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The Washington herald., 1914-12-19
WEATHER CONDITIONS.

For the District Of Columbia. and Maryland
Cloudy and somewhat warmer Saturday. Sunday
unsettled, probably rain snow; fresh southeast
winds
For Virginia. North Carolina aud South Caro-,
Iina-Cloudy and warmer Saturday. Sunday pfOo-
ably rain fresh easterly winds.
The pressure continues abnOTmSlly high through
out the Eastern States and the Northern Rocky
Mountain rrsiCn. and extensive area of low
harumetric pressure extends soutlIwestward trUnl
Lake Superior the Mexican border and within
il there are two storm osutsrs. over New
Mexico. and the other over the Upper Lake region
The temperature has risen decidedly OJer the Gulf
States, the great Central valleys. and the Lake
rUgion, and it has fallen again in the NorthWet.
In the Middle Atlantic and New England states
the weather will he clo1dy and warmer Saturday
ard become unsettled with probably snow or rain
on SUNDAY. In the South Atlantic and Gulf
States Tennessee. and the Ohio Valley the weather
will be unsettled Saturday and Sunday with TTUb-
ably rain.
Local temperature-M Midnight. II: a m, u;
- m. Is; a. N. u: =. m. l5 N a. m.
-; l2 noon. y: p m. a; p. m. 8: 2. m.
=: p m. 81: 10 p. m, n Highest, IS; lowest. Il
Relative humidty-s a. m. s.; p. m, q;
p. N. 50. Per cent of possible sunshine, lU
Temperature same date last yeHr-Higbest, 50:
lowest, -
The Washington herald., 1914-12-19

TO have been a surprise. Business had
called Bishop Harding away. but the
juniors sang for Mrs. Murray, through
whose generosity the Episcopal residence
was erected.
The junior choir Is composed of fifteen
small boys, pupils OF the primary de-
partment Of the National Cathedral
School for Boys, or the St Adams
School. adjoining the Cathedral Close in
Wisconsin avenue. The boys also sang
at the Girls School. the Boys School.
and at Cannon De Nries' residence.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-19
DISCUSS PANAMA DEFENsES.
Board VIII Ask Congress ia
Money to Further Plans.

The board in charge of Panama Ca
nal defenses has held a number Of
meetings recently which. it was said
yesterday. would result in additional
recommendations to Congress for car
rying on the work of fOrtifyinG the
canal which is now in progress.
Assistant Secretary of War Breckin-
ridge has presided at the meetings.
Other members OF the board are Mai
Gen. Leonard Wood. Brig. Gen. Will
lam CroZier. chief of the Bureau of
Ordnance; Brig. Gen. Dan c. hingman.
chief OF engineers; Brig. Gen. Erasmus
NJ. Weaver. chief of the Coast Artillery
Corps: Col. Richard p. Davis. Coast Ar
tillery Corps: Capt. Harry S. Knapp.
Capt. William Il. Shoemaker. and Capt.
Frank s CoCheu, all of the navy Col.
Goethals. governor of the Panama Ca
nal Zone. is also a member of the
board.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-19
SALVAGE OF RICHES MAY
BE SECURED FROM SEA
Capt. Williamson Talks with Local
Bankers About Plan of Recovering
Billions In Money.

The formation OF company for the
recovery of billions of dollars of treasure
now at the bottom Of the sea is being
considered by men prominent in local
financial circles. Capt. Charles William
son, the inventor OF a practical device
which makes exploration on the bed Of
the ocean possible, is in Washington for
the purpose of comforting with bankers
on the organization Of a salvage COM
pany. This company. by using his in
vention in conjunction with information
furnished by the government. will locate
and recover the caTgocs of wrecked ships
One form of Capt. WilliamsOns inven-
ton is the device which permits the maxi
The Washington herald., 1914-12-19

ing of motion pictures under water. Pic
lures taken by means of this form Of the
invention are being shown at the Column
bia TheatCr this week under the title
Thirty Leagues Under the Sea-
THE attitude OF the men / am trying
to interest in the formation of Il salvage
company said Capt. Williamson last
night. is extremely encouraging. The
outlook at the close Of my conference to-
day was so bright that l am remaining
in Washington another day to await the
final decision"
The Washington herald., 1914-12-19
ROUMANIANS BUYING ARMS.
VI, mbrrS Of Party VIII Not Discuss
Likelihood of Conflict.

