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New Tunnel Completed.

LVNCHBURG. Va. Dec. 9.-The tun-
mel on the new route Of the Southern
railway is completed and the lire viii
be ready for operation bv January 1.
The t-uncI IS I.alg feet long, and cost
more than s.. 1Gl,01
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HOWARD


December l. 1910
Dear Santa Claus thought 7 would
write to you to tell you now what T
want I want a Viola doll, a set of
furs. few games a few ribbons. and
some games Goodbye.
FRANK X HURLEY,
1907 Emerson st y F
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Dear Santa Claus.
I an a little boy four years old. and
can not write just yet. so my NAM
ma has TO write for me. Dear santa
please bring me a wheeTbarrOw. bicycle
lHCian and cOSbOy story book. and q
pair OF boots I have been a good boy
Goodbye, with kiss for good old
Santa
WALTER DANIELS JR
1888 Kramer St, y E.
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candy and nuts. have been a good
girl FOR a long time.
ANNA FITZGERALD.
90 q street northeast
December 5. 1910.
Dear Santa Claus
am a little girl eight years old. and
nave been very good, and would like
you TO bring me a coat a pair Of
SHOES some candy, nuts and some TOYS
and nope you viii bring me a Christ
mas tree
Goodbye.
MARGARET FITZGERALD.
30 @ St y z
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December s. 1910
Dear Santa Claus am little girl
five years old, and I am going TO write
and ter you what I would ike 20 have
for Christmas I want a big doll baby
dressed in short clothes and please
bring brother Paul. who is two years
old, a doll baby also then he won't
cry after mine 7 would also like 20
have an engine horse and wagon. hop
lEg YOU viii not forget me. ] viii now
say good night. Your little friend.
MARGARET SMITH.
T2%5 Potomac s. y w
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Deeember 5. I9IO.
Christmas Makes Her Glad.

Aly Dear santa Claus
4 am little girl seven years Old. and
1 am always glad when Christmas
comes want you TO please bring me
an infant doll. teddy bear. and sled
Also some candy and nuts
Your loving little girl.
MARY COMPTON,
5l3 II 81. y z
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LEROY BARRON.

Dear Santa Claus
I am q little girl seven years old Z
I've with my aunt and uncle at 2S0S
Georgia avenue I viii De glad for any
thing you bring ne
CLARA VIRGINIA PHELPS
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Huda Wants Dishes.

Ny Dear Santa Claus am very lit
tie girl only seven years Old I would
Ike YOU 10 bring me q set Of dishes.
a rocking chair and a mother goose
book That = all
Yours truly
HIT-DA PIERCE.
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"Old Friend of Little Folks
Joins Forces With ST.
Nicholas Girl.
FUN FOR MOTHER
AND TWO KIDDIES
christmas Sprite" Promises
Youngsters Good Time and
Mamma New Suit.
By SELENE ARMSTRONG,
The st. Nicholas Girl

December 9, 1910
Dear St Nicholas Girl
I am sending 10 The Times Office
today, 80 Santa Claus masks. which
you may put IN the Santa Claus
store room Until Christmas Day,
when they can be distributed TO little
folks who VIII enjOye them
I might come across with some
other things, too which I viii send
you between now and that time
With kindest regards I am
Sincerely yours.
ISAAC CANS
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Dear Santa CIeus-WII YOU please
bring me q pair OF hip boots, a cowboy
suit, and a baseball game and a tumh-
ling game That IS all Goodbye Ny
name Is Howard Hurley Ny number
Is 1907 Emerson St y 2
HOWARD
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Charlie Desires .OWhols lot

Dear Santa Claus Z am a little boy
and viii be four years old two days
after Christmas, and I am looking for
ward for Santa Claus to bring me a
whole lot Of nice things Here Is some
Of the things 7 want, a soldier suit
. sword, a gun, a Whee3barrovv and
don't forget the candies and fruits.
have a little sister named Catherine
and / hope you VIII not forget her.
Hoping that Santa Claus viii have
this published in The Times With lots
OF love ana kisses, I remain, your good
little boy
CHARLIE HOLLIS,
80 First St y E
December >. 1910.
Dear Santa Claus
] would like You TO bring me q new
dress. and a rain cape 7 am y years
old, and am q very good girl
Your friend,
HELEN r FTTZGERAL
81 O G. street Mort hpaSr
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.ecember >. 1910.
Anna Needs Some Clothes.

