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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-29

on, satisfied, as the peasant woman
walked dejectedly away.
The most disguised Santa Claus in the
world continued to dole out fimsy toys
and poisonous candies to children with
proper credentials. Strangely enough, he
had no feeling of virtue in serving his en-
ployers so faithfully. On the contrary,
he had pleasant vision of himself on
pony, dragging the obese Salzberger and
the rat-eyed Ignatz Kleeman at the end
of forty-foot reata. He was heading for
a clump of bristing cactus.
HIS pleasant dream was interrupted
abruptly by the commission of
crime-to wit, petty larceny, an offense
to which humanity is so prone that cul-
prits who are caught invariably get the
laws limit.
dts sixty days for her." thought Larry
MACEDONIAN, as he saw the Russian woman
awkwardly lift blond and Sinking doll
from the pile on counter and slip it
under her shawl, the shawl with its quaint,
gay peasant embroidery. Gee, what a
shame! She's got no more sense than a
rabbit to try that on while that Bankson
persons on the floor. That's woman
with a nose for crime. This here des-
perate Siberian bandit is booked for sixty
days in the woman's ward! Merry Christ
mas"
From the corner of his eye, he saw tho
detective approaching, as if she had really
smelled crime.
"That's one woman I don't like" was
Larry's mental comment, noting her
eager, pointed nose and her cold blue eyes.
With sudden impulse, he stepped to
the side of the peasant woman and
touched her arm. She was moving slowly
toward the exit. AT his touch she looked
up in terror, and her fair skin flushed with
guilt.
"Here, he said. "I've got new orders.
This is for the little sister, with Merry
Christmas from Salzbergers Santa Claus"
With the words he swept up half
dozen toys from the nearest counter and
thrust them into her arms.
"That's all right" he said to the as
tonshed clerk. charge them to me-"
The peasant woman was too frightened
and bewildered to refuse. The sales-girl
was surprised, but not at all bewildered.
"How can charge them, she snapped,
without know what you've got? Let's
see them. They've all got to be wrapped;
you ought to know that much!" she con-
cluded.
II hadn't thought of that" replied
Larry weakly. "What's the damages?"
"Iet's see. A iumping-jack. a horn, q
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illustrations by Nell HIATT

his working clothes was not Is, J
to be lightly thrown aside. N4
1t was the safest work he NNYJI
could do until the officers "a. ,!A
had time to forget the Buck lASNJ
elew shooting case. GE9~NlhH
Toward noon the store 1--WE
was a weller of soft human NJ NNEySA
ity, mostly women and chill 'NNIlSss,Tl
dren: the former paving over u III,
the mechanical toys, demand R
ing the price and the method = Aa.
of operation from the fatigued -
clerks; the youngsters trail
ing after "Santy Claus" and {
clamoring for the trashy
paper gifts or tho highly 4
coored candies GLUCOSE and u
aniline dyes) which he had n
been cautioned to distribute
sparingly. ~
1t was astonishing, the
mixing of the classes that nIN
something for nothing" de- uutIEr2 \
veloped Mothers in silks
and furs, mothers in shabby
ready-made suits, urged their
offspring with the same eager
ness: "Don't be bashful; go right up and
tell Santa Claus you want present.
The draggle-skirted mothers from the
Mexican quarter were more timid, but
gently pushed their lustrous-eyed babies
into the magic circle; and even the broad
faced peasant women from the Russian
colony across the river were there, min
rrl,,,r !, 49, l,, 14l
ONE of these Russian women attracted
the attention of Larry MACEDONIAN by
her persistence. She had with her two
little girls, clad like herself in ample skirts
of the style prevailing in their own village
in far-away Russia. Mother and small
daughters alike wore gaily embroidered
kerchiefs around their necks and shawls
over their heads, equally quaint and gay
with colored needework. Mother and
daughters alike were fat-faced and fair,
with round blue eyes that appeared stolid
and bewildered.
The woman was persistent She kept
stretching her supplicating palm before
he was not allowed to give presents to
people WITHOUT SdleS-cIeck. Apparently
she had bought nothing, but she did not
understand.
One of the little girls, who had learned
English, acted as interpreter for her
mother.
please, Mr.. Sanity Claus, we would
like nice present for the little sister at
home"
$50 you've got a little sister, have
your"
He had an impulse to Smash the de-
partment regulations to smithereens; but
just then the glacial eye of Miss Bankson,
the floor detective, blighted him, and he
hastily withdrawals hand from the sack.
well, run along" he said weakly.
"Tell your nav to buy something and
bring me the tag, and I'll give you a
pretty present for your little sister,
The girl translated this direction, and
again acted as interpreter
"She says she can't buy nothing, for
there is no money. But, please, Mr..
Sanity Claus, can you give her something
for the little sister? We big girls don't
,,i,,d m on, Mt Cbr hut Olpo &c Gu
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Nine. Nordica to her sisters are at vari-
ance with those she wrote to her husband
But that very variance IS the thing on
which we rely to prove that she had had
falling out with her husband. She felt
that he had used her money improperly,
and until she could get 1t back from him
in some way she wanted to keep on appar-
emily friendly terms with him, although at
the same time. as shown by our letters on
the suppressed file, she was doing her best
to get away from him
That was her attitude before she be-
came Ill as a result OF the shipwreck, and
II was only natural that when she made
her new will she did her best to put into
effect her true feelings. because she had
before becoming Ill expressed her intcn-
ton OF making Just Chat kind of a new
will--one that would cut on her husband
and leave him with only what he had Dor.
rowed from her"
George w. Young said yesterday that
Nine Nordlca's will OF 1910 was the COM
panion to the will he drew at the same
time. During the time that elapsed be-
fore she started on her last Journey, he
said. there never had been any sugges-
ton OF any other will, nor were there
any suggestions of business arrangements
between them, excepting her action In CIV
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MOT 100000 CHRISTIANS. :"
Billy Sunday Gathers In $40 More
sinners of philadelphia.