A commission of ROumanians is tour
ing this country TO study business condi-
tions generally. and particularly to pur-
rial The commissioners met Secretary
of State Bryan at his Office yesterday.
An official Of the State Department is
csCorting them about Washington during
their stay here.
Members of the commission were non
committal as to Roumania's plans with
respect to the conflict. and declined to
discuss the probability of her entering the
war.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-19
CARoTHERs ORDERED TO NACo,
State Department Tries New Tack
in Mexico DIficuIty.

The State Department resumed its
hand in the Naco situation yesterday by
dispatching George c. Carothers, the de-
partment's special agent, who follows
most of Villas movements, to the border
town. Brig. Gen. Hugh l.. Scott Chief
of Staff of the Army. is now en- route
to Naco. and 1t had been supposed that
the whole situation would be left for the
present to him and Gen. Bliss.
All the convention generals have been
ordered to appear in person or send dele
gates to the meeting to he held in Mexico
City on January for the selection OF a
new President.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-19
Glass Elects Honor Censors.

The junior class of the George Wash
ington University Law School last
night elected the following honor trib-
unal to investigate possible infractions
of the honor system rules governing
examinations at the institution: II. II.
Semmes, II. T. Shaver. s. G. Thornton.
l. A. Baker, and H. W. Dix.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-19
MARRIAGE LICENSES.
HITE.

Werte :. Stubb!eheId. s. OF Pampa. Va. and
Sarah Z. ROlnc. q. Of Cash Va. Rev. J. JudsOn
Ringer.
JoseIh o Shinn. y. and Frances Carter. 81 both
Of Camdcr y. J. Rev. William \. Hsggerty
Joseph \. EllcgDod. %. and JacQuelnc HARDY. a.
deTspoOn.
Clarence e. Cook. 3 ard Antoincttc l.. Brown
p. both Of Cincinnati. Ohio. Rev. l. Morgan
Chambers
COLORED.
Wilmer y Eubank. q. and Ethel Carter. %. Rev.
Daniel Washington.
George A. Carter. IS. and Victoria Thompson, IS
Rev. W. W. ID. Norman.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-19
BOYS SURPRISE FAILS.
Junior Choir Attempts to Serenadc
BIshop Harding.

The juniors of the vested choir Of tht
Washington Cathedral, at Mount st
AIbanS, under direction of Edgar Priest
chOirmaster of the Cathedral, sang ir
the Cathedral Close yesterday afternoon
in a repertoire of English Christma'
carols. The song service was intended
as a compliment to the Right Rev. ALFRED
Harding, Bishop of Washington, and was
The Washington herald., 1914-12-19
Jerseyites Plan Entertainment.

Plans for a reception. entertainment
and dance to all Jerseyites in Washing
ton were started at meeting last night
OF the New Jersey Society. at the Per
petual Building Association hall. The
following were appointed a committee to
prepare plans: William Sammond. chair
man: Joseph OLOne. J. Lehmkul, NJ.
Keating and John Ruffo.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-19
TELLS OF AsIATIC JOURNEY.
Mrs. Adams Praises Filipino. IL
Geographic Society Lecture,


Mrs. Harriet Chalmers Adams. South
American explorer, delivered lecture
upon The Fringe of Asia" before menu
bers OF the National Geographic Society
at new Masonic Temple last night. She
told of a journey from Japan TO Johor
at the sOutheasternmOSt point of Asia,
the fringe of the great undeveloped con-
ttnent where the peoples OF the West
have their colonies and where they are
fighting unChrOnicled battles for a mar
ket which promises to become the richest
in the world.
Mrs. Adams devoted considerable at
tention 10 our Philippine possessions. and
she illustrated the remarkable things
which the American regime has accom-
plished there by showing pictures of a
reSenerated agriculture and of wild.
head-hunting Moros drilling under the
command Of their young American Off
GERS with all the precision of the Cold
stream or the Potsdam guards.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-19
Wilson May Not Visit Canal.

Whether or not President Wilson will
attend the formal opening OF the Panama
Canal and latter make a trip to Cali
fornia TO view the San Diego and San
Francisco expOsitiOns will be conditioned
by the amount of work before him at the
time of these functions, according to a
statement issued yesterday at the White
House.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-19
Salvation Army Asks for Aid.