DeCemDeT o. y TO
Dear Santa Claus
7 am nine years old. and big girl
for my age, and would like you 10
bring H.e coat, pair shoes some
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GIVES $50 SANTA
CLAUS MASKS FOR CHILDREN
Santa Claus Store Room Waiting to Re
cefUe Toys

The publishes
Claus. Office however
distribution Christmas Day
provided
toys fund the St Nicholas Girl VIII
be happy
and five dollars judiOusy expended viii
especially happy
happy bring Build
ing where Claus waiting receive them
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few games. and two story books Good
bye From MARY HURLEY.
1907 Emerson st. y. +.
P S--And also a blackboard
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December & 191.

December s. 1910
Dear Santa Claus I would Ike 70
have cap. q suit, and pair Of shoes
and a little sleigh for my Christmas
] am eleven years old, and I go to
school every day. I viii close my let
ter now My number is 9S3 Y St
live in a house with a little boy who
was writing q letter 10 you, and
thought I would write too I did not
get anything last Christmas
Your friend,
TERnv RARRnN
New-York tribune., 1910-10-07
SNYDER MOURNING MONKEYS
Mortality Among Simians Offset by
Additions to Central Park Zoo.

II may have been tear in Bill Sny-
der's eye as the headkeeper Of the Central
Park menageries was told yesterday that
of the seventeen deaths among the inmates
Of the city's 700" in the last four months
eight Of them were Simians.
Eight out Of seventeen asked Snyder
Too bad about those monkeys, wasn't IT,
Most of the monkeys died from either
climatic changes or Indigestion, while
others, accoi ding TO Snyder. "just died,
that's all"
But while the sfmian element lost heav-
lily. the menagerie gained by purchase. as
Well as through gifts. to the extent of
about nifty specimens of animals and birds
There were t%o births also.
Among the featbered acquisitions we're
eight rare pheasants and four English
storks. Since their purchase, SO some of
the attendants say, these stork5 have done
nothing but stand, first on one leg and
then on the other. never on both at the
same time which. they say. Is characters
tic Of European stoTks The domestic Va
Tlcty deem Ii Wiscst 10 stand on both.
New-York tribune., 1910-10-07
CENTRAL BANK FAVORED.
Urued by J. H. Rhoades and E.
o. Fisher at Los Angeles.
F0RMER ATTACKS N. Y. CODE
Thinks Amortization Feature
Unfair-Over S3,000,00O for
Anti Postal Banks Fight.

Los Angeles, Oct. 6-The savings bank
and the clearing house sections of the
American Bankers Association held their
annual meetings yesterday. Following the
delivery of President William r. Creer's s
address and the reports of the secretary
and various committees. X. NJ WEIGH, sec
retary of the California Bankers Assoc,a-
ton. read before the savings bank section
paper on Segregation of Savings De
posits.''
John Harsen Rhoades. OF Rhoades & Co.
New York, and Edmund ID. Fisher. Deputy
Controller of the City of New York. de-
nvered addresses respectively on Amor
tization of Bonds and The Future of
Bonds and Newton r HawIey. treasurer
of the Farmers and Mechanics Savings
Bank. Minneapolis, spoke on Schools for
Savings Banks"
The secretarys report showed member
ship of 1,1l3, a net gain of La during the
year. and a credit balance on hand of
$500 rs. which will revert to the general as
sociation. The committee on postal saw
ings banks reported an expenditure OF
s., Isl "a in its propaganda against the move
ment for SUCH institution.
New-York tribune., 1910-10-07
YOUNG WOMAN FOUND DEAD
Body in a Furnished Room with Man s
Tie Tight About Neck

