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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-26
NAVY YARD GAY FOR XMAS.
AN First Line Fighting ShIps
spend Holiday Here.

SIX FIRST line fighting ships of Uncle
same navy, all of the FIRST division Of
the North Atlantic fleet. spent Christi
mas ne the local navy yard. which took
o. a holiday attire scarcely equalled be-
'uro. or course the centre of attraction
as Oh" New Works. Christmas party for
!"-t gStors, but the other ships Crews-
90 east that part of the crew which had
70 Temt'u on ~board-had celebrations of
tn owH and every snip in the yard was
''' uSll decorated with Christmas ;rees,
-tc"ns and bunting
The vessels nov In the yard besides
~" Arizona, which Is building, are the
New York, Arkansas. Wyoming. Texas.
t'th and Florida. Visitors they had
"u'y all afternoon. Girls in Christ
't- hneiy We're entertained above and
below decks, The ships interiors were
a'od As only a sailors ingenuity can
'e'.e and m!stletoe hung over the en-
laur" Ia every Casemate on board.
on each vessel each division decorated
VS. own Cascmate-that's the divisions
wing quarters-With greens, holly and
oLu' ng and each had It's W Christ
NJ tree we'll laden with tinsel, bright
hdrSIngs and electric lights.
A large part OF the crews received
shore leave on Friday and will not have
10 rr'ufu until tomorrow. Some have
longer furloughs over the holidays. Most
or he ships will leave early in January
u'I work their way down 10 the target
'a'-ri on the Atlantic.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-26
SERVICES AT CATHEDRAIS.
81. Johns aud -. PRtrick's Both
Observe the Holiday.

ST. Johns Cathedral was filed yester-
day morning when Bishop Greer, Dean
Grosvenor. Canons Nelson and Jones and
the choir. conducted an elaborate service.
Bishop Greer was the preacher and he
compared the present piercing of Chris
%tianity. putting II to the test by the
grea; war. to the piercing of the side Of
Christ. He told Of a man who sug
gested that the Christian religion lay
Itself away In a box until the war is
over, then take on the lid and do
business again.
"Tf Christianity were no more than
that said the Bishop. ct were idle at
the end of the war to lift the lid. Let II
stay In the box or anywhere else, Chris
tianity is prepared TO help men TO con-
quer, with Gods aid. every difficulty.
not alone when II Is easy. but when II is
hard. Christianity Is the worlds re-
demptive force, No other force will ever
give the world peace"
At St. Patrick's Cathedral high pom
tifcal mass was celebrated at II o'clock
with Cardinal Farley a. celebrant.
Fathers McQuade and Quinn were dea-
cons and the sermon was one In a course
preached by Father O'Rourke.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-26
MUSIC OF AMERICA
ROUND THE WORLD
Because Of War. Churches
Everywhere Echo to Com
pOSprS Of /. :.

Christmas music in the churches Of
New York Yesterday was unlike any pre-
vious christmas programme ever kno"n.
The reason was the war. Because or
the wal German music composers are
engaged i'm far different tasks. Little
German music has been composed for
two years. EuElish and French COM
posers nave been at TIE front many
have given up their lives.
In this juncturc American composers
came forward. so that never before did
America know a Christmas when so
much American composed music was
sung. Not only were American churches
supplied with American composed music
estcrday-an the music will he re-
heated to-day-but American music pub
fishers for the first Time exported music
To England, n to South Africa ana
Australia, markets which England and
France and Germany have always here
tofore supplied.
Eighteen new choruscs were hedrd
Yesterday. some Of them composed by
New York organists and choir masters.
In New York churches, as ncve.' on any
nr.yious Christmas. the violin displaced
The harm and became the principal auXtl-
larry 10 the organ. The new American
music calls for the violin accompanl-
ment as no foreign music has ever done.
The composers who have been most
prolinc in Christmas music offerings are
T. Tertius Noble. organist and cholrmas-
ter al 81. Thomas's Church, formerly OF
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-26

