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$4,000 CABLED TO
HELP BELGIANS
Henry Clews Sends Money From
American Dollar Christ
mas Fund.
THOUSANDS PRAY TODAY

America Is trying to-day tho experiment
of being Santa Claus for Europe. Moth
ing quite like II has ever been seen be-
fore. In thousands OF churches Ameri-
cans will pray this morning for the ar
tiicted nations and tens OF thousands Of
men and women and children have done
their share toward uplifting the spirits
Of those who are caught in the tangles
of war. Every organization engaged in
relief work has exerted itself TO do some
thing extra on this day.
The total OF the Dollar Christmas Fund
for Homeless Belgians reached sac 37l
yesterday and Henry Clews, the treas
urer. sent to Ambassador Page in Lon
don this cablegram:
Have placed with Glyn. Mills. Currie
Co. to joint credit yourself and Lord
Durham. president of the Daily 7eie-
graph Shilling Fund for Belgians. 5000
pounds account subscriptions TO Ameri-
can Dollar Christmas Fund for Homeless
Belgians for distribution"
Secretary Percy S. Bullen received yes
terday from Sir Johnston Forbes Robert
son a telegram saying that the entire
proceeds Of his performance In San Fran
cisco to-day will be devoted to this fund
Chairman Lindon w Bates OF the COM
mission for relief in Belgium announced
yesterday that more than 1000 clergy
men Will speak from their pulpits to-
day on the needs OF starving Belgium
The commission has received from many
children letters OF good win and way
will be found 10 see that these misslves
OF comfort are brought to the attention
OF the children of Belgium
The first OF the American made comfort
kits sent TO Europe by the Lafayette Fund
will be distributed among the French SOL
diers in the trenches to-day. A message
from ". Lacour-Gayet. who Is In charge
Of the distribution. was received yesterday
informing the representatives here that all
arrangements had been completed and
thanking the fund committee for the ship
men.
Mrs whitney Warren yesterday ac-
knowledged contributions OF s475 TO the
fund for relieving the women and children
of France. the total now being s49.7 &c
August Belmont announced that the To-
tai fund of the Committee Of Mercy is now
sso.3i295
I;eceipts by the Belgian Relief Commit
tee to;alled S4.973.62 yesterday. making
the entire fund TO date s7So.345.S5.
To the Prince OF wales National Relief
Fund there was contributed yesterday
s2.94c, making the whole amount s1Ol.-
1885,.
Girl students ~ Hunters College. who
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BERLIN SENDS GIFTS.
All German soldiers Receive Christi
mas Presents.

BERLIN Via London, Dec. 24.--Wartime
Christmas eve In Berlin differs little from
he Christmas eve OF other years IN It's
outward appearances but greater econ
omv han ususl is shown IN private en-
tertainment and more generosity in chari-
ties. the poor receiving GREATER gifts than
the City ever before knew.
The whole German population has con-
ir!bu:ed gifts for the men at the front,
hundreds OF carloads having been sent
10 both the eastern and western battle
lines.
Christmas trees have been installed in
~ ~. hcsn!,als "nd chairs and tables
lu all the wards are loaded with presents
school children visited tine wardss to-day
and sang Christmas carols, many OF
them bringing gifts on their own account
. cheer the wounded.
At Potslam the Empress las, evening
gave a woollcn jacket. a notebook. fruits
nuts and cake to each Of the woundeN
soldi,,S. Tho refugees both from France
and East Prussia hay been the SUBJECTS
OF special attention. Seven thousand East
Prussian refugees attended fetc given
By the teachers association. ana the
salvation Army distributed 800 baskets
of food.
Gifts were distributed among 500
women and children yesterday afternoon
by me American women at the kitchen
OF the American Association OF Commerce
and Trade. Mrs. Gerard. wifi" OF the
Ambassador, and the women OF the enl-
basSy stan, and Mrs Julius q. Lay, wife
OF the American Consul-General, were
among those who took part In this dis
rihution.
Several inches of snow fell last night,
but the temperature was several degree
above freezing and the snow was turned
into slush.
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FIVE DIE IN TENEMENT FIRE.

Mrs Mary Corso and her three sons
and a niece wer sufioCated In an apart
meit on the top floor of the five-story
tenement at 3l6 West Forty-ninth street
when the building caught fire early yes
terday, Many occupants Of the tenement
we're rescued by iiremen. Three were
taken out in an unconscious condition. A
number of firenen We're partly overcome
by smoke. and needed medical treatment.
Mrs. Corso was IS years old. Her sons
were Charles, n, a clerk; Frank, 10,
n clerk and Harry. Z, schoolboy. Her
niece was Grace Annedale. who lived on
Long Island and was only visiting Mrs,
Corso for the night. Mr. Corso is night
telephone operator at the Polytechnic Hos
Ditul.
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CHRISTMAS AT VATICAN.
Pope Receives Members Of College
of Cardinals.