Salvation Army lassies with red capes
TO distinguish them from other charity
workers will be stationed from now until
Christmas on the northwest corners OF
Eleventh and F and Seventh and p
streets northwest to receive contributions
to the fund for supplying 5000 of the
city's poor with YuletIde dinners
The Washington herald., 1914-12-19
BIRTHS REPORTED.
WHITE

Louis and Ida Miller. girl
Thomas and Mary Nlall0n. Elrl
Eugene and Mary MitS,hler. by.
Malcolm j. and Edith VI. LAmbOJTue. hrS.
Raymond VI. anil Edith VI. LarrensOn, d.
James and Emma \. Lyons. girl
Michael ;. and Lillian kneas. girl.
Joseph D. and Ruth Kaufman, girl
John F. and Mary +. Jstfdes. boy.
Harry and Yetta Goldberg. girl
William 4. and Olive ". Edgar. ph
GeUrgp and Anna Davis girl.
John J. and Marie Catloth, girl
L. Earl and Katherine VI. COuingswOrth, r1.
George d. and Julia NJ Carroll, bog.
Charles L. and FSnnis l. Bailey, girl
John L. and Mary Boyer. girl
COLORED.
James and Elizabeth Smalwood. girl
Griffen and Irene Richardson. girl
Ferrol NJ b. and Lillian Gibbs. hoy.
George +. and Nellie Ferguson, boy.
Walter g. and Sena B. Blunt. boy.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-19
DEATH RECORD.
WHITE

Frederick T Fehlemelcher. 90 years. Govt II. In
Iii z. Boring. rs. Government Hospital Insane.
William Jefries. T6 T7Os Fifth st. NV.
John II. Langley. 70. 63 l. st. sc.
Mary p Mcdonald, S. Woodburn. ed. O.
Marie waddel, Is Providence Hospital.
Albert II. Lockhead. q. Govt Hospt. Insane.
Thomas w. Lake 50. So Rhode Island ave. NV.
SummsrJille Brady. s. SIS T st. se.
AEerta C. PSEson g. lZs Euclid st.
Robert J. Mills. s.. q. S. Soldiers Home Hospt
Martin +. McNamAra. IS. lsl5 End st. NV.
Walter F. AycOck s.. l2i c ST. SC.
Sarah J. Bailey. y. Ss5 Tennyson st. NV.
Charles H Shelly. II mo-. I7l5 9Th st. NV.
Robert B. PoundSberry. mo-. Benninss. d. G.
COLORED
Hattie Maddox. $. Washington Asylum Hospital
Mildred Cole. p ~ Elm 81. NV.
Anna L Byrd. So ls26 De Sales row
Nelson Hackett T6 go First St su.
Nellie L. Proctor. l mo-, q Euclid st. nv.
Austria -Hungary's 1913 exports werc
The Washington herald., 1914-12-19
Chamber at Work ON Bill.

Drafting of the District suffrage bill
of the Chamber of Commerce was placed
in the hands of a subcommittee appoint
ed yesterday, composed of Theodore W.
NOyes. A. L. Sinclair. and Chaplin Brown.
The bill will be presented to Congress
after the holidays
The Washington herald., 1914-12-19

Flowers for Holiday Greetings.
Shaffer, 900 18th, is booking orders now
The Washington herald., 1914-12-19

Phone Main 25so for Family Wash
prices. The Tolman Laundry.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-19
}. jay Gould removed to $50 9th.

Expert Fountain Pen Repairing. All
makes. Fountain Pen Shop. 1921 Pa. Ay.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-19
TEMPERATURES IN OTHER CITIES.

BARRIERS in Washington have formed a
State federation.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-19

Pound Cake, 20c ID. Made of the finest
materials. Order now for Christmas.
Delivered to your door. HOLMES
BAKERY, 1O7 r st. Phi. NJ. 1887.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-19
Holmes. Delicious Fruit Cake. sSe LIB

. eggs. Jas. Oysters. Zoe. F.F.v. Lunch
The Washington herald., 1914-12-19

tria-Hungary's 1913 exports vert
valued at t6o5 sos, "a.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-25
NOTE PICTURES DEFEAT
OF BRITISH WARSHIPS
German Fleet 0utclassed Enemy in
Coronel Battls-Flasship's
Loss Described.