with \ mans necktie tied tightly
around her neck, Katherine Primrose. a
chorus girl, was found dead in her furn-
lshed room at No. i20 West 18th street,
yesterday afternoon ON her dresser was
d bowl Of potassium peImanganate
The discovery was made by Edward
Starr. q theatrical performer, who shared
the apartment with the woman He
rushed out and found Patrolman Dalton
of the West 47th street station, who called
pr Knapp. of Flower Hospital The
doctor pronounced the woman dead
Starr Was arrested but released later
He SAID he had known the woman only
for about ten days and he understood
she came from the West on Wednesday
size received a letter "a hich she said came
from her father Ia Tire West
New-York tribune., 1910-10-07
MIR. Fishers Views S.

Mr.. Fisher asserted that the future of
bonds vas bound up with the currency re-
form movement, and declared that the
necessity for a central bank was becom-
ing more apparent In part, he said.
Recent events In the financial and DO
htlCal world. however. point 10 a period
ot Quietude in business, when the recuper-
viii return. Necessity. growing out of
business difficulty, stimulates periods OF
lhri1t "hlch tehd TO reduce commodity
Irices, increase wealth and consequently
the investing power of the people. Further
r,ore, the bond markets are not likely 70
be Hooded with the great volume of com
peunS securities which has characterized
the last decade In this country the neeu
for Improvement in our currency system
is attracting much public attention, and
the necessity for the establishment of a.
central bank for this purpose is becoming
more apparent The creation Of such an
institution would go a long way in re
ducing the severity of recurring crises
which have so often disturbed our trade
for under our present system there will
always be the need, occasionally, for
clearing the cumulative force of error
which develops with every period OF bust
ness activity With this reform In our
banking system bond values would quickly
return to a basis more nearly commensu-
rate with our growing National wealth.
The future of bonds is bright. Bankers
should unite in plan for sane ana
sound currency. Corporations should con
form 10 the federal and state laws guar
dnt6tins ldIl play A1t1fS VIII De better
governed The productive power of the
country will increase. and wealth. which
is dependent on all these things. win
seek investment. And gold? Why. that
will continue TO pour into the world in vary
ing quantities as I'm the past; always In
demand. Yet always stored away: a la
tent and an active force. AS that portion
of il which Is factor I'm this country
viii always be in the hands Of the mem
bers of the American Bankers Associa-
ton. the ultimate solution of its problem
may be safely left to them.
Edward l.. Robinson, of Baltimore. was
chosen president OF the savings bank
section; Edward Aiken, Of Worcester.
Mass vice-president and William Han
hart of New York secretary.
The clearing house section elected +. f..
Fancher Cleveland. president; George
GuckenbsrEer Cincinnati, Vice-president,
and Fred f.. FarnsWorh New York. see
retary. The convention ends to-morroW.
New-York tribune., 1910-10-07
BETS DENIES PAYMENT
State Committeeman Gives Lie
to Zinlmerlin S Testimony.
by Telegraph to The Tribune.