ROME, Dec. 24.-Pope Benedict re-
ceived the members OF the Sacred Col
lege In solemn audience to-day for the
usual interchange OF Christmas sentl-
ments The ceremony was much more
pretentious than during the time OF Pope
Plus and resembled the days OF Pope
Leo.
The Pope, in addressing the Cardinals,
told OF his efforts to make the war less
terrible and said he would continue try
ing to obtain the suppression or limita-
ton OF the sacrifice OF life and the suf-
fering of the wounded.
Several of the Cardinals were absent
because of illness and the Pope eN-
pressed regrets, especially In the case of
Cardinals Martinelli and Agliardi
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BROKERS' WIFE WINS
SUIT FOR THIRD TIME
Mrs. Robert Lee Fisher Com
promised by wUnprincipled
Man" Husband Hired.
FIGHT OF SIX YEARS ENDS

By n decision OF the Appellate Division
OF tho Supreme Court yesterday Mrs.
Florence 4. Fisher wins for the third
time in a suit for divorce brought against
ner by Robert Ice Fisher. broker. which
has been pending for six years. and IN
which two new trials have previously
been ordered Ivy tho courts. The higher
court dismisses the suit and there VIII
b, no further litigation.
Fisher accused his wife OF misconduct
IN 1907 nj the Hotel Victoria and else
where with Charles Prince. In her an
swer Mrs Fisher alleged that through
her husbands connivance she was thrown
into companlonshp with Prince ana that
IN this way she was placed In situations
with him which might tend 10 compro-
mise her name and lend some basis to
the allegations
The case was tried before Justice
Greenbaum. who found that Mrs. Fisher
had been guilty OF mlscoDduc., but that
she met Prince at the places charged
through a conspiracy between Prince and
Fisher. and for this reason he dismissed
tho case.
Prince, who was called as n witness
for Mrs Fisher. refused to answer ducs-
tons on the ground that they might tend
to- incrlmina,e or degrade him Prince
Is a pianist and musical conductor cm-
poyed by the Columbia Phonograph Com
pany.
The opinion OF Justice Greenbaum on
which the Appellate Division affirmed the
Judgment IN favor OF Mrs. Fisher. stated
that Fisher introduced his wife to Prince
at a Masonic bail in Terrace Garden, and
that this meeting was prearranged be-
tween Fisher and Prince Three weeks
later detectives were engaged TO trail
Mrs. Fisher and Prince and they were
found In a compromising situation at the
Hotel Victoria. The court found that
at was conclusively established that tho
plaintiff had prearranged with the core
spondent for a money consideration TO
place his wife In compromising posi-
81.
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CHRISTMAS IN TRENCHES.
France sends Clothing and Deiica-
cies 10 the soldiers.

PARIS, Dec. 2i--Nothing that could be
done by families aud friends and by
various agencies, governmental and other,
mas been overlooked To- convey TO the mon
at the front as much as possible of Christ
mas cheer.
II Is to these men that all France Is
dovotiag It's attention. Woolen clothing
and boxes Of del!cac!es form the great
part OF the gifts. Tho more prosperous
givers add ield glasses, wrist watches,
sleeping bags and the thousand and one
campaign convtniences which may be pro-
cured at ,hc shops. The transportation
Of these gifts 10 the front has been ac-
complshcd by the military authorities by
means Of long supply trains which began
this work early this month.
The Government and various societies
are looking cut for the soldiers without
family--those who otherwise would lack
the gifts which their more fortunat,
brothers are receiving. The Ministry ri
War il including among its contributions
a bottle OF champagne for every four
soldiers. These public agencies Will see
20 it that every solder has ONE article
OF clothing, special food and something 10
drink and smoke.
The military authorities have taken over
all the plum buildings In Paris shops and
have sent them to the British troops at
the front. The Belsiau refugees In France,
especially the children, IN strong contrast
TO their kinsfolk IN Belgium, are being
overfeI with Christmas dinners. In order
10 avoid TOO much food on this one day and
too little IN the days TO come, many
dinners and entertainments planned for
the refugees are being postponed so as
70 cover the next ten days or so.
Each Belgian soldier a. he front Will
receive a box OF twenty-five cigars, the
gift OF King Albert.
The wounded in the hospitals will have
concerts. Rotations and moving picture
shows The American AMBULANCE is dec
grated with holly and mistletoe.
Nine. Poincdre, wife OF The President
base sent 5000 packages OF toys, candy
and clothine 10 as many children OF The
portions OF Alsaco- Lorraine retaken by the
French.
Even the prisoners OF war are not beln
forgotten. Great numbers Of packages fol
German prisoners In France have been re
celved from Germany and are being de
livered by the French Government Sim!
lar packages have been sent 10 Frencl
prisoners in Germany and. It Is understood
are being delivered by the German miltar!
authorities.
The authorities refused to-day TO al
low the restaurants an extension Of tn,
time during which they might keep opef
for the Christmas Eve celebration, thu,
preventing the usual ReVeillon festivities
which are generally kept up all nigh
long.
The usual nidnisht masses were suns
IN the chief churches, althoueh the lacl
Of means Of transportation affected tn,
attendance
The cVspdpars are rcvivug monorie,
Of the Christmas Of 1870, expressing Ia,
eorvic, on that Il Berlin keeps the fet,
'hls year II win be because ot specia
order
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SEEK TEACHERS
COLLEGE REPORT
FROM COLUMBIA
Continued from First Pcoe