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. l6.--Following a
denunciation of present day religion and
religious methods In which he declared !:
"There are not ten million real Christ
ians in the world to-day" $40 men,
women and children hit the trail' at
Billy Sundays call in the Tabernacle to-
night. Led by group of school children
III persons mostly young men and
young women, publicly acknowledged
their faith at the afternoon service.
70 date $500 men and women have
confessed they were sinners calling the
Tabernacle throngs 20 witness.
Tonight the evangelist took for tho
subject OF his sermon THE three groups,
the one which remained by Jesus, but fell
asleep during Hts anguish In tho Garden
Of Gethsemene: the one which stood
undetermined by tho gate while the
soldiers took Him away. and the Judas
group. which betrayed Him to the
Cross"
A throng packed and damned the
every square inch of space In the i'm
mense structure. The sawdust aisles.
eight of them, were filled with singing,
wrestling crowd Of persons who literally
fought their way TO the front to shake
hands with Sunday.
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SEARCH FOR MISSING REPORTER
No Trace Found of william 4.
Chatter of "JournaI of Commerce."

4 general alarm has been sent out for
William \. Chatter, a reporter OF the Jour
nal Of Commerce living at Bay Ridge
place, Brooklyn, who has been missing
since last Tuesday night. His friends and
associates have been unable to find any
trace of him and IL is feared that, having
suffered a recent nervous breakdown, his
mind may have become affected and that
he may be wandering about helpless.
Mr.. Chatter Is SO years old, an English
man, with a wife and four children--two
boys and two girls. He has been in this
country for fifteen years. After gradua-
ton from Christ College, Cambridge he
wrote for several English publications.
notably the London Standard and the Pdli
MdH Gu=etts He came to New York to
join the stan OF the Herald and later was
the New York correspondent OF the London
standard. He was the ship news expert
for the Journal Of Commerce, and for dhat
reason It was thought that he might he
abroad some vessel ut seat All customs
officers have therefore been instructed by
Surveyor Rush to search for him.
When he disappt AIRED Mr.. Chatter wore n
dark sack suit. a raincoat and rubbers,
soft hat and standing collar. He is about
feet 0 inches tall and weighs about 100
pounds He had high forehead droop-
ing grayish brown mustache and hair Of
the same color, with a tendency to bald
ness.
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sions that appeared in some OF her let
tiers to him after she went away.
Mr. Young said that Mime. Nordica's
last trip was not success. Then, speak,
ing OF her last days, he said:
When the Tasinan 1.-THE steamer that
bore Nine. Nordica away from Australia
went on the reef in the Gulf OF Papua
the vessel lay there two days and two
nights. The Japanese collier that was the
only ship to offer assistance demanded
such a price that its aid was rejected.
"All about the steamer the waters were
alive with sharks. When the time came,
as IL did. that II seemed the end was at
hand those aboard planned in all serious
ness to shut themselves In their cabins
and drown rather than be eaten When
the Journey to Thursday Island was
finally undertaken II was with one-third
OF the steamers keel gone.
THAT was the experience from which
Madame turned to the days that proved to
be her last The Tasman reached Thurs
day Island on December 2S II was less
than two weeks afterward--less than two
weeks after the shipwreck which was the
elimination of a period OF unhappiness
and distress---that she made the will that
is now being brought forward"
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SAYS NORDICA MEANT
TO LEAVE HUSBAND
Nephew's Attorney Declares
Friendly Letters to Him
Were Subterfuge.
YOUNG TELLS OF LOVE

