Albuquerque morning journal., 1914-12-14
new YORK POOR
To Be PROVIDED
I FOR HANDSOMELY
More Than a Million Dollars
Already Raised to Finance
Christmas FeastS and Gifts
in Metropolis,

New York. Dec. is.-with more
than million dollars already sel
aside tu finance fire.. Christmas feasfs
and gifts within Greater New York.
the people Of the metropolis are to-
day assured that this yulc tide will
break nl records for relief 70 the host
Of The destltute.
While the purchase Of private gifts
has fallen of 20 the lowest level over
sounded IN the shopping districts. the
various distributors Of donations and
dinners 10 the poor In every section
are reporting an Unprecedented popu-
lar response. By curfailing their own
celebration. New Workers are showing
a sinFle-mInded purpose to make this
Christmas more OF public than a
personal benefit.
Average OF Two n Day.
Showing "a startling average OF at
least two human beings done to death
In this city every day OF the last few
months. homicide records Just com
piled bear out the opinion Of experts
that rnurderous wave of crime IL
now af It's height here
While All the available police are
day and night on the trail Of
the gunmen who have tcrrorized even
business men In this orgic
of slnughtcr, no hope OF checking the
murder mania has as yet
been held but Unless the arm of the
law can catch and crush these hold
bands OF man-kilicrs before the fear
of them paralIzea the public. N e.
feared that q lawlcss rule Of terror
Will hold ,ip every activity in the
whole metropolis.
icconomy u Demanded.
Burdcnod BY the taxes that have
four years OF Tammany su-
premacy NJ Albany, New yorkers are
Today pctitIoning the governor elect
and his advisers here 10 make strict
state economy the chief rule OF the IN
coming administration. With war
line retrenchment In force In every
private business. the taxpayers are
nfaInst again having 10 pay
Tor the extravaganza of such state
departments as the conservation COM
that has layished thousands
of dollars on promoting its hydro
slectric scheme calling for hundreds
bf millions of dollars In contracts.
IL Whitman can cut down 10 a strict
Lnds all such cases OF Tam
many pfodgallty in patronage. he In
how being INSURED of the support OF
he men behind the tax bills.
After sixty years OF service OF real
God In modest surroundings. old
smith and McNcil's stand over on
street has Just been fore
ID TO the wall by the high cost OF liv-
ng Where every newspaper worker
has fed since General Grant set the
Example, wreckers are now clearing
iway the old tables and mailing up the
loor to the remaining faithful Of the
I'D guard, With The passing Of this
bid Joint, II IL now possible TO count
lpon the fingers Of one hand the re-
Restaurants where good food |
'ather than tangu music and decora-
ion In the main feature.
CIashing dishes and slnshing roasts
With furious martial energy. the chefs
II the big hotels here nre this week |
'ejoicing over the news that their |
I'D comrades have begun to send back \
rom the front From q score of tho |
nen who left tho ranges for the
renches word hus inst come that con-
'inceE the French kitchen forces here !
hat tho hated feuton Is all but ex-
erminntcd. Though one recruit In
very -four from these 6sallic cook
rews Is now known to have been
'illed or wounded, the patriotic ardor
u the chefs aeems stronger than ever