with the broader question OF general rela-
tons growing out OF it,
Miss Dodge sister OF Cleveland IT,
Dodge. who has paid yearly deficits at
Teachers and been It's most invaluable
friend. said:
II am very sorry. | cannot say any
thing
Peter r. Olney was silent. Philip A.
Rollins, a Teachers trustee. commented:
II have not come across any one who
favors separation. 7 cannot see that the
matter Is anything more than question
Of finances. In order 10 readjust money
matters between the two institutions II
might be necessary 10 alter the working
agreement between them. How personali-
ties can enter into IL 1 cannot see
Frederic L. Couderi, a Teacher, rus
tee. said:
II have heard nothing about any
rumored designations and l should not
believe /. unless II came To ME on the beT';
OF authority. l know Of no reason for j.
or cause for II.
ANY difference that may possibly have
arisen between the two boards % trustees
are TO my mind most readily adjustable
and are altogether OF minor Importance.
There is every reason why the relations
between the two organizations should be
closer than they are at present.
Under the existing contract education
ally Teachers College and the university
are one. \ separate board OF trustees
has been maintained for financial and
historical reasons and has doubtless served
a useful purpose.
Probably in the not remote future II
may seem wiser In the cause OF education
- complete ;ne consolidation which has
now already in fact gone SO far. But this
certainly will not be done without the con-
sent of the excellent ladies and gentlemen
who have done 50 much for the Teachers
College In building and making Its great
reputation. ! am sure some way will be
found II a consolidation be brought abou,
to retain their interest and recognize the
/ splendid work tina, they have done.
; AS far as I know there are no diner
! ences OF a personal nature whatever. but
! they are wholly questions OF educational
| policy which call for a settlement In the
| calmest and most impersonal spirit"
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Al Reeves and wife Reported .,
Have settled own Divorce Cn..

MiSEoLA, L. l.. Dec. 2i.--Frorn A soure.
which is very reliable II was learned a.
day that the troubles Of MIR ana N-s A.
Reeves have been settled and thar her.
will be no lawsuit In the supreme Cog-
here next month Mrs. Reeves hal aroyeh,
an action against her husband, naming
number OF the girls Of his cump1.y 40 =.
respondents and IN return Reeves Nrough,
counter suit, naming several prominent
men.
II is reported that Mrs Reeves, when
coming out OF tho law Offices ~ Uteharlt
& Graham IN Cedar street Yesterday ran
plump into her husband on the same 4oor
There were no prelmirarics but N.
couple fell into each others arms IN.
couple are said to have returned 20 the
office OF Mr.. Graham and told hin, thew
had made IN Neither MI Reeves. MI,
wife nor Mi Graham could be locat.i
here tonight
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CHRISTMAS IN 1870 WAS DAY
OF SORROW IN FRENCH CAPITAL

remain the typical examples would
have broken the spirit of many another
nation Yet Paris still had hope.
Even when the news came OF the
failure of Ducrot to hold his position
on the Marine practically the same
lines which are the highwater mark
OF the present vain attack OF the Ger
mans on Paris) and was falling back
on Paris, the Paris!ans refused to be-
lieve that ali was lost.
There was a lull OF a day or so In
the severe fght,ng Just before Christ
mas, but II was not by any means
tribute by the Germans to the religious
festival. They we're preparing for
tho final test The minds of the people
of Paris we're occupied chiefly with
memories of the disaster to Gen. Blaise
and his troops at Ville-Evrard on De-
cember %, when the commander and
several of his officers we're killed and
1000 men made prisoners by a surprise
attack of the besiegers
Christmas Day had scarcely passed
when the Prusslan guns, twelve bat
teries in all. opened the most furious
bombardment of the siege. and the
guns of the Paris forts were forced
to be silent until January 10. a bare
ten days before the frightful ordeal
ceased and the city capitulated.
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"FITZ' NOT D0LIzED AT HOME
Mrs. Fit,sip,mons. seeking ntvo,r..
Says lie Abused Her.