Lyons. y Y. oct. 6.-Charles H Belts,
state committeeman. who was clerk OF the
revision department in the assembly in 1905,
when told this evening that Harry T. Zim-
merlin had testified at the graft inquiry TO
paying Belts $500 I'm 1905 in connection
with the sugar beet bounty bill. said:
THAT is lie made out of whole cloth.
What help l rendered was at the solicitation
OF the late Justice ofthe Supreme Court James
". DunweII and the bushes men of Lyons
The Empire Beet Sugar Company was a
local institution. and naturally / did what
/ could TO further its interests For this
I never received cent directly or indirect
ly. Ny expenses were not even paid
White Zimmerlin was legislative agent
for The sugar company at Albany he bor-
rowed money Of me and did not repay until
wears afterwards. when he came up for a
St cond term As postmaster here. He then
wanted my assistance paid the loan with
interest and wanted to get on the district
delegation. We refused to put any candi-
dates for postoffice on the delegation. AS a
matter Of fact. the sugar company and its
officers we're sore at me because defended
Governor Hughes in The Lyons Republi-
can for vetCinE the sugar beet bounty bill
The view Of the Governor was. in my
opinion, sound. and defended his action
even against a local industry. For doing
this and opposing Mr- Zimmerlin for a
second term as postmaster when he had
agreed 70 ask only for single term | in
Cured and still have the I'll will of Mr.. zim-
merlin and of the sugar company.
In his testimony here a short time ego
Orlando +. Thomas who was president of
the Empire State Sugar Company in 1905.
testified that the business men Of Lyons
went to Albany at their own expense, and
that the sugar company didn't even defray
any portion OF their expenses.
Il don't believe Mr. Zimmerlin ever paid
legislator cent # he did he is self
confessed criminal and ought 10 be pun
ished. II he didn't and is giving perjured
testimony against the dead, who cannot re
ply. he should be punished In either event
he is beneath the notice Of decent men. and
his testimony is unworthy of any weight
whatever"
New-York tribune., 1910-10-07
Disgrace TO the State"

Nov, if the old law demanding q repoyt
based on market values was abrogated
and the amortza tion law knowingly enact
ed for the purpose of hiding deficits, the
proceeding was and is, so long as we So
pinely acqUiesce. q disgrace to the State of
New York.
We who have at heart the welfare of the
savings of the poor are now 10 have
worthy and-if feeble OurselVes-s success
ful' competitor, the postal savings bank,
and greatly as we bankers may regret to
see politicians, with little or no financial
experience and whose term of office is
limited, enter the banking field, the postal
bank will strongly appeal to the people
The savings deposition is looking for safety.
not income. Should any weakness develop
among our private institutions, fear and
anger. justly aroused. will spread like con
tagion, and our bankers. one and all will
be alike victims ana offenders. OF all
times this is the time to be strong. stand
ing ready, If our services are no longer
required, to liquidate dollar for dollar.
If to-day our national bankers do not
take more sincere, thorough and active in
terest In banking reform and demand of
Congress central bank of issue-a peoples
bank-tO be conducted under the joint
control of bankers, merchants and the GOV
ernment, the time will come when the peo-
pie Will demand Of Congress a government
bank. Shall we, the bankers. surrender
banking duties, rights and privileges to
politicians? Is II possible that our Ameri-
can bankers have no ambition other than
the accumulation of wealth?
New-York tribune., 1910-10-07
SHIPPING NEWS
Port of New York, Thursday ootooer
6, 1910.
ARRIVED