Cardiff. Dec. 2L-The story of Admiral
Sir Christopher Cradock's heroism in the
fatal battle OF Coronel, Chile, Is told In
a letter received here from an eye-wit-
ness, who writes:
II never want to see such a sight as
the sinking OF the poor old Good Hope
(Cradock's fiagship). She was hauled out
OF line on fire and then blew up with
500 or 800 hands aboard.
Everybody believes Admiral Cradock,
after seeing It was a hopeless case,
closed on the enemy, trying to draw
their fire, but the attempt was unsuc-
cesful.
They had the advantage of US in
every way, because they caught US with
an inferior force and the sun was set
ting behind US. They had q strong ad-
vantage in the light. and besides this.
their guns were far bigger than either
the Good Hopes or the Monmouth's
zone shell came right through the
ships side, passed right over our mess
and after going through two drawers
packed with clothes and then through
two thicknesses of steel burst In the
captains cabin. making a pepper pot
mess of Il, but by another lucky stroke
there was no fre following the explo-
sion."
The Washington herald., 1914-12-25
SEEK WOMAN OPIUM
SMUGGLER BY RADIO
Federal Authorities Hunting Fair
Leader of International Combine.
Ha, $40. 900 in Drug.

New York. Dee. 24-The wireless
was employed today by the Federal au-
thorities to apprehend aboard the liner
Baltic. which sailed for Liverpool on
Wednesday, a handsome woman. sought
as head of the international opium
smuggling gang which in the past few
months have brought thousands OF
pounds OF the drug into. America and
England.
The woman is said to have $4,000
worth OF the drug with her. Assistant
United States District Attorney Edwin
II. Stanton also has asked Scotland
Yard to have its agents meet the Baltic
when il arrives.
Discovery of the woman's Implication
in the plot was made when her photo
graph was found in the rooms of kasuji
Toda, who is being held by the Federal
authorities as the chief of the plotters.
Every steamship is bein. watched on
the theory that the band has an agent
OF every incoming ship.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-25
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

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beth o N Thomas 80 tr 900
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tfH N It & Ridee II bet ith q sth Ss nul Il
81 % 1t . 9-KLEE. Kari r TO Alberto L Godoy
SO tr 500
CHS 81 nWl -
So aBI Il Sc blk i Meridian Hil-LAYOOCK,
Harry TO Clarence Sorment SO tr $500
ti7B Euclid st nWl 2
81 s. east pt orr Il l9-NORMEST. Clarence + et
W Lizzie Smith to Jno w Crabbs so
CZ5 ] 4 nW1
81 south Of 81 s65-PHILA. BALTo L wAsH'N
Z r Co to W Hodge 4 Bro 55O
&c st bet eth Tth SIS sEl
50 2aI east \ II 10 blk 10 Mt II & Pl Pis-RuI.-
PERT Henry ct Louisa TO Mary d Nickel
so u 81 go
IN Of Morton W Of Ga ave nvl "a
QUIT CLAIM DEED.
So 4Z4 1t Il Villa Pk-H0PKINS, Earle et VI
Jeanette to Mrs Maude Burner SSH
(N Of Newton. L Of 18th st mel
The Washington herald., 1914-12-25
CHARGES bob" BEAT HER.
Mrs. FitEsimmOns Asks Divorce, Al.
IeEInE She Was Abused.

Chicago, Dec. 24-Various episodes
of their martial life. in which she fig.
ured as an abused person, were related
today by Mrs. Julia Fitzsimmons wife
of Robert Fitzslmmons, former worlds
champion heavyweight pugilist, in ties.
tifying in her suit for divorce.
He used to go away" said Mrs
Fitzsimmons, and would be brought
back intoxicated by some of his beau.
tiful friends"
The day before their final separation
in July. 1910, the wife said, her hus-
band kicked her. we had a quarrel
earlier" she explained, about his
drinking, and 1 had not been speaking
to him because he refused to quit, sc
when I passed by the door he kicked
me-"
Threats to shoot her were related
by the witness. who said that at va
rious times her husband pulled her
hair or grabbed her throat, and some
times threw bottles at her.
Il don't want any alimony," she told
the court Il always worked before
we were married, and have had to
since
The Washington herald., 1914-12-25
NOVELIST, FORMERLY
OF CAPITAL, DIES
Mrs. Isabel Gordon Curtis Dead. Fol-
lowing Operation in Bins-
hamton, N. Y.