4 Every Sody in the world-that is
! nearly every body IN the world-owes
something to the old gentleman with
the snowy beard and the capaciouslN
hlled red suit and IL is self-eyident that
the nearly everybody who can possibly
AFFORD II viii he del GIFTED to give somc-
thing Ia the erection If a building in
the gentieman's honor. especially when
the chiefest and miiuest aim OF the
building is to make his system SO perfect
that not only nearly everybody hut alb
~solutely everybody viii he a partaker Of
his undoubteh blessings.
For the building Itself Nj Glutk.
president OF the ASSOCIATION. has given
explicit Instructions to Messrs. Geoi re
and Edward Blum, late of the Reaux
.Arts, Paris. to draw M plans for the
most unique building in america"
"Sev.nty-hye feet wide. on a plot 100
fee; wide for plenty ~ light and air.
read the Instructions exterior Of white
marble treated In classic mauner-huge
portal taking ny most Of the front OF
tn" building and a~ching over "A Christ
mas tee and n great stained glass win
dow depicting none other than the old
AIN himself y frieze about u plain
base representing children and children
and more children"
Behind the great portal. as generous
and capaciouS and inviting as the coun-
tenanCe Of Santa, WI be a varied ar
rarremert OF rooms, which. however.
Will have only one important character
iStiC-a Supply'of presents and good will
as in"Nhaust. BILE as II they poured by
special tube from the factory a day and
4 halfs tourney north-northeaSt Of the
North pole-,ndeci. Mr.. Gluck has
limited. though he does no, Ct~c to be
quoted FOR publication ON Z. that some
ElGh- . IL 10 % 4. vnRff xItll .ktEF
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-26
LOSES LEG SAVING XMAS DOLL.
Little Girl Jump. After PIN thing
In Front Of Train.

Trying to save her doll from being
run over 10y a West Enc elevated train
Yesterday al the SiNty-second street and
New Utrecht venue station cost little
Jennie Tardi. 3 years old, Of l4l2 sixty
fourth sweet. Brooklyn. her left leg.
Jennie and her parents were going TO
have Christmas dinner at "A relative $
home IN Manhattan. They were waiting
for a train. .Jennie's doll was a small
one, II came TO her yesterday morning
from Santa Claus. In her excitement
Al watching other children with larger
dolls her little doll slipped from her
arms and fell on the tracks as a train
approached.
She jumped down on the tracks tou
late for the motorman, John Roach, tn
siop his train. John Fracciola. vino
lives al her home. was the first to see
the plight OF Jennie. In trying to saw
her lie was knocked senseless.
Jennie was hurried to the Norwegian
Hospital, where il was found that her
leg was So badly crushed that II had 20
be amputated.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-26
ATLANTA's BLOODY YULETIDE.
-Four Dead. Five Dying, Twent,-
Ave Shot. Eifty stabbed.

ATLANr.. Ga, Dec. 25-This was NJ
lanta's bloodiest Christmas Four men
are now lead at Grady Hospital as the
result of a shooting scrape and about
twenty-five others are suffering from
gunshot wounds. Fifty more are victims
Of cutting affrays, according to reports
from the hospital. Five men are not
expected 10 live.
o of the dead and wounded are
negroes. pandemonium broke loose
abou, . o'clock this morning IN the nc
gro district. The wounded, some shes.
some stabbed. some slashed with razors
and others with dirks. flooded Grady
Hospital. making this Christmas season
the worst ever recorded IN Atlanta.
In police circles it is claimed THAI the
passage of drastic prohibition laws by
the LEGISLATURE which has just adjourned
caused the outbreak of drunkenness and
rioting
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-26
800 PRISONERS EAT CHICKEN.
warden at Queens Jail Announced
That n Chapel VIII he Built.

Zach of the 800 prisoners. 1913 men
sr3 lo1 women, in the Queens Jail got
Fl HG chicken dinner yesterday on or
DIETS of Commissioner Katharine b..
Davis Of the Department of Chs rites,
warden Robert Barr was in charge. An
entertainment was given by amateur and
occasional entertainers in the after
noon
warden Barr announced during the
orn"r that he had just completed plans
'' IN construction OF a prison chapel,
"..Hn Will be used for entertainments
".a moving picture shows as well as for
religious services. This programme liz
M d~rcordance with the plans of Com
missioner Davis for lettering conditions
~ "|ty prisons.
The COMMISSIONS has been endeavor-
INK 10 get funds from the city for the
chapel, but was unsuccessful Warden
Barr then prepared plans for a chapel
- aocomodate about 225 persons in fart
~ the old administration building. He
nt, enlisted the services ~ cabinet max
ts. carpenters. masons and electrical
WORKERS IN Jail. The only cost TO the
"ilv viii he for the material used,
Warden Barr recently had "A wall built
about the prison so AS 10 allow the prIs.
or"rs to take outdoor exercise, The wall
was huil, by prison labor and cost only
80 nc m9ter.ai.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-26
GENERAL MOTORS MEN TO MEET
viii Consider Durnnt Move for
New Control by Chevrolet.