A statement in explanation OF Nine. LII
Ian Nordica's purpose In writing affcc-
tionate letters to her husband. George w.
Young at the same time that she was
sending notes TO her own relatives ex-
pressing contrary views regarding him.
was made yesterday by Emile Dreyfus Of
counsel for Robert S. Baldwin, nephew OF
Mime. Nordca and executor under the will
she Is alleged TO have made shortly before
her death cutting off her husband and CIV
ing her property TO her sisters.
The two sets Of letters are now on ile
with Supreme Court Justice Lehman. who
will receive briefs tomorrow on the appli-
cation by Mr.. Baldwin to enJoin Young
from continuing proceedings in New Jer-
sey TO probate a will made by his wife
in 1910 giving him all her property. The
will in favor Of the sisters has been filed
in New York. Counsel for Baldwin also
replied to the charge by Young's attorney,
cambridge Colby. that the letters making
sharp statements concerning Young arc
connected and fraudulent"
I'VE were surprised that Mr.. Young'e
attorney should have attempted to attack
the genulneness OF the letters In our pos
session. for when we served him with the
complaint to which copies of the letters
were attached we offered to show his at
torneys the original letters" said Mr..
Dreyfus. Unlike some OF the letters
which Mr.. Young says he received from
Mime. Nordica about the same time. some
OF which are partly typewriter. the letters
filed with our complaint are all In the
handwriting OF Nine. Noryiica Mr.. Young
knows the handwriting Of his own wife.
and we feel that before his attorney
branded them ms 'concocted and fraudu-
lent he should at least have awaited him
self Of our offer to show him the original
letters and to satisfy even him that they
were genuine.
Sees Caution In Letters.
"lt e true that the letters written by
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WHEAT MARKET IS
RAIDED FOR A FALL
Prices Drop ) Cents, Great Buy
ing for Export Re-
Sulting.
SLIGHT RALLY At CLOSE

culcAGo, Jan. 16.--Great excitement
arain prevailed on the Board Of Trade
to-day when the price OF May wheat
dropped from sli5 n bushel. the highest
p,rrt It has reached. to $40.
The rauicky condition came prior TO the
-,port that the President had oriered an
exhaustive inquiry into the high price Of
wheat and -four The only tangible thing
10 which the uncertainty of the undertone
and sudden selling stampede could be
raced was rumor that Pennsylvania
Representative had introduced hill in
Congress 20 prohibit the expectation Of
foodstufrs to Europe as n means of con-
serving tho supply in this country and
preserving normal prices.
Traders who have been through the
tun,ultuous experiences in those crises
when the giants of the pit were running
bE corners or being ruined in a futile
attempt to rule pronounced the last mo-
u.suts of the session among the widest
they mad ever witnessed.
The session opened With much nervous
ness The price OF the May option had
there was a feeling of uncertainty from
the very start First sales were under the
.loss Of yesterday and In minute the
price had dropped cent.
Then q stampede began among the big
commission houses for profits and values
rrumbl rapidly under flood OF stop
oss orders and pyramidcrs, executions
Il limits being impossible.
Buying support was not In evidence
until May touched $40. on the ex-
RENE break Armour Logan & Bryan,
Chaplin and export houses bought freely
and local bulls rcinstated part OF their
losses.
In the panic the market strove desper.
at,iy to rally Fresh lots OF orders
pushed the price back to si.i3'a. Thea
anla another drop, more excitement and
a final close of Sl.4lN.
An immense export business resulted
on the break sales in all positions ag-
grcgatinl 2.0oo,000 bushels. Country
offerings remained small. News of all
kinds was practically ignored.
Board OF Trade men said tonight that
they would welcome an inquiry by the
Government into the high price Of wheat
and flour II II should be- a fair minded
inquiry. The general opinion among
an rpers. receivers, exporters and plain
SPECTATORS is that never in the history
OF the Board of Trade have legitimate
conditions been so favorable for high
prices.
President c. II. Candy of the Chicago
board attributes the rise in values al
most entirely to the efforts Of foreign
Governments to get supplies.
an my opinion the situation existing
In Europe since August | has been the
cause of a general desire on the part OF
foreign Governments to get not only an
ample supply of foodstufrs for Immediate
wants but also to acquire supply Tor
future need" said Mr.. Candy.
II am confident any investigation
made nv competent authorities will dis
close the fact that there IL not the
shadow OF ground for the idea that
there Is now or has been any combina-
lion or other unnatural interest respon-
sibe in any way whatever for the pres
,nt range OF values
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WILSON HEARS COMPRESS PLEA
Labor Leaders Urge President 10
sign Immigration RiII.