Binghamton. N. Y. Dec. 2L-Afrs.
Isabel Gordon Curtis. novelist ana maga-
zine writer. wife Of Francis Curtis. sdi-
tor Of the Erie. Pa. Recorder. died here
early today following a surgical opera
tion.
Mr.. and Mrs Cursis made their home
in Washington until recently. Mrs. Cur
tbs was on a visit to her daughter,
Jeannette, who IL 4 pupil at the Lady
Jane Grey School here. Mrs. Curtis had
been ailing for some time, and o week
ago she was operated on.
She was recovering, apparently, when
she become unconscious at midnight last
night.
Funeral services will be held for Mrs
Curtis Saturday. She will be buried
here.
Mrs. Curtis was well known here She
made her home In Washington for sew
eTal years. and left this city last Octo-
Der. She and Mr.. Curtis had been liv-
Ing at the Woodley Apartments
Mrs. Curtis was hfty-ons years old.
She was bonn at 1berdeenshire, Scotland.
and married Mr.. Curtis in 1885, ten years
after she came TO this country. Mrs
Curtis was literary editor OF a number
OF magazines.
Mrs Curtis most noted books were
"The Woman from Wentworth" 'The
Lapse Of Enoch Wentworth" and "The
congresswoman"-the last published In
February.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-25
REVIVAL OF INTEREST IN
MUSICAL HAPPENINGS
Record Lists Show influence Of Re.
newed Activity for the
New Year.

With the coming Of the new year II
| is still more evident that the trend of
musical happenings Is taking an up
ward curve. This applies not alone to
events of local public interest but also
to all other domains of interpretatiye
music. with special reference perhaps
to sound reproduction in its various
forms. The general revival OF business
and finance, which now is assuredly
well started. has no doubt much to do
with the increased output. II Is evil
dent that the Columbia Graphophone
Company, for one, intends to lose no
trick in the game, judging by the
quality and size Of its January record
list.
Prominent in their current catalogue
OF new offerings is a remarkable speci-
men of coloratura recording by Bernice
de PasQuali, namely. Eckert's Swiss
Echo Song" a composition distinctly
Tyrolean in character, which exhibits
the coloratura register in q manner
scarcely surpassed by any other
modern composition.
In the line of opera, the distinguished
American barytone, Charles W. Clark.
contributes the most popular excerpt
from the entire range of WaEnerian
music, the Evening Star" song from
''Tannhauser." with which Is coupled the
impassioned and widely. sung Vision
Fugitive" from Massenet's ''Herodiade."
In popular and semi-popular lines of
r-usic, however. the list shows its
greatest strength. A new record of
the famous aloha Oe," or Farewell
Song of the Hawaiian Islands. is re-
corded in extraordinary effective style
by q troupe of native Hawaiian singers
who have brought out in every note
the real beauty and lasting appeal OF
the song. OF a similar class in its way
Is a mixed quartet record OF the Carrie
Jacobs-Bond song that has recently be-
come so universally popular. "A Perfect
Day" The arrangement OF the song is
exceedingly well done and the singing
is superb.
Al Jolson. the genial and versatile
comedian of tAe New York Winter
Garden. sings his two latest hits and
achieves wonders in the recording OF
Broadway ragtime. Mr.. Jolson, 1t is
announced. now sings exclusively for
the Columbia
issued record of the prize song OF the
Panama-Pacific Exposition song con-
test conducted BY the San Francisco
Bulletin. The winning song is aptly
named 1915 San Francisco" and is
recorded by Campbell and Burr, two of
the most popular singers on the Co.
lumbia list.
The excessive demand for more
records of the British war song. It's
a Long Way to Tipperary." has result
ed in its temperance twice on the
new list of different styles. The usual
of current hits" appear and
the vogue of the dance is catered to in
Eve new double-discs.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-25
.ALLESPLAN TWO
ATTACKS ON FOE
To Throw Strength Against
German Wings in Short
Time.
BRINGING UP BIC GUNS
Offensive Expected to Reach Crisis
Within Three Weeks-Christ-
mas Lull Due.