Steamer woS,inde Gen. RIO Grsnd. .o % SUI
august 81. santos septenneL I iI f,dve & CO. with
mdse. Arrived at the Bar at .: 20 Nv Nv c.,.er,-
Steamer Yumuri OC'ubanD. MsnhsIiI 20 70 tbs
Der II. Santiago 2s and 81 ~ aith mdss Ar
New York and Cuba Mail IS ~
rived at the Bar at m c.,.,,,.a August II
Steamer Drechenfels CGsro. Ca C1sber . Malta Il
Colombo o. Port Said SepteHlp2S-Is 2-s-.s e. To with
and Boston October 4, 10 Funcnoc ~ rn 9Th
mdse Arrived at the Bar at Io:Io ,, -" ,ng Cher
steamer Majestic (pr). southampton atid - ~ :,
49,, Ge,sraSe os and Queenstown ~ 70 tne
white Star Line with 6I5 ssoln anu HI,yey AZ the
age passengers, mails and n1dse'
Steamer sa1oelne CBr). Cette Septertb nt tbt ~ Bsy
Philip Ruprecht I'm ballast. ArrlNeu A ~
" steamer trinidad cr,. Bermuda oCsoSsr :: 20
4 Outerbridge 90. WI ths Bar at 80
mails and mdse- Arr'Neu "
steamer I.ampasss Mobile septeTn1oes s,syoI, sy So
~ oo,nbar ard Kev West. to the MaIo1y %
ga pa th M essenpers and mdse Passed IN guar
antine at q, M Co, Galveston september 30 20
The Snnthern Pacific co. with mdse fasSsu IL
Quarantine at 6:15 a m o-,..,s October + to
~ Somtberr pacific co. with passengers anu
nIdse, Passed in Quarantine ut ~ III c.o-,a,.,
Steamer Jean, Tampa Octoper Oto =,
Fassed in San[ i,-aota nS Nor. Baracoa October l.
to the Cr1neo importing co, "lth lrdi''
at the Bar f,arrts az t3r Matsnzas september q
Sagua - Catbaricn q ana H,s HoS'"I ,dee Arrived
the American Cuba IS Co. WIZ"
steamer Mauretania (Br. Liverp9oi, - with
=, n,,aa,stouu To the Cunard Line 49, w :
$ssseSeers' she mails and mdse Passed Fire lsiano
a: 1912 = m r,.,oros Avres etc.
anchored IN Quarantine at 10 D rio wind
sandy Hook. J. Oct 8. sarata 20 sea
..-,l.r T,Ocbra 13r) Buenos Ayres Ausust -
Montevdeo 25, Maceo septemeeT ,s; d a1 Sorfoik
=. FaranIoa a., - toeton Z 10 Barber & &C, WIN
,J5sc Arrived at the Bar at $50 p m
SAILED
steamers Ia Provence eFr!: HaTres T'Tcsa.
T1i;fav and - Johns y F.. Dorothy, fTsL' 'Ta
Arboy: Hero orl Tampa; snsTl Aq}e"TSsr Barce6na.
IN. aTherta (Aust) Philadelphia: Fl SUD- Ss'-
weston .c-, 1nse7is etc
ID. urae philadelphia
New-York tribune., 1910-10-07
PARK ROAD TO BE RbfA1hhp
Slower Promises Repairing Of Central
Park Transverse Highway.

In answer to many complaints from per
sons using the transverse ROADS through
Central Park that such highways aii eA-
cent the Seth street cne. are too rough ana
uneven for comfortable riding and that the
one through Seth street. with its car line.
Is too dangerous to use. Park Comms-
sioner Slower announced yesterday that ne
would do everything possible to have the
18th street road repaved before winter
sets In.
The sum of $4,000 has been appropriated
for repaving the 18th street road. which has
a cobblestone pavement at present as have
the 65th street ana the 57tn street roads.
while that in S6th street is asphalt
II know it is dangerous for automobiles
going through seth street" said Commits
sioner Slower. The space is too small.
When the 18th street road is made a
smooth one it will divert all vehicles.
Commissioner Slower said he would ask
for appropriations for repaving the other
roads.
New-York tribune., 1910-10-07
DUST IN THE CLASSR00MS
Caused by Rug Beaters Under
CITY College Walls.

The peTsisteuCy Of carpet heaters in
cleaning their carpets on the lots near the
City College buildings has bothered pro
fessors and students not 2 little In
struCtors whose rooms face the lot at 10th
street and Convent avenue have had their
recitations disturbed frequently by the
noise, and have had to meet also clouds Of
windows
The Campus. the City College weekly.
has been trying to stir up sentiment against
the rug heaters It has confined its sug-
Eestions, however. 20 a peaceful appeal to
the courts for an Injunction
New-York tribune., 1910-10-07
Mr.. Rhoades's Address.

