Of the Philadelphia
division of the Pennsylvania Railroad.
which has its headquarters in this city.
have signed petitions to President James
McCrea of the company asking that the
corporation adopt plan whereby employees
may increase old age pensions by setting
aside a percentage of their monthly earn
ings.
The idea is to permit men to retire at
sixty should they so desire. instead of wait
ing until sixty-five, which is now the limit.
In order to bring about this change and TO
increase pensions they offer to set aside
sum from their earnings.
New-York tribune., 1909-12-28
MAY SELL MORSE STOCKS.

John w. McKinnon, as agent for the
shareholders of the New Amsterdam Ma
tional Bank, got permission from Judge
Lacombe yesterday to sell assets held as
collateral on notes. but the sale must be
made for not less than $4,000 The notes
amount to SSS3,696. Among the securities
are numerous Morse stocks
New-York tribune., 1909-12-28
HAS CAPITAL OF S5,OOO,OOo.

Albany, Dec. H.-The Rogers Brown Iron
Company OF Buffalo was Incorporated to-
Gay. with a capital of 5000, 900, to manu-
factur@ iron and steel and develop mines of
copper. iron and coal. The directors are
William A. Rogers. stephen H. Clement,
Charles ". Goodyear. Hugh Kennedy and
w. T. Shepard, of Buffalo