Paris, Dec. Alt is learned from an
authorative source that Field Marsha.
Sir John French, commander of the
British expeditionary force In France
and Belgium. and Gen. Joseph Joffre
commander-in-chief Of the French army,
are gathering their forces and are hiov-
ing troops and artillery for two terrific
blows which viii be administered against
the Germans at both ends OF the 800
mile battle front, probably in January.
The French government recently re-
ceived from the government arms works
heavy consignment of new guns. fully
as effective as the 42-centimetre guns OF
the Germans, which are being rushed to
West Flanders and to the battle field east
Of the Meuse-
The offensive Of the allies, which &C
tually began more than a fortnight ago,
Is expected to reach the climax OF its
effective pressure within the neVt three
weeks The object Of this double drive
will be two fold, as follows:
l. To drive the Germans from Belgium.
2. To hurle back the German forces
operating in Aisace-Lorraine to the
Rhine line Of defenses.
Expect Battle LuII.
omcisl dispatches from the front an
nounce further small gains north Of Dix
nude, near Arras, on the Aisne and par
ticuIarIy in the district lying between
the Argonne Forest and the Meuse.
Hundreds OF French officers and pri-
Yates arrived in Paris today from the
front on a short Christmas furlough, for
It is expected that there will be but little
fighting Christmas Day.
A Furnes telegram says that the Ger
mans are building a great aerial depot
at Heyst, in Northern Belgium, which
may be used as the base for the pro-
posed Zeppelin raid against England.
The German forces occupying Belgium
are levying war taxes upon everything
possible. A bachelor tax has now been
imposed on all unmarried men.
The beautiful coast city of Nieuport. IN
Belgium, which has been under artillery
fire from German guns since the Franco
Belgium army occupied it is In ruins,
SAYS q ST. Omer dispatch.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-25
AUSTRIAN GUNS SINK
FRENCH SUBMARINE
Coast Batteries Send Warship to Bot
tom-Crew Impnsoned-Lone
Boat Attacks Fleet.

Vienna, Dec. A-The following official
statement was given out today:
The French submarine Curie has been
fired upon and sunk by Austrian Goa ST
batteries. The submarine was unable
to deliver and attack. The crew were
imprisoned.
The Austrian submarine U-1-2, on
December p attacked the French feet,
composed OF sixteen ships, In the Otran-
to channel. II twice successfully torpe-
doed ships OF the Coubert type. The re-
suit Is unknown"
The Washington herald., 1914-12-25
~. 5. COAST CUES a MENACE :
Col. II. o. 5 Hei.lana warns OF
Unpreparednes. for War

e
Chicago. Dec. 2k-'Tf At this minute all
the regular soldiers OF the United States
cavalry. coast artillery, and Infantry
were assembled in New York City there
would not be enough men 70 man the
guns on war footing. And II every
national suardsman. OF whom there are
ll2.0o0. were lined up In New York. there
would not be enough TO protect these
guns from attack.
THE guns themselves. ~ they are now
situated, are q greater menace to New
York than they are q protection. All q
foe would have 70 do would be 10 turn
the guns around. poipt them at New
York. and begin shooting"
These were q few facts pointed out to-
day by Col. II. o. s. Helsland, depart
ment adjutant of the United States army.
in an address at the Chicago Press Club.
He voiced a warning against the unpre-
paredness Of this country for war.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-25
SANTA SHOWERS GOLD ON COPS
Auto of Robert GoeIet Supplant,
Reindeer Turnout.

New York, Dec. A-Santa Claus, dis
guised as a fur-clsd passenger in a motor
runabout. whizZed down Fifth avenue
this morning, slowing up at every cross
ing where traffic policemen were bossing
things, and at pegposts. to hand out 6
gold pieces to policemen. There was Q
chauffeur to run the car for Santa, SO
that he had both hands free to fish the
gold pieces out Of G white canvas bag
that appeared to hold about two quarts.
Not only ON the avenue, but up and
down side streets the car ran to visit
cops that Santa appeared to have par
dcularly in mind. The runabout bore the
number 55.22o New York. That is the
number of a car licensed in the name
of Robert GoeIet.