bErEoir. Dec. 2i.-A special meeting
VI the directors of the General Motors
Company has been called for Monday to
consider the action Of W. G. Durant,
vice-president OF the company and presi-
dent Of the Chevrolet Motor Company,
giving control Of General Motors to the
Chevrolet
=. meeting of directors was scheduled
Tor January > to consider a dividend poll
icy. hut the officers Of the corporation
feel that some action should he taken TO
lind where matters stand. J. j. Starrow
of Lee. Higginson d Co. chairman OF the
finanC. committee. issued n statement
Friday To General Motors stockholders
advising them to refuse exchange stock
for Chevrolet. as lie did not consider the
exchange to be for their best interests.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-26
PITTSBURG PRAISES
HENRY G. TRICKS ACT
Their Savings Saved. 10000
Children Proclaim Him
Great and Good.
BRINGS MERRY CHRISTMAS

PirrsprRd. Dec. 25 1t was a happy
Christmas for 10000 schooi children Of
this district when they lea ned that II. c.
Fr.ck. In the role OF Santa Claus. had
announced that he would reimburse them
the si63. 600 they lost when the Pitts
burg Bark for Savings closed It's doors
on Wednesday. In many homes the in
c!lent had bliglted the usual Joy Of
Yuietide. bu, Mr.. Tricks gracious act
wrough, a veritabIe transformation.
Throughout the city he is being pro-
claimed and was Landed In sermons de-
livered from the pulpits OF all denomina-
tons during Christmas service to-day.
Mr.. Frick has announced through ad-
vcrt!sements In all the newspapers THAI
he would pay in full the 100000 which
the school children deposited In the de-
funct bank. For years the collectors
of the bank had visited the schoolhouscs
weekly. gathering their pennies, nickels
and dimes saved by the pupils. The dis
appointment which followed the CLOSING
Of the bank, which la a total of s10,-
600 900 of deposits. was most acute
among the children. m the surprise
sprung by Mr.. Frick caused a wave of
rejoicing in thousands OF homes. He
had no interest In the closed bank.
The money will he paid to the chill
dren when they return to school on
January 3. The necessity OF transfer
ring accounts to the Union Savings
Bank. Of which Mr.. Frick Is a director,
prevents earlier payment.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-26
WOMEN IN SCRAMBLE
AT FREE BREAD DEPOT
Threaten for Time to Wreck
Place in Rush to Get Christ
mas Baskets.

The reported bread riots az Europe
depot at . Prince street yesterday morn
inc, where Tom Merry and Dick Br.gh;
stood off a crowd of women who threat
ened to wreck the place until reinforce
man. who reduced the crowd to orde-
ard lined the women up 50 Tom ami
Dick could hand out the Christmas
baskets to those who were entitled to
them.
The trouble started when Atty women
marched over from the mission just
across the Bowery. They were those
who had previously been investigated by
the mission for the SuN. They eN-
pccted that the baskets would be gwen
out Al the mission and some Of them had
arrived two hours before tn. scheduled
They could not he made To leave
the mission, where heretofore the had
received charity. To go to THE SU%
depot. Many of them were foreign
who could not understand what
was told them. and it was not until one
Of the mission lieutenants Went with
them that they could be persuaded to
depart.
The fifty women crossing the Bowery,
with a now soiled card calling for
n basket, naturally attracted y great
deal of attention, and recruiting was
good as soon as the word was passed
that free baskets We're going 10 he
handed out. BY the time the crowd
reached THE Sun depot II numbered
several hundred and included many who
did not know what il vas all about hut
who were not going 10 miss any thing,
Tom Merry saw them just in time to
jump inside and slam the door. 1t waJ
M U.s. to tell them that only those who
had cards would receive a basket. In
the first place they could not understand
English and in the second place II they
could it would have been impossible to
hear because edlam had broken loose.
Finally the policeman arrived. and one
at a time those with cards were allowed
to pass through the door and receive
baskets,
When the bread depot opened at .
o'clock in the afternoon there wa
nothing like the crowd OF the morning.
In fact there was not even a line and
free bread went begging, Merry and
Bright distributed about 800 loaves,
however. before 3 o'clock.
The following unsolicited contributions
for the bread depot have been received
S. e. T.. SO: NJ /. C., 81 sidney F.
Rawson, 81; l.. c. L., 81.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-26
TO MEET NEW YEARS EVE.
Citisens' Committee WIN Pay Trib-
ute 20 Jacob Riis.