MIR. Rhoades devoted much of his ad-
dress to an attack upon the amortization
features of New York's banking code. In
part, he said:
Perhaps the merits and dement's of amor
tization, in its application to the manage
ment of a savings institution, can best
be demonstrated by carefully scrutlnlzlng
d law recently enacted in the State of New
York. 1t is only fair to say in its defence
that the savings bank law governing IN
vestments is rigid, only the purchase OF
the highest grade securities beng permit
ted
ON January l. 1905 the country had not
wholly recovered from the panic, bonds
were still depressed in price and many
of our savings institutions discovered the
startling fact that if they appraised their
securities at their estimated market or
probable liQuidating worth they would be
unable to show surplus. Assuming that
all investments were gilt edged and certain
TO be paid at maturity. and thinking purely
of dividend payments, to the exclusion OF
conservation of principal, they persuaded
themselves and the Legislature that the
old law, which demanded a Semi-annual re-
port of their condition. based on market
values, should be abrogated, and that mort
at par and bonds at basis or investment
cost adjusted to date by the amortization
of premiums and discounts.
To be sure, under the general banking
law of the state the Superintendent Of
Banking has the right TO demand from the
banks a report based on market values.
IilS, hOWtNti' 10 HOl dlLu Blat'S
too much responsibility on the shoulders
of the superintendent Bank Superintend-
ents are only human: many owe their
appointment 10 banking interests; and,
with the amortization law behind him, a
man with political aspirations might be
sorely tempted to shape his conduct so as
TO keep In good grace with the banks.
II may be amuSing-it is certainly hU
miliatng-to observe how some of our saw
ings institutions have defeated the intent
of the law. ] wish to point out that the
amortization law unfortunately fails to
provide that any fixed ratio of surplus TO
deposits shall be maintained. and explicitly
states that after expenses and the amortI-
zation of premiums and discounts have
been duly cared for, all interest earned, as
positOrs accounts, abandoning the ma tier
of increase or reinforcement of surplus
completely to the discretion of the trustee.
Such being the case, a bank striving 70
pay larger dividends has merely TO sell
those securities purchased on low bases.
l. e., at high prices, charge the loss TO
profit and loss account and repurchaSe the
same, or others equally good. on high
bases. Thus new b3 sis or investment
cost is established and the amount of inter
est earned. applicable TO dividends under
the law. is CreaSed. DO not misUnder-
stand me. There are times when a shrewd
banker can quite properly buy and sell
bonds to the advantage of his bank. but
the possibility here opened of a misChievous
Juggling of securities and q consequent
manipulation of earnings proves the fu-
tilitY of the present law even in IT'S most
laudable purpose-the computation of earn
ings as basis for a proper dividend dis
huTSement.
New-York tribune., 1910-10-07
TO BUILD PAN-AMERICAN ROAD.

Contracts are about to be let, ii was
announced Yesterday, for the construction
of the projected Pan-American Trdnscont-
mental Railway through Uruguay and Bra
zil A syndicate of bankers, 1t was said,
have underwritten an authorized issue of
50 100000 per cent first mortgage bonds
Of the Pan-American Transcontinental Rail-
wav Company, which was Incorporated in
Maine about three years ago. The proceeds
of these bonds, the interest on which IS
conditiOnally guaranteed by the UruguaJan
government will. il is estimated. cover the
cost of building the Uruguay section of the
New-York tribune., 1910-10-07
WIRELESS REPORTS.

La Savce. reported as 1.l6n miles cast of oanuE
HOOK Al go a m Yesterday. is expected TO dock
Sat atslrdey night or Sunday forenoon
The Madonna reported as l,o'p miles east ~
SANDY Hook at 30 m yesterday. is expected
20 dock Sunday forenoon. , n,
The Cedric. reported as 1Z6A miles esst ~
sand, Hook at 40 a NJ yesterday. is expected
20 dock Sunday afternoon. -,
The Nsuretania reported as 1a2 miles east ~
Sandy Hook at +-3O nj Yesterday II eA+0
TO dock this forenoon. 80 IT., -. 8
The rotterdam reported Ito miles east ~
SANDY HOOK az 12 10 2 m yesterday, is expected
20 dock Sunday afternoon . x
The Columbia reported 1920 miles east ~
SANDY Fook at 10 50 r m yesterday, is expected
10 TbA Caroline, TeporteI IS 253 miles east ot
Sandy Hook at 2:15 . m yesterday is expec'=o
10 dock this forenoon. . -.
The st Paul. reported as ]. .c93 miles east or
sand Hook at s YESTERDAY. Is expected 70
docL Sa+iIrr1av afternoon.