CHICAGO. Dec. 24--Mrs Julia Nav a.,
ford Fitzsimmons testified to-day In "a.
suit for divorce that Bob Fits, rro-s
ex-champlon heavyweight. i7 no. .ts Hsro
in his own home that he Is TO rr.zer. or
followers. Judge Walker tool; tn. -ass
under Amusement after Mrs Fiigs.w-7or.
had accused her husband % coming iona
Intoxicated, throwing bottles at her L.,s
ing her and threatening 20 shoot hr.
"He used TO go away and them h.
brought home by some OF his trends"
said Mrs. Fitzsiinmons, who asked n,
restoration OF her maiden nanc. ~. on.
she uses on the stage.
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BROKER SAYS WIFE IS INSANE.
ArraiRned In Court, Mrs. \ysc Ii
PRroled Pending Further HeariMR.

Henry + WISE, Manhattan broker.
who lives AZ GS2 Fulton street. Bro, klyn,
caused his wife, Rebecca, aged 81, OF eos
Penn street. to he arraigned IN tho Man
haitian avenue police court before Mdsis-
trats FOlWell on warrant yesterday
alleging that she is insane. In an atll-
davit he said she believed he was trying
to poison her to rob her OF her two chill
dren and obtain her fortune and also
legacy Of $4,000 she inherited some time
ago.
IN court Yesterday WISE informed
Magistrate Folwoll that mis- wife acted
irrationally and that she was a peril 70
herself as well a. to others, The womans
brother. Paul Friedman. who had secured
her release from an asylum, declared
the proceedings unwarranted Mrs. WISE
acted nationally in court and the Magis-
trate paroled her IN the custody Of her
brother pending a hearing next Wednes-
day.
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Martin VI. LittIeton Not "a get s2so
Bishop Cnss Fee.

James Cunningham Bishop m. barker
won his appeal TO tho Appellate Division
of the Supreme Court yesterday from Al
order directing MIN 20 pay $3.50 council
fee to Martin w Lttlcton. attorney FOR
mis- former wife. Mrs. Abigail Hancock
Bishop. for services TO be rendered In
before Joseph Il. Truesdale AZ
referee, In which Mr. Bishop asks to have
his former wige's alimouy reduced from
$4,000 TO $4,000 year. because his earn.
ings have been materially lesseu,i
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are now rehearsing "Prunella" for three
performances to raise $1,000 for the Amer
lean Red Cross. have decided to raise an
additional $1,000 for distribution among
home charities.
IL was announced at Hunter College
yesterday that 5000 had been raised AT
the recent bazaar .or the benefit OF the
Red Cross. II was intended originally to
hold this bazaar 20 raise funds for A
needed athletic field. but the Student self
Government Organization determined to
let the athletic field 10 In the face OF the
war problem.
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Court Gives Election TO Cnr-w-Ii.

The Appellate Division OF the Supreme
Court CO. Brooklyn decided yesterday tina.
William u. Carswell, Democrat. defeated
Charles T. Murphy. Republican. for the
State ScnatorShip from the Sixth Dis
trict by votes. First Carswel was de-
cl ired elected. then Murphy, and now
Carswcl
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- HR1sTMAS in Paris this year
presents o vastly different
spectacle from that other Christ
mas Day. In 1870. when the Germans
were closing in on the doomed city
and the valiant troops OF the republic
were lighting their last desperate fight
to save the capital
Sortie after sortie had failed. News
from Gambetta and the army OF the
Loire cheered the defenders, only TO be
Offset by a Tightening OF the grip OF
the invaders The guns of Mont Vale
rien still doomed In defiance through
out the night, but the French soldiers
were driven back from point after
point OF the outer defences. and the
roar of the Prussan guns ushcrcd In
the morn.
Paris was hungry. If anybody had
cared to celebrate the reveillon the
banquet" would. at most, have In
cluded such dishes as "consomme do
cheval." "hlct de chen" and "c!vet
de chat" The night of Christmas eve
was one OF the coolest OF all that
frightful winter. In one of the trenches
near the capital 800 men we're frozen
to death. The cold was playing havoc
with the troops In the field. The series
OF disasters OF which Sedan and Metz
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PROF. cHEssIN ESCAPES JAIL.
Court Nncatcs Arrest Order In Bnr-
uey Divorce suit.