"AsHEGroN, Jan. 16.--President Com
tr' and the executive council Of the
ner.'an Federation OF Labor called on
resident Wilson tonight to submit, for
naI recommendations regarding legisla-
ION The labor leaders were accom-
r<hled By Secretary of Labor Wilson.
lneH urged the President to sign the
Immigration bill to support the general
yea OF generous compensation for in
l"red Vorkingmen as embodied in meas
u'' pending In Congress and to approve
,,,r, convict labor bill and the seamen's
Mr., Gompers said on leaving the
"te House that he was encouraged by
,ne attitude the President revealed toward
INC recommendations laid before him.
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WILSON ASKED TO ACT.
Gets plea to stop Exorbitant wheat
and Flour Prices.

WAsHfSaToN, Jan. l6.-An appeal that
ne take drastic steps to prevent eNorbi-
TAM prices FOR wheat and flour was re-
ceved by President Wilson to-day. The
appeal came IN the form Of a telegram
rom Mrs. Julia Heath, president of the
National Housewives League. IL was re-
ferrcd to the Department OF Justice with
cut recommendation by the President
II was understood that the President
would give 10 new instructions to the
Attoruey General regarding the food price
investigation which was begun several
months ago at his direction. This invcs-
'lgatlou has not accomplished much ow-
rg 10 the difficulty encountered by tho
Government IN establishing the Interstate
character of alleged agreements to fix
prices At high levels.
Officials have been quite definitely con-
WINGED, a. result OF the investigation,
that the Federal Government can accom-
pNsh very little with respect to preven-
Won of high prices. u is believed. how
over, that IL the President decides to take
drastic steps to relieve the existing situs-
ton the Depa rtment Of Justice will favor
nov legislation to reach offenders.
An embargo on the shipment of Amer
ican products 10 the port Of any country
or countries that interfere with the com
MERGE Of the United States on the high
Eas is proposed in a bill offered to-day
by Representative Lobeck Of Nebraska
Tho bill is obviously aimed at Great
Rritain and will probably be pigeonholed
by The Committee on Foreign Affairs, to
which IT was referred. until the COM
pletlon Of the negotiations of the United
States against the action OF Great Britain
in searching and holding American ships
suspected OF carrying contraband.
Mr. Jobeck has Joined Representatives
- aaI 10 Of
souri--all Of them are OF German eXtrac-
Non--in asking Congress to prohibit ship
ments OF munitions of war.
Tho Lobeck resolution gives the Pres
dent power to declare an embargo at his
discretion.
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with Germany and Austria, their ports
open Al last, bowling for foodstuffs
me general formula for the price OF
nour Is this: Roughly a barrel of flour
Is worth five times the market price of
bushei of wheat So now wheat in
barrel WV
believe wheat will be So a bushel
this year. l look to see flour $40 a
barrel. We think these prices terrible
Just because We are used to wheat M
So 40 and so cents a bushel and flour al
80 barrel; They are not terrible as
Bake Dread at Home,
You still have your 900 one pound
loaves OF bread from a barrel of aour
IL the barrel goes to $40 the loaves at a
nickel each will stlll represent SIS worth
of bread 'i' "'''''
People think they have TO buy bread
All nicely wrapped and extensively adj
Nerused. There is nothing to restrain
mem from emulating their grandparents
they have bought themselves A IlttIc
yeast water. little salt and hea, to
bake the loaf are not yet prohibitlyely
expensive.
NO one thinks OF using corn which
Is now u cents bushel Yet our fore
$500 uStu CoT0medi more than
other foodstuff probably There Is how
my indian pudding, mush, cornbread and
no end OF other things. all varied ana
nourishing. which may he made OF corn
meal Tor little cost. And these things
are appetizing, too. At least the farmers
VINO have mush and milk for breakfast
fried mush at noon and mush In Some
other shape at night find corn good 10
eat. ~
our parents also used to buv real
buckwheat flour in big bags. and they
Kept batter standing from dav 10 dav
Tor hn' old buckwheat cakes each cold
morning. Nowadays we buy in small
packages stun which contains a little
buckwheat flour. little cream of tartar
ann good. deal of low grade wheat -four
Then We say We can't get good buckwheat
cakes. and that they aren't cheap either
I'll admit it's lot easier to buy the
bread and the packaged buckwheat four
ana ignore cornmeal as a foodsturf. but
It costs more. II lessons the variety Of
the family's food and It isn't the way 10
make war prices easier to bear"
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ing him power Of attorney-there were
twenty OF these documents--just before
she left the country.
DO you think she would nave done
So" he asked, III there had been an es-
arrangement between u.s.
Nine N1rdica." Mr.. Young added,
was always to me a child In the SIMPLE
ity of har hear. the sincerity Of her
emotions. She would have been a q I
artist In whatever field she went as great
an artist In painting and literature as
she was In music The quality OF soul
that made that true is the quality that
made her always child to me, though
| was man OF as when married hAr,
and she was older"
He said that this quality appeared in
thousands OF her letters, telcLrams. cable
grams and other messages that she sent
to him during their married life.
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MAY USE GOVERNOR S ISLAND.
Expert Aviators Permitted TO Land
Now by wood.