The Citizens New Years Eve Com
mittee, founded by the late Jacob A.
Riis, will hold it's annual exercises in
Madison Square on New Years eve, The
celebration will begin at II i. NJ. on
December 81 and end shortly after the
new year has arrived.
The exercises will be in memory Of
Jacob A. Riis, and shortly before mid
night there will be a momen Of silence
dedicated to him, College n will
be suns by the alumni and students of
various colleges having delegations
present. The first number will be by
a body of $50 Columbia students. The
programme will close with the ringing
OF the chimes in the Metropolitan tower
and the singing of America" by the
entire gathering,
The honorary committee Is made up of
seyenty-fve prominent New Workers..
headed by Theodore Roosevelt as per-
manent honorary chairman.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-26
PIG IRON EXCEEDINGLY STRONG
Wire Prices Advanced to Highest
Figures In Many Years.

The Iron Trade Rericm says: "The
pig iron market is exceedingly strong.
Wire prices have been advanced TO the
highest figures in many years Cast iron
pipe is higher and the general trend OF
quotations IL upward, Freight congcs-
ton between Pittsburg and New York Is
causing much annoyance and delay in
the movement of iron and steel products
and machinery.
enquiries footing up several hundred
thousand tons of bars for export, prin-
cipally large rounds for the manufac-
ture of shells, are pending,
"Blue annealed sheets are extremely
scarce and difficult to get at any price.
Owing to the high price of spelter many
g~alvanizing departments of sheet plants
have suspended operations. old material
il active and coke IL stronger
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-26
THREE KILLED BY A TRAIN.
Two Girls and u Man Hun Down
n tNOcR y. y.

CoRNISG. y. Y, Dec. Marie Nc
Chesney, aged 10. "A school teacher, and
Ethel McChesney, aged II, daughters of
Mrs. Omar McChesney of Avoca. and Ben
jamin Harrison, aged. 81, of Corning.
were run DOM and killed by u I.acka-
wanna freight train this morning at
Avoca AS they were crossing the tracks
to reach the station platform.
Harrison had just alighted from a pas
sens0 train to spend Christmas Day
with Yiarie McChesney, his fancee.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-26
BABY DIES UNDER XMAS TREE.
>~trRnRies On Marble when
Mother Leaves Him q Moment.

ARiiSGToN, y. j. Dec. 25.-The Christ
mas JOY Of the Harlan Brown family
here was turned to sorrow to-day by tho
sudden death OF the youngest child as
the result OF an accident.
Robert Emerson Brown, lS months old
son Of Harlan Brown. an expert ac-
countant. was playing under the Christ
mas tree With his brother. Harlan. Jr.,
: wears old. this morning when his
mother left the room for a moment.
When Mrs. Brow returned she saw
the baby lying on the floor sasping for
breath. She e~ndeavored to revive him
and then summoned DR.. Percy de stan
ley,
Although the physician got TO the
house almost, immediately the baby was
dead. II is believed that a marble
lodged in his throat.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-26
NEWSBOYS REVEAL
AMAZING APPETITES
Hundreds Stuffed and Enter.
tanned at the Brace Me-
mortal House.
PRESENT FOR EACH ONE
Here's the Turkey. Haiioo'
Whoop. How are YOU. Merry
Christmas! II was u Turkey:
He never could have stood
Upon his legs, that Bird.

'nristNnast u was u Turkey.
He never could have stood
Upon his legs, that Bird.
That was the way Mr.. Dickens felt
about Il. and Charles Dickens had a way
OF punching more real Christmas spirit
and feeling in a very few words thar
most any body who ever tried to write.
Somehow one thought of him yesterday
afternoon rs 500 homeless ads enjoyed
a real Christmas at the Brace Memorial
Newsboys' House. NJ II New Chambers
street.
Around and about the whole affair
was Just the sort OF atmosphere that
Dickens loved-lorg tables grooming and
creaking under "A perfectly imposs. bile
weight OF turkey and trimmings: hun
dreds of boys. all with n boys marvel
lous appetite. laboriug desperately to he
dignifed and we'll behaved and We. en-
pIoding every now and then with yells
that must have been heard as far as the
rivers the plump, red checked women
who as volunteers were waiting on the
tables and making 1t their special busi-
ness to see that EACH and every boy was
stuffed to the Adams apple the enter.
OF singing and dancing and
magicians' tricks that followed. and
finally the great sparkling Christmas
tree. with its hundreds OF cleaning
candles and with its base quite concealed
BY the vast stack of presents-a present
for each boy.
The dinner began at s I. NJ. when the
first lot Of boys were admitted to the big
room on the second floor. For half an
hour there was a tremendous clatter OF
dishes and a greater clatter OF tongues.
all punctuated by sharp yells tina, de-
nlanded the attention OF "Pinky'' or
Mickey or Frost Face or Buttons"
There were SO many boys that dinner
had TO be served to about $50 at n time.
The menu offered Maryland turkey. Vir-
GINA ham. celery. potatoes au gratin.
cieamed turnips, rolls. assorted cakes.
mince pie. nuts, candy. ice cream and
coffee with a lot OF pleasant little fix
ings that just filled such spaces as the
more important items left vacant.
After all the boys were quite stuffed
and stuffed Just about expressed their
beatinc state-there was a grand rush
for the assembly room on the third floor.
where the vaudeville entertainment
started at 5 p. NJ. Earl Carroll. the SOM
writer. assisted by Al. Matthews at the
piano Jess Greer. "A ragtime pianist Je-
rome VI. Rose. with ongs. and other pro-
f~essional entertainers made fun for the
lads and then a company OF the news
boys presented a sketch they called
"Snuny the Cabman." II need hardly
be said that this piece went uproar-
iously.
At the last the big Christmas tree was
Illuminated ard Supt. william Lewis
Rnfehar called every hoy f0fW-lr I and
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-26
KILLED AT CROSSING BY AUTO.
Unidentified victim Had Cards ~
y. v. I~exitansky.