The Appellate Division OF the Supreme
Court vacated yesterday an order OF ar
rest obtained for Alexander s. Chcssln.
a consulting engineer and formerly pro-
John Hopkins universities. in suit by
Marshall \ Barney. a lawyer. for $780,
GOO damages FOR alternating the affections
of Claire 7 Barney.
Prof. Chcssin was released under So
500 bail lie asked that the order OF ar
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-25
Actor John r. k-iIs's wife sues
says lie Beat Her.

A suit for separation against John 7
Kelly. the actor. was tiicd iu the Sun-em.
Court yesterday by Mrs. Dolores Florence
Kelly, TO whom he was married a. Bay
onne. y. -. on August q. 1878 Nr-
Kelly. who now lives with her mother At
Elmhurst, !. l.. alleges that her husband
beat her ana finally refused 10 supper
her She makes other charges. Sc ssys
he gets from $500 TO $500 q voeI. ard
asks alimony based on such earnings
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fesscr OF mathematics az Columbia ana
rest be vacated. on the ground that M,
relations with Mrs. Barney have bes,
entirely proper and conventional" and
that he wants the case transfers. :,
Richmond county. where he lives. ln order
that II may be tried at once. Prof Che,,ln
told the court that all his witnee ~. uy.
In Richmond county.
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mas. They received holiday presents from
the American colony in Paris to-day.
The American Vice Consul. John J. Ern-
ster. and Mr. and Mrs. william Il. Hoy
presented the packages. each man recei'-
ing one containing a flannel shirt, pair
Of wooden socks, a mufncr, cigarettes a
Jipe. tobacco and money.
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The trial Of Porter Charlton In Italy
has been postponed again, accordlng 81
word received here yesterday by his at
torney. Charlton is charged with having
killed his WIFE in their cottage at Lake
Como, Italy, more than four years ago.
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MAKES
MERRY TO-DAY,
DESPITE WAR
Metropolis Celebrates as
Usual, but Many Gifts
Are Sent to Front.
DINNERS FOR ALL
BELGIAN REFUGEES
Sp,cial cnbi. p.,patcs % TINS srs


LONDON, Dec 2I--London Is keeping
Christmas much as usual a little while
aao there was some talk that this was not
a fitting time for festival, but slthough
thousands OF homes are in mourning and
the sympathy OF all goes out TO them tho
country as a whole has decided to cele-
brate the great holiday and utterly REFUSES
to Be downhearted
IL would be wrong to say that there Is
no difference between this Christmas ana
last. but the difference. to alter we'll
worn phrase, IL more real than apparent
Certainly II Is more than ever chiidrehs
Christmas London is abnormally nut
Country house parties are largely apah'
doned. not only because the younger men
are al the front or IN camp cut because
hundreds Of women are "offhlE n".u ia
London In connection with the myriad war
organizations, ~
ReaIdes London now is the centre OF all
interest and activity and also OF what lit
tls news is allowed TO trickle through the
grudging censorship.
Many Omcers on Leave.
The Yves, End hotels ne crowded to-
night with Christmas eve diners, to'o"-
Ing the childrcn's Christmas tea paruee
in the afternoon. In few OF the no'els,
howeyer. was there a single table reserved
To.morrow night the Christmas diners
vii, be even more numerous than usual
officers on leave from the front and the
camps. with their friends and relatives
,s,,i he a conspicuous feature.
During the past week the shopping GEN.
tres have oecn as crowded as ever. In
INC last few DAYS before Christmas. 10
ors rushing his way slowly through OK
ford Regent and Bond streets, there seemed
80 ~. 80 dIrf,rerce between this and any
a,har cbris,rnas Merchants say the diff
fsr.rcs is that neople are buying more
c.ro,,,Ity Not so many costyl presents
h.yo bcer bought A. usual. but the pur-
nhases .rs more. II anvth'ng N number
A notable feature Of course is the send
ING Of comforts and luNuries to the front.
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GIFTS FOR AMERICANS.
Paris '"'ony sends ChristmRs Pack
ages 10 Foreign Legion,

, Lyons, Dec. 24,-Ameucans enrolled IN
ne F2rc's1 legion. vino nave not v,t gone
70 'ne 'front.' have their barracks here
ma they already are celebrating Christ
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Also WomeA's Fur and Fur-linec Coats,
Nen's Fur-lned Dress Overcoate. a~1
Ch'+9en's Fur Sets, at rnosA attractive prices.
Fur Department, Third Floor