Major-Gen. Leonard Wood. U S A..
commanding the Department % the East.
has granted to expert aviators" permits
sion TO land on Governors Island during
flights. II was announced ~ the Aero
club OF America yesterday. This privi-
lege, as well as the right to ny over cities
IL, however, "a be extended only TO Eek
perts." or those aviators who, besides
passing the tests imposed under The rules
OF the International Aoronautic Fedora
ton, pass a physical examination.
Twenty-Five aviators have obtained the
certificate The latest applicants are
Lawrence D. Sperry and Albert 5. Helm
rlch.
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HOUSTON EXPLAINS RISE.
Ascr'bes Advance In wheat snd
Flour 20 BIE Demand.

hEs MONIES, Jan. 16,--The rise in the
pr''' OF wheat and Hour, and of course
Wead. ls due to the big demand, and
10 other reason, according TO the opin-
ION expressed by Secretary Houston,
VINO was the guest at a dinner given in
- honor tonight by II. T. Meredith,
publisher
As long as there Is this demand" said
houston, you can expect these high
h-c"s despite the large crop of 1914.
mo war In Europe Is playing an i'm
t'rant part In the high price, do not
"Ot'o that farmers are holding out or
nat there Is corner on the market"
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Eject OF War on wheat.

Look at these figures OF the effect OF
wars on wheat prices which RenskorC.
Lyon & Co. have just put in bookler
form.
I'm the American revolution wheat
brought SO cents on an average at sea 70
board markets in i7SS. II rose yearly to
1926. The average price was seas, hu,
II touched 49, II continued high owing
to the French revolution, Napoleonic wars
and the War of 1872.
Waterloo was the end Of the Ma .
poleonic wars, hut wheat rose from ST. 90
IN 1915 TO s2.S5 in 1917. That was the
aftermath OF a long, devastating war
From 3S cents wheat went to sl.s5
in 1855, In the Crimean war IL was
s2.2S In 1864. but did not reach sass
until 1867. two years after the civil war
was ended. In the Russo-TurlIsh war
OF is7S-7S, wheat started at ~ cents.
rose 70 $40 in 1871, broke to ~ cents al
the END Of the war, but then rose to
Sl.44 in 1852.
That shows that tho real high price
often comes after hostill:ies are all over.
So 1t may we'll be this time, particularly
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Clearance Sale Monday
WOmen'S Fur Coats and FurS

Hudson Seal Coats
Collar OF Seal or Skunk. 7E M
Regular Price $l3sOO /o.UU
Hudson Seal Coats
Collar OF Skunk or Seal NE M
Hudson Seal Coats
Collar OF Skunk Ermne. I2E m
Regular Price $275.OO loo.UU
Scotch Mole Coats
Collar OF Ermine. IEn M
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Speaking of her last tour. Mr.. Young
said that his wife prepared for II for
ave years. II having been her lifelong
ambition to sing IN all parts Of the world
NJ she had sung IN America and Europe.
lie said that the fact that she had taken
up Christian Science explained express