An unidentified man vas run down
and killed by an automobile at Sterling
place and Eastern Parkway. Brooklyn,
last night, The chauffeur, Harry Rich
ardson, employed by the Pitkin Garage
Company, was arrested on "A charge of
homicide.
Cards In the dead mans clothing bore
the name Of 8. N. Lezitansky Of 33S
East Thlrtieth street.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-26
Husband BALLET ms \ mas Gin.

Emily Lee. "a years old, of 2S Jane
street, was taken to the Charles street
police station last night charged with
shooting her husband, william. as he
lay sleeping. Lee was taken to st,
V%brcent's Hospital with "A bullet wound
in his face, Mrs. Lee explained that
she Rad bought the revolver as a
Christmas surprise ior her husband.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-26

Then the Immigration inspectors came
aboard an hour or So later. looked at
sister Iiannahs poor eye and deCreed
that all i've. with their mother, must go
20 Ellis Island for the holiday Ia tie In.
spocted IN the morning. They went hug
grg their toys and weeping at Uncle
Sans Christmas greeting.
Among the passengers on the I.aplan nd
was Commander Charles Jarrett Of the
Automobile Association section. Special
constabulary of London. created since
the war began to look after the motor
facili ties Of the city for private and mill
tsry use. With him was Inspector W. II.
Wells " the Special Constabulary. Mr..
Jarrett. who IL one OF the. pioneers nj
the automobile business. was once well
known on the speed courses Of Europe
and taught driving To many OF the lead
iNg British speeders. He was In this
country once before. Ia 1900. when he
drove In the first race OF the American
Automobile Association.
The activities Of Henry Ford have
been the worst blow tina, could have
been struck at the sales of American cars
n England said Commander Jarrett.
Not only have Mr.. Ford's efforts re-
suited in a general boycott against his
own machines but they have caused all
Il'A' " ~ sue W bt l'fNeu uIDl
with distrust simply because an English
man thinking Of American cars uncon-
sclously links them with Ford, The war
has done more than three years of
demonstrations for the motor industry
Of the United States.
~ brought the American product TO
the attention of the Bri.iShcr and he be-
gan to realize that it WIS possible to i'm
port a better, cheaper and sturdier ma
chine than he had ever got from his own
makers. The American motor. even as
early as last December. was leading In
favor. but now Mr., Ford has started a
tide of feeling that is going to work far
toward the undoing of all this"
War ~ pers WUOiIcn Trade.
James r.. Douglas. a new York woollen
merchant. complained that the war has
hampered the industry by causing a
shortage of the finer grades OF hosiery
woods from Belgium and Germany. as
a result Of which coarser and less de-
sirahle threads are being Used.
When the Lapland docked c. G. Smith
OF Roselawn. Ind, vas wheeled ashore
IN an inyalid's chair, his back broken
as a result of "A fall Of slate In a Welsh
coal mine. He went abroad last July
20 demonstrate a new GOAL cutter for he
Sullivan Machinery Company. and when
showing It's method of operation an ac-
'Ideut caused the mine roof TO fall in.
piuuiug him under tons OF earth. He
was dug out alive and II Is now believed
lrtt he nay recover completely.
There was $500. 900 in specie In the
hold Of the liner. besides 1895 sacks Of
NAL and b3i parcel post packages. The
Lapland carried seventy-one first cabin
Passengers, ~sixty